Ditherington

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Ditherington

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Western architecture
Construction in iron and glass
…mill (now Allied Breweries) at Ditherington, Shropshire (1796–97), is one of the first iron-frame buildings, though brick walls still carry part of the load and there are no longitudinal beams. The cloth mill at King’s Stanley, Gloucestershire (1812–13), is more convincing as an iron-frame building. Fully fireproof and avoiding the…
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…mill (now Allied Breweries) at Ditherington, Shropshire (1796–97), is one of the first iron-frame buildings, though brick walls still carry part of the load and there are no longitudinal beams. The cloth mill at King’s Stanley, Gloucestershire (1812–13), is more convincing as an iron-frame building. Fully fireproof and avoiding the…
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