Interpretation of Info-graph - Blog 9 - Yukta Yogeesh
29/August/2020 William Strutt was working in a mill, built with timber. He was a cotton spinner who wanted to protect his mill from fire, because he was working with inflammable substances. So, he encased timber with iron to make it fire resistant. Later this addition of iron to building construction was expanded from casing the structure to making it the structure itself! So, from then, building framework was made out of Iron. This not only made the building fire resistant, but also very strong compared to the previous one which was made of timber. Later, this solid iron framework was replaced by hollow sections. This not only provided insulation, but also reduced the construction cost by 30%. Later this usage of iron in construction was not just limited to the framework, but also started to expose itself in facades. All this was around England and New York. In 1869, Chicago fire had crushed off around 17500 buildings and made a lot of residents homeless. So, t...