This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...of 60,000 lbs. per square inch, and be capable of being bent double when cold, so that the sides shall be in contact without showing any cracking or breaking of the fibre of the iron." Paper No. 1823.) "Light Scaffolding." By John Cundy, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. In the autumn of 1878 the ironwork of the railway terminus at the New Central Station, Manchester, was sufficiently advanced to enable the contractors, Messrs. A. Handyside and Company, Limited, of Derby, to proceed with the roofing in. The sub-contract for this work having been entrusted to the Gloucester Wagon Company, Limited, and successfully carried out by the steam joinery works of that company, the Author, then the superintendent of that department, received instructions from the engineers of the Cheshire Lines Committee to provide a light and convenient scaffolding that would enable the various trades to be carried on with safety, and at the same time to afford a ready means of access to all parts of the roof for the necessary inspection by the engineering staff, one of the conditions being that a width of about 100 feet in the centre of the station should be at all times free for use as siding room for carriages, and other requirements of the railway company. Much has been written on the subject of timber scaffolding, and examples are not wanting of clever and scientific structures of this class designed to facilitate the erection of iron buildings, such as the various international exhibitions of this and other countries, and likewise the more recent railway termini, such, for instance, as the St. Pancras in London, St. Enoch at Glasgow, and lastly, the Central Station at Manchester. All the scaffolds used in the construction of these works have been designed on the same princip...