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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 801 



Contribatlon from the Bnreau of Markets 

 GEORGE LIVINGSTON, ActinK Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 15, 1919 



CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE PROTECTION 

 OF COTTON WAREHOUSES 



By 

 J. M. WORKMAN 



CONTENTS 



Primary Factors in Warehouse Deslim 



Page 

 1 



Fire-Resistive Constrnctlon 16 u Fire-Protective Equipment 



Slow-Bnrning Constmction 41 



Semi-Slow-Baming Construction . ... SO 



Frame Construction 67 



Iron-Clad Constrnctipn S7 



Page 

 Auxiliary Structures 68 



61 



Precautions Against Fire 75 



Selection of Warehouse Design .... 76 

 Appendix. Standard Warehouse Plans . 79 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTINa OFFICE 



1919 



