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The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material
The Mechanical Handling and Storing of Material
Forfatter: A.-M.Inst.C E., George Frederick Zimmer
År: 1916
Forlag: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Sted: London
Sider: 752
UDK: 621.87 Zim, 621.86 Zim
Being a Treatise on the Handling and Storing of Material such as Grain, Coal, Ore, Timber, Etc., by Automatic or Semi-Automatic Machinery, together with the Various Accessories used in the Manipulation of such Plant
THE WAREHOUSING OF GRAIN
Grain is imported in very large quantities at Bristol, and the port has always been
famous for the rapid discharge of this commodity. With its recently acquired additional
storage capacity, combined with the very latest machinery, this western port claims to
be one of the first in discharging, storing, and distributing grain.
The fine building consists of nine floors measuring 222 ft. long by 72 ft. wide, and
is on the east side öf the dock in the rear of No. 2 Import Shed. The structure is of