Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-04-04
The Industrial Exhibition OF 1851.

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give its name :; by lOS feet brold and 60 fee
T high. 1t was entirely prepared away from IT.
destined ate, and has been put together on ih'
ground since its component parts we're com
plctcd. The long line is crossed by trans
sept los feet high, which will enclose a row o
elm trees now standing at point 30 near tl'
centre as to divide the length into bi@ teet OF
the one side and 900 feet on the other. In ad
dlton to the timber for iosts, flooring, &c, M
! glass and supports Of iron comprise the 'ntir'
structure. The columns are similar III torn
throughout. The same may be sad OF each &"
the sash-bars and of each pane OF glass. IL'
number of columns varying in length from
feet inches to 30 feet, is $3.50. There II.
2,2ll cast-iron girdcr5 for supporting gallaro
and roofs, besides lbs intermediate bearers O.
binders, :}JS wrought-rontrl trllsses for SuPport
roof, "a miles Of cutters for carrying water
the columns, Z02 miles Of sash-barS, and 'Ot
OO0 superficial feet Of glass. The bulldh
will stand on about II acres of grouud,-glvl
with the galleries, an exhibiting sprince oi
acres: but provision will be mace for lar
increase of galleries if necessary. The gall
will be II feet wide, and will extend nearly
mile. The length Of tables or table space +
exhibiting, will be about eight miles. An I'd
may be formed of the unprecedented quHntl-'
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flee, from the fact, that the glass alone ".
weigh upwards of 400 tons.
As already explained the exhibiting surfac
occupies a space of about u acres. The tot
cubic contents of the building will be 33,OGt
600 feet The tota amount Of contract for II.
waste and maintenance is E19,e0O, or very
tie more than ninc-siXt"cmhs of penny
toot cube. The total vaIHe of the buiIdln
were it to be permanent Y retained, would
El50,00O or rather less than ono penny an
onc-twcltlh Of u penny per foot cube.
Mr.. Paxton, the ingenious contriver Of TIN
curious and splendid structure, has devised Il
admirable mode of avoiding tie Inconvenience,
apprchenlcd from the rams Were the watc
which such u tremendous surtaCc Of root won
accumulate. aIlowcd to be discharge upon
ground around the building, II would make
nelghbood swamp and the atmosphere IL
Against all this, there is ample provision l
glas9 roof consists ota series OF ridges and 3
lcps," exactly eight feet wide. Along the
ping sides without ana within, G water
conducted into cutters at the head Of cach c.
umn, whence it escapes through the co'unr
themselves. In no instance his The watcrfu
/ thcr than twelve feet to run before It is de!ly
cred into the valleys.
The provision for ventilation is, according
.mI' .mI' oAto"' WY ppPu." "'' ~ "'' P''''
ne WhoIe ouHdlhE IS lllleu With louvre
Iuilcr, poATuS, 80 Pl'ccu Us 10 "'i"t ar "u.
c'uuc RAIN ne rooi an" S""'' ''uc o' IT,
pul'olh9 Is covered with ca''"''' an" Ia 'C'
not weather IT may De "at'Fcu' ana we ih'efl~
kept cooI. IN 'he traiScPt ",ohe' sn're ar
aooVe nVc 'houSahn S"pcFilcIal Ie'' "' 'enliIt
tors provided ana 1t !" suppose" c'lHt' ".
aH'oh mas eric,' III uil III respect TT t'i' ie"'
OF F'llina'ioH' lnSrc VIII DC lo' l'luSh raI'
tnan TOO II ne. ny covering tne SOUTH sac u
ROOF OF the h"'Idihg WIN canvass genIe Il@.
Is thrown over the "ho'c "i inc p'H'uIhE,"
tne "ho.c ol me grass oi uie horl'rh sac
thr hulIdll9 WILL give diFcct Il9ii' 10 llie H.
terror.
It n noticeable feature in the construction
of this wonderful building. that two OF its three
sole Materials are articles Of modern use anl
adaptation for Architectural purpoScs-glas'
anl iron, neither Of which were employed il
the Framework OF! cditiceS, Of any description
till within the last twenty years.
NF~We copy the following from the Har,
fri t,ourant. as eonally applicable to younc
clerks in this region, as in the region of Hart.