{"id":36100,"date":"2023-04-07T17:23:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36100"},"modified":"2023-04-07T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:23:13","slug":"ihbc-signpost-to-health-and-safety-from-an-old-building-dodging-falling-bricks-at-the-natural-history-museum-construction-1876","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36100","title":{"rendered":"IHBC Signpost to Health and Safety, from an old Building: Dodging falling bricks at the Natural History Museum construction, 1876"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1876 has been featured anew by Building.<\/em><\/h3>\n
image: for illustration – By Diliff – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=559965<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Building<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Site safety is one aspect of construction the Victorians did not excel at, but usually it would be the builders who are at risk. On a visit to the site of the Natural History Museum in 1876, it was members of the Architectural Association who found themselves narrowly avoiding a fatal accident. Workers on the scaffold above accidentally dropped two or three bricks, which landed within 2ft of the tour group and smashed one of the half-completed building\u2019s terracotta tiles…<\/p>\n

\u2026 Designed by Manchester Town Hall architect Alfred Waterhouse, it was among the first buildings to be covered almost entirely in terracotta tiles, which could resist London\u2019s sooty atmosphere\u2026<\/p>\n

The report also highlights the dangers of gas lighting at the time. Bottles containing fish preserved in spirit were deemed at risk of exploding if ignited by a stray flame, meaning that much of the building would remain unlit.<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a> (Restricted access)<\/p>\n

For more background see UK Daily News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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