pj<r. 73 ._ A Portion of Mr. ResorT'S Vinery. 



DESCRIPTION OF AN IRON ROOFED VINERY. 



BY WM. RESORR, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



Dear Sir — I enclose to you a rough sketch 

 of a vinery which I had huilt last year, 

 Fig. 73. 



Beino- in the foundry business, I con- 

 cluded to make the rafters of iron; and 

 experiencing the difficulty of finding any 

 plan or hint to work from, I concluded to 

 send you a description, so that others, in- 

 clined to build a first rate house, would not 

 commence wholly in the dark. 



The length of this vinery is 89 feet; 

 height of back wall, 13 feet; height of 

 front, 4 feet 8 inches. 



The roof is curvilinear, and the rafters 

 17 feet long, — curving one foot. On the 

 back wall (brick) a plate, 4 to 6 inches 

 thick, and wide enough, and bevelled out, 

 so as to turn the water off; the gutter stick 

 in front answering for the plate, and also 



having the upright pieces framed into it, so 

 that the sashes are hung on the under 

 side. The form of the rafters is shown in 

 Fio\ 74. In Fio-. 75, is shown a transverse 



Fig. 74.— Form of Iron Rafter. 



section of the rafter of the exact size— two 

 inches deep. In this figure, A is the top 

 of the rafter, B the gutter or groove for the 



