Fire proof floors from Richardson, W. (1895). Building world. London, Printed and published by Cassell & Company Limited. No. 168 – December 31, 1898. Key: Fireproof floors Fig. 1 – Granolithic floor. Fig. 1 -Granolithic Slab with Strenghthening Rib. Fig. 3 – Boarded Floor on Concrete. Fig. 4 – Concrete Arches. Fig. 5 – Concrete Arch with inferior quality of concrete in spandrels Fig. 6 – Concrete flat floor Fig. 7 – Concrete floor with iron bars embedded Fig. 8 – Concrete floor with expanded metal embedded Fig. 9 – Lindsay’s Concrete Flooring Fig. 10 – Lindsay’s Trough Flooring Fig. 11 – Fawcett’s Floor Fig. 12 – Homan and Rodger’s Floor Fig. 13 – “Mulciber” Floor Fig. 14 – Pease’s Tubular Floor
There were numerous patent fireproof flooring systems, predominantly using concrete as illustrated above. Lindsay’s (Fig’s 9 and 10), were noted as the contractors for the fireproof construction at Wolverhampton Library[1]
Wolverhampton Library, 1902 – Architect: Henry Thomas Hare. Cutaway section through central stair from laser scan model by Camilla Pezzica and Clara-Larissa Lorenz
[1] Architectural Review March 1906 Vol. XIX no 112 p.134
