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2. Cast-iron architecture - Wikipedia

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   The 22m Iron Pagoda at the Yuquan Temple (Jade Springs Temple), Dangyang, Hubei, was built during the Song dynasty in 1061, and is the most outstanding example to survive. Cast iron pagodas were then superseded by even more elaborate bronze ones, but cast iron continued to be used for decorative items such as bowls and statues.

3. Jewel Box (St. Louis) - Wikipedia

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   The Jewel Box consists of 16,664 square feet (1,548.1 m 2) of plate glass in over 4,000 panes, set in wood and wrought iron supports. The unconventional, cantilevered, vertical glass walls rise 50 feet high. Most of the glass is framed by copper with a verdigris patina. The Jewel Box is supported by eight fixed arches carrying the structure's ...

4. History of modern period domes - Wikipedia

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   The dome completed in 1870 was a Russian design made with wrought iron arches. [20] Kazan Cathedral and Saint Isaac's Cathedral (background) in Russia. Iron domes offered the lightness of timber construction along with incombustibility and higher strength, allowing for larger spans.

5. Listed buildings in Filey - Wikipedia

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   The windows are sashes, most with round heads, gauged brick arches and keystones. There are moulded sill and impost bands, a moulded overhanging eaves course, and a parapet. The canopy is in timber and glass on iron brackets, the train shed roof is in slate, and the platforms are connected by a footbridge. [4] [21] II* 24–38 Rutland Street

6. Joseph Monier - Wikipedia

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   Starting from the 1890s, patents were taken out on behalf of Wayss in Australia. Initially, the main products were pipes and arch structures using the Monier system as refined by Wayss and his colleagues. The White's Creek and Johnston's Creek Aqueducts are the first reinforced arch structures, in Australia. They were built by firms associated ...

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