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: ...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 principle--massive framework, calculated to bear the heavy machinery and materials necessary for their construction. It will be evident that these solid structures cannot be made available...