

The Florists' Review 



Atbvu S. 1913. 



The columns are made of two steel angles bolted 

 together. 



The sides are 7 ft. 11J< in. high. The distance 

 in the center between the two columns is almost 40 

 feet. 



Note the length of the double steel gusset plate 

 that bolts together at the eave, the wrought iron 

 post and steel rafter. 



Ten bolts are used in each pair of plates. 



The cross ties of the compression truss which 

 runs from the columns across the house are double 

 Iron angles. 



Thomas Roland, of Revere, Mass., Gives his r^ 



Id 1911 Lord & Burnham built for me at Revere an Iron Frame, compression truss house, 

 60 ft. wide x 600 ft. long. This house is located on an open piece of ground across which the 

 ocean winds sweep with terrific force. 



After withstanding so successfully the terrific winds of last year, I was convinced that 

 Lord & Burnham constructed houses were, without a doubt, the best houses to build. 



When I decided this year to build a house (JO ft. wide and 560 ft. long, they received the 

 order. Although the house has but two columns, with a space between them of 39 ft. and 8 in.. 



the rafters are so strongly reinforced ^gpan 

 The columns are made of doul ^^ ^ 



together at intervals. This makes " 



possibility of buckling. 



The use of the compression trS 



theory upon which all the large bridg^T^iiiy] 

 It allows a construction of greai 



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Lord & Burnham Company, 



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