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detail of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and an original working drawing by Downesg g g y

Chadwick, Works of Paxton, pp 172, 133

detail of the Park End Railway Station, OxfordMiles LewisMiles Lewis

Robertson & Lister / C D Young & CoRobertson & Lister / C D Young & CoGlasgow

(A)

iron churches for the Free Presbyteriansiron churches for the Free Presbyterians,Sydney & Melbourne

house for W N Gray [Corio Villa, Geelong]

Iron churches by Robertson & Lister, Glasgow, c 1854, for the Free PresbyteriansMacquarie Street, Sydney, photo of 1910; Melbourne, unbuilt

Lewis & Lloyd, 'Portable Buildings‘, p 123; CD Young & Co, Iron Structures for Home and Abroad

Corio Villa, 56 Eastern Beach, Geelong,

manufactured c 1854-5, erected c 1855-6:

old photo

iron house made for Land Commissioner W N Gray, designed by

Bell & Miller made byBell & Miller, made by Robertson & Lister

C D Young catalogue illustration

State Library of VictoriaYoung, Iron Structures for

Home and Abroad, pl 9

Corio VillaMiles Lewis

Corio Villadetails

Miles Lewis

Corio Villaview & detail inside the front wall

Chris Smith

Corio Villa: detail of rear wall; plan

Miles Lewis; anonymous

British cast iron buildingsGardner's warehouse, Jamaica Street, Glasgow, by John Baird Senior, 1855-6

Oriel Chambers Liverpool by Peter Ellis 1864-5Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, by Peter Ellis, 1864-5

Nikolaus Pevsner, A History of Building Types (London 1976), p 217; Jeff Turnbull

d l t i B iti h f b i tidevelopments in British prefabrication

sheet ironh f Ki E b C l b Ri 1843house for King Eyambo, Calabar River, 1843

corrugated ironcorrugated ironH R Palmer & Richard Walker, 1829-30

Fairbairn’s flour mill; for Constantinople, 1839-41the Starkey warehouse for California, 1849

John Walker 1849 onwardsJohn Walker, 1849 onwardsRobertson & Lister (B)

sources of prefabricated buildings in the early nineteenth century

house for King Eyambo, Calabar River, West Africa, by William Laycock, 1843

Builder, 13 May 1843

corrugated vaultsiron roofs at the London Docks, by H R Palmer, c 1830

iron roof by Morewood & Rogers, shown at the International Exhibition, London, 1862J C Loudon, An Encyclopædia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture (London 1846 [1833]), p 207

International Exhibition, 1862, Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department (2 vols, London 1862), p 27

prefabricated iron-framed flour mill for Constantinople by Williamfor Constantinople, by William

Fairbairn, 1839-41view & section

MUAS; William Fairbairn, Mills and Mill-Work (4th ed, London 1878 [?c 1860]), p 401

Iron warehouse for James Starkey & Co, California, by John Grantham, engineer; Thomas Vernon & Co fabricators 1849Thomas Vernon & Co, fabricators, 1849

Illustrated London News, 17 February 1849

access to California from Europe and the eastern USA

iron buildings by John Walker

house for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, p y,Chagres, Panama, 1853

coaling station at Capecoaling station at Cape Town, 1854

Illustrated London NewsIllustrated London News,12 January 1854, 21 January 1854

iron house made by John Walker, c 1854the Weatherboard, McCallum property, Inverleigh, Victoria

Miles Lewis

Brown Brothers Store, Ginn and Mercer Streetsand Mercer Streets,

Geelong, 1853, manufactured by Robertson

& Li t f Gl& Lister of Glasgow

old view from a bill-head

modern view

W R Brownhill, The History of Geelong and Corio Bay (Melbourne 1955)and Corio Bay (Melbourne 1955)

Miles Lewis

Brown Brothers Store, façade details

Miles Lewis

Brown Brothers St b k iStore, back view

Miles Lewis

railway stations

London and Southampton Railway terminus, by Sir William Tite, 1837

Trijunct Railway Station Derby by Francis Thompson (with RobertTrijunct Railway Station, Derby, by Francis Thompson (with Robert Stephenson), 1839-41

Lime Street Station Liverpool no II by Richard Turner of DublinLime Street Station, Liverpool, no II, by Richard Turner of Dublin, 1849-51

C S C (18 0) 18 1 2King's Cross Station, London, by Lewis Cubitt, (1850) 1851-2

Paddington Station, by I K Brunel & M D Wyatt, 1852-4

St Pancras Station, London, shed by Barlow & Ordish, begun 1863; station front and Midland Hotel, by G G Scott (1866) 1868-74, y ( )

Nine Elms Goods Depot, by Sir William

Tite, 1837

John Gloag & Derek Bridgewater, A History of Cast Iron in Architecture(London 1948) figs196(London 1948), figs196,

197

Trijunct Railway Station, Derby, by Francis Thompson (under the direction of Robert Stephenson), 1839-41

Hitchcock, Early Victorian Architecture, II, XV, 12

Lime Street Station, Liverpool, no II by Richard Turner of Dublin, 1849-51roof truss and details

Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, 15 March 1851

King's Cross Station, London, by Lewis Cubitt, planned 1850, built 1851-2: interiorMUAS 8,772

King's Cross Station, cross-section of sheds

Builder, 2 October 1852

King's Cross Stationdetail of archdetail of arch

B ild 2 O t b 1852Builder, 2 October 1852

King's Cross Station, front views

Jeff Turnbull 1976; Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Architecture Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (2nd ed,

Harmondsworth [Middlesex] 1963 [1958]), pl 66A

Paddington Station by I K Brunel & M D Wyatt 1852-4: interior engravingPaddington Station, by I K Brunel & M D Wyatt, 1852-4: interior engraving

Hitchcock, Architecture Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, pl 65

Paddington Station, interior photoMiles Lewis

St Pancras Station, London, shed by Barlow & Ordish, begun 1863R J Mainstone, Developments in Structural Form (Cambridge [Mass-achusetts] 1975), p 224

St Pancras station,

structural details of thedetails of the

arch

Engineer, 7 June 18671867

St Pancras StationMiles Lewis, Architectura (New York 2008), p 247

St Pancras StationSt Pancras Stationthe meeting of the styles; plan and section

MUAS 8,770 ; Henry Stierlin, Encyclopædia of World Architecture (2 vols, London 1977), I, p 252

St Pancras Station, arrival area

booking office entrance. detail of roof junction

MUAS 14,772; Miles Lewis

St Pancras StationScott's design for the station front and Midland Hotel, (1866) 1868-74

John Gloag, Victorian Taste(London 1962), p 81

St Pancras Station: view of Midland Hotel: Miles Lewis

the United States

Crystal Palace, New York, by Carstensen & Gildemeister, 1853

Project for the New York Worlds Fair by James Bogardus, 1853

Bogardus's factory, Center Street, New York 1848-50

Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, manufacturedLaing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, manufactured by James Bogardus, 1849

Harper & Brothers Building New York by John B Corlies 1854Harper & Brothers Building, New York, by John B Corlies, 1854

Haughwout Building, Broadway, NY, by J P Gaynor, 1857

A T Stewart (later Wanamaker) Department Store, New York, by John Kellum, 1859-60

Gantt Building, 219-221 Chestnut St, St Louis, 1877

Crystal Palace, New York, by Carstensen & Gildemeister, 1853y , , y ,Brino, Crystal Palace, p 183

project for the New York Worlds Fair by James Bogardus, or Bogardus & Hoppin, 1853.

Sigfried Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture: the Growth of a New Traditions (4th ed, Cambridge [Massachusetts] 1963), p 196

James Bogardus's factory, Center Street, New York 1848-50

Monumentum, IX (1973), p 70

Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, manufactured by James Bogardus, 1849Monumentum, IX (1973), p 64

Laing Stores

detail of a decorative mask as used at the 2nd and 3rd

storeys

Monumentum, IX (1973) p 73(1973), p 73

Laing Stores

diagram of framing

Monumentum, IX (1973), p 69

design for a factory, showing the resistance of cast iron, 1857Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 195

design for a factory, showingfactory, showing the resistance of

cast iron

Bogardus's factory

Giedion, Space, Time and A hit t 195Architecture, p 195

Monumentum, IX (1973), p 70

Harper & Brothers Building, New York, by John B Corlies (architect), 1854Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 19

Architectural Iron Works of D D Badger & Co, New York, before 1864

D i l B d Ill t ti f I i A hit t d b th A hit t l I W k f th Cit fDaniel Badger, Illustrations of Iron in Architecture, made by the Architectural Iron Works of the City of New York (New York 1865), np.

Haughwout Building, Broadway, NY, by J

P Gaynor 1857P Gaynor, 1857photograph &

catalogue illustration

MUAS 11,619.Badger Illustrations of Iron inBadger, Illustrations of Iron in

Architecture, pl III (no 20)

A T Stewart (later Wanamaker) Department Store, New York, by John Kellum, 1859-60MUAS 11,618

A T Stewart Store after burningA T Stewart Store, after burning

MUAS 11,896; 12,415; S11,894

G tt B ildiGantt Building, 219-221 Chestnut St St Louis 1877St, St Louis, 1877

Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 200

FRANCE

Galerie d'Orléans, Palais Royal, Paris, by Charles Percier & C-L-F Fontaine 1829 31Fontaine, 1829-31

Bibliothèque Ste-Geneviève, Paris, by Henri-P-F Labrouste (1839) 1843 501843-50

St-Eugène, by Louis-Auguste Boileau, 1854-5

Exposition Universelle, Machinery Hall, by F-A Cendrier & J-M-V Viel, 1855

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, by Henri Labrouste, 1862-8

Iron and concrete church at Vesinet, near Paris, by L-A Boileau, 1865

Maison du Bon Marché Rue de Sèvres Paris by L A Boileau L FMaison du Bon Marché, Rue de Sèvres, Paris, by L A Boileau, L F Boileau & Gustave Eiffel, 1869-79

Bibliothèque Ste-Geneviève, Paris, by Henri-P-F Labrouste (1839) 1843-50Miles Lewis

Bibliothèque Ste-Genevièveinterior perspective & cross-section

Leonardo Benevolo [translated H J Landry], History of Modern Architecture (2 vols, London 1971), I, p 92; Hitchcock,

Architecture Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, p 125

Bibliothèque Ste-Geneviève, roof detailMiles Lewis

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, by Henri Labrouste, 1862-8: reading roomGiedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 211

Bibliothèque NationaleBibliothèque Nationale, vault of the reading room

detail of the springingdetail of the springing& view

Robin Middleton & David Watkin, Neo-Classical and 19th Century y

Architecture (New York 1980 [1977]), p 234; MUAS 13,487

Bibliothèque Nationale, view of stacks (before alteration)

Middleton & Watkin, Neo-Classical Architecture, p 91

Bibliothèque Nationale stacksBibliothèque Nationale, stacksview & detail of the iron grid

floors and balusters

Le Magazin; Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 223

Bibliothèque Nationale, skylightWerk, April 1966

St-Eugène, Paris, gby Louis-Auguste Boileau, 1854-5

plan and section

Nouvelles Annales de la Construction, Serie des ÉÉdifices Religieux No 1

(1856), pl 49

St-Eugène: interior: Miles Lewis

iron and concrete church at Vesinetchurch at Vesinet, near Paris, by L-A

Boileau, 1865Boileau, 1865

J M Crook, The Dilemma of Style : Architectural Ideas from the

Picturesque to the Post-ModernPicturesque to the Post Modern(London 1987), p 114

Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855: aerial perspective. MUAS 3,141.

Exposition Universelle, Machinery Hall, by F-A Cendrier & J-M-V VielGiedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 256

Galerie d'Orléans, Palais Royal, Paris, by Fontaine, 1829-31, destroyed by fire 1935: contemporary view

Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 177

Galerie d'Orléans, photo: McGrath, Glass in Architecture, p 240

Galleria Vittore Emmanuele II, Milan, by Giuseppe Mengoni, 1865-78: Miles Lewis

Galleria Vittore Emmanuele, at the crossingMiles Lewis

Galleria Vittore Emmanuele

dome from belowbelow

Miles Lewis

Galleria Vittore Emmanuele, from above, showing the domeMiles Lewis

Maison du Bon Marché Rue deMaison du Bon Marché, Rue de Sèvres, Paris, by L F Boileau &

Gustave Eiffelfview of the entrance; plan

Pevsner, History of Building Types, p 266; MUAS 6352

Maison du BonMaison du Bon Marché

view across one well

MUAS 5,972

Maison du Bon Marché: interior views including later alterationsMUAS 6,789; Miles Lewis

Maison du Bon Marché, sectionPevsner, History of Building Types, p 207

Maison du Bon Marché, view of skylight from aboveGiedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 239

Maison du Bon Marché, skylight of 1903Werk, April 1966

The Rookery, 209 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill, by Burnham & Root, 1884-6central lobby and skylight

Miles Lewis

The Rookery: looking up central light well (modern glazing)

Miles Lewis

details of the construction of an

iron-framed house, by Viollet-le-Duc, 1872

E-E Viollet-le-Duc [translated Benjamin Bucknall], Lectures on

Architecture (2 vols, London 1881 [1863 72]) II 325[1863-72]), II, p 325

Rivets: types: cap ended; pan headed; hammered; countersunk; Forth of Firth Bridge, Scotland by John Fowler and Benjamin Baker 1882-90 detail of rivetted membersScotland, by John Fowler and Benjamin Baker, 1882 90, detail of rivetted members

Pedro Guedes, The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architecture and Technological Change (London 1979), p 311; H J Hopkins, A Span of Bridges (New York 1970), p 105

the skyscraper

Statue of Liberty, New York, by Frederic Bartholdi (structure by Gustav Eiffel) 1887 9(structure by Gustav Eiffel), 1887-9

Home Insurance Building, Chicago, by W L B Jenney g, g , y y1892

F i B ildi Chi b W L B J 1889 90Fair Building, Chicago, by W L B Jenney, 1889-90

Unity Building Chicago by Clinton Warren 1892Unity Building, Chicago, by Clinton Warren, 1892

Empire Building, New York, by Kimball & Thompson, p g, , y p ,1897 [NOT the Empire State]

W l th T N Y k b C Gilb t iWoolworth Tower, New York, by Cass Gilbert: engineers, Gunvald Aus Company, 1911-13

Statue of Liberty New York by Frederic Bartholdi sculptor 1887-9Statue of Liberty, New York, by Frederic Bartholdi, sculptor, 1887-9

Pana-Vue CS6253E3; CS6253E2

Statue of Liberty: views during construction, with head unfinished, and with the scaffolding partly removed

René Alleau [translated Joan White], History of the Great Building Constructions (London 1966 [1966]), p 7; R S Hayden & T W Despont, Restoring the Statue of Liberty (New York 1986), p 26

Statue of Liberty: model of the frame; view up the inside of the frameview up the inside of the frame

USA National Parks Service, The Statue of Liberty , yExhibit (Washington 1988), no page; Miles Lewis.

Home Insurance Building, Chicago,Building, Chicago, by W L B Jenney

1889-90, demolished 1931

Kilburn photographs, Melbourne University, no 76

the Fair Building, Chicago, by W L B Jenney, 1891: detailsCondit, American Building Art, the Nineteenth Century, p 61

Fair Building, during constructionGiedion, Space, Time and Architecture, p 373

U it B ildi Chi b Cli t W 1892 d i t ti E iUnity Building, Chicago, by Clinton Warren, 1892, during construction; Empire Building, Broadway, New York, by Kimball & Thompson, 1897, during construction

C W Condit, The Rise of the Skyscraper (Chicago 1951), p 90; MUAS 11.260

W l th T N Y k b C Gilb t i G ld A CWoolworth Tower, New York, by Cass Gilbert: engineers, Gunvald Aus Company, 1911-13: view, and drawings of the frame

Condit, American Building Art: the Twentieth Century, pp 11, 13

Woolworth Tower; Manchester Unity Building, Swanston street, y g, ,Mel-bourne, by Marcus Barlow (1931) 1932-3: photo in 1938

C dit A i B ildi A t th T ti thCondit, American Building Art: the Twentieth Century, p 11; Paynting & Grant, Victoria

Illustrated 1834-1984, p 157