THE BALTIMORE FERRO CONCRETE GO.

INCORPORATED

BALTIMORE, MD. ATLANTA, GA.

OTTAWA, CANADA

FERRO CONCRETE

CONSTRUCTION

INDESTRUCTIBLE

AND FIRE-PROOF

THE BALTIMORE F E R R O C O N C R E T E C O M P A N Y

INCORPORATED

BALTIMORE, MD. ATLANTA, GA.

OTTAWA, CANADA

FERRO CONCRETE

CONSTRUCTION

INDESTRUCTIBLE

A N D FIRE-PROOF

U. S. PATENT No. 762,479

Description of the Work Done by The Baltimore Ferro Concrete

Company during the Year 1 903

MAIN OFFICE

409 ST. PAUL STREET, BALTIMORE, MD.

COPYRlGHT

Annex Building' of The United States Fidelity 6 Guaranty Company,

I 1 1 EAST GERMAN STREET.

WITHSTOOD THE BALTIMORE FIRE.

 PRINCIPLE OF THE FERRO CONCRETE

CONSTRUCTION.

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 F e r r o Concrete Coal P o c k e t s of the S e w Trnmbull Street Pumping S t a t ~ o na t TITashington, D. CHenry Rrauns, Architect
These nine coal l~oclzetsh a ~ pa capacity of 1000 tons and are the first of the kind built in the Cnitetl States
C o n c r e t e false ceiling of Howard National Rank, Ualtirnore, ILld. ( S e e also 1)age 7 . )
LIST O F T H E PRINCIPAL FERRO CONCRETE CON-

STRUCTIONS MADE BY T H E BALTIMORE

FERRO CONCRETE CO. IN 1903.

Floor of tiro c,otrccri.\atol?-. i.c<ielollc.i>ol' 111.. I )oi~,pI;~>

( ;ortlo~r.Tiait i1llor.r. 1\I11.
I'iirker 'I'lloirlaz. .\~~i.iritc~c.t-.

F i r s t floor a t ?Ll 1Ic~tl;oili~t

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l(~ ~ I C'.
.L\(,IIIIP.\ \ . ; ~ < I I ~ I I ~1). ,II.

Lli:nson, ,Ii.cliitect.

Vo~iiid:ttio~is01 i':~tlloIic, ('111ir1.11.\\.?>t F:lil>. \-;I. A I . 0. 1011 Hc>~,l~i~li.,

;\re11 itcet.
 A n n e x B u i l d i n g of U. S. F i d e l i t y and G u a r a n t y Co., 111 E. German Street,
Baltimore. Rltl. Floor's, c-olnn~nsant1 roof in ferro c.onc.rete. Vie\\- taliell after the
Baltin~orc Fire.

Storage Warehouse o f A m e r i c a n S e c u r i t y and T r u s t Co., IVashington, 1). C.

J. H. Hill, Architect. Six floors and the roof in ferro concrete. Total surface, 24,500
sq. ft. View taken (luring the c o n s t r ~ ~ c t i o n .
S i d e w a l k o v e r V a u l t a t M i l l ' s B u i l d i n g , Pen~lsqivallia . ~ \ r ~ r l l l r l;ill Sir(~e1.r\'. \v..
\ Y ~ ~ s l ~ i i ~ gD. i ~. . P:~rlcer & '171~o~~i:~s,
t oC A4r i ~ h i t f ? ~ ~ tYs .~ F \ Y
s l ~ o ~ v i i\von(l
~ g ?ell1 i7rillg.

C o l u m n s a n d F l o o r of Ice Storage a t Hellricll R r e ~ v i n x (('o.. \Taslrington 11. C .

Al)l)l~tonP. (:lark, Architect. T h i s Hoor. is lo ? a n y 20 fert of icxe, say, about 1200 1l):i.
ger. sy. S t . T h e pic.tl1r.e shows t h e test 11lafi.e by t h e Builtling 1nsl)Pcror of the Uistrirt of
Columbia. 'I'he actual loat1 a11plie;l 1)er sq. f t . is 2100 l)ollnds.
 Fo~itlil,ltlorl-.of c~lliirtlr S t . liar! bt,lr o l 1110 S m , Old P o ~ t l tC'on~Sort, lTa.
-1. (3.\in1 I i o i ~ l ~ n l.4~(111te~t.
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Floors irlltl ('otlc>cl,tion. I~:rooklnncl, I). C.

st;~il.n--a>-ii ~ t('ollcgc. 11111n;iculntt~
A. 0. r011 l-l~~rl)lil
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Fomlclntion,<, floor; ;nit1 ~.cltainingI\-all; in 'I'r;~nsfo~~i~lc.r.

Station, 3lcClellau's
Alley, J31ltimorc. 1111.: T-nitctl EIcch.ic lJigl:t S. Po\ver ( ' 0 . 1'arl;er A Tlioinas,
Archi t p c t ~ . .To1111 \l7irtcrs. Cloilti.act(>i,.

I'olnilrn.: ant1 fioo~,of ice, >tol.;i,gt71'(1i. Fli~iii~ic~ll

Ih,c~\\.in,?('o., \\':lsIlinpio~r, 1). (Y.
I l ~ p l r t o l l1'. ('larlic, /I r., A\ rclli tcc.t.
Storage W a r e h o u s e f o r Arinal)olis S t o r a g e & T r a n s f e r Co. a t Annapolis, >It1
l ) Cooper, Architect
P h ~ l ~ pU.
 R o s e n f e l d S h i r t Factory, ::S S . T'ac'a Street, Ralrimorc:, Sld. T)onnell Estate. Parl<cr
& Thomas. Ar.chitec'ts. T h i s builtling is a ~nonolitliicslrelelon of concrete, t h e columns
a n d iieams carrying t h e 1)ric.li ~ ~ a l \\-liich
ls a r e 1:: inches thirlr f r o m top t o first floor. Tllc
I)llilrIing is 1::0 f t . x 5:: f t ant1 100 feel high with 6 floors ant1 two concrete stairways. The
fonridations also a r e of f e r r o c-onc,rete ( s e e pages 15. 1 6 . 17 a n d ::;I.
Rosenfeld S h i r t F a c t o r y . Parlter &L Thomas, Archiiecrs. View of t h e i~uiltlingal'rcl. tl~cic o n s t ~ u r t i o nof the ~ v a l l s .
(See also yages 1 4 and It:.)
 B a n k B u i l d i n g o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l T r u s t Co. of Raliiinore ( s ~ lelage 1 8 ) . D u r i n g
t h e great Ralliniore F i r e , t h e wall of t h e atljoining ~)rol?crtyfell Ll.lr.oug11 the skylight
on t h e m a i n floor. T h e above l)ic*tnres.talten just a f t e r tlie fire show tlie ~ v r e c l ion t h e
floor ant[ t h e pcrfect ?ontiition of the fioor. Vicw t a k e n I ~ ~ n e a t h .
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50,000 Gallon R e s e r v o i r a t Curtis Bay, Md. Owner, Brooklyn & Curtis Bay Light and
Water Co. Henry Adams, Consulting Engineer.
St, M a r t i n ' s P a r i s h H a l l , T\'ashiiixton. D.(I. Floors ant1 coluiiins in fcrro concrete.
the first huill i11 Ilnitetl States. A. 0. r o i l H n r b ~ ~ l iArchitect.
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Floor of the Transformer S t a t ~ o n of hlcC'lellan's Alley, I3alt1niore 3rd United

Eiectr~cL ~ g l i tand Pox\er Co Parlter & Thomas, Arch~tects John Waters, Contractor.
Test on the first Iloor.
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struction of the first floor a n d view from beneath.
A n n e x t o M a r y l a n d House of Correction, U r ~ d e ~ v e lLl l d ( S e e p a r e 24 ) ('oarlrnct~on
of t h e concrete ~ J , U S S Croof
~ ant1 \ ieTv of inrlrle.
R e p a i r Shop B u i l d i n g , Aslial)olis, i l ( l ( S e e paxi. 2 8 . ) ( ' o ~ ~ s t r ~ ~ roL
t i ro111n111s
o~l :tncl \valls.

50,000 G a l l o n R e s e r v o i r a n d D r y K i l n f o r Bagby 1~'nrnitllre P o , Baltimore, .\Id.

 Construction of the conrrete roof of the Marine Engineering Uldg.

Half Transversal Section of Marine Engineering Building.

U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Marine Engineering Bldg. Ernest Flagg,
Architect. Noel Construction Co., General Contractors. Columns, floors and roof i n
ferro concrete.
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 View o f tl?c roof c.ol?sii.llc.tio~~
of rhc Ilarilie 1Ctrpi;lecriilg Eltlg.

Half Trans\-ersal Section of A\.llariaeEngineering Hililtling.

U . S. N a v z l Aczder:y, Annapclis, Md. M a r i n e Engineering Bldg. E r n e s t Flagg,
Arc~hitecl. S o e l ('onsrrnt-tioii C'o.. (:enclral Contractors. ( l o l ~ ~ n ? n fioors
s, arltl roof i n
f e r r o taoncrete.
Second floor c o n s t r ~ ~ c . t i o onf Slarine E n g i n e e r i n g Uldg. s h o w i n g t h e t r a ~ e l i n g m a n e
beam on c o l ~ ~ m n s .

Half L o n g i r ~ ~ t l i r l aSection
l of !\!arine E n g i n e e r i n g Huiltling

U. S. N a v a l Academy, Annapolis, Md. M a r i n e Engineering Bldg. E r n e s t Flagg,

Arcliitect. Noel !'onstrnction ('0.. G(+rieral Coilrrat.tors. C o l ~ l n i n s , Iloors ant1 roof i n
f~1.x-o c.oncrete.
 View of roof constrl~crion of t h e Aiarine E n g i n c . ~ r i n gBuilding

Half T,ongiI~idinal Srcliorl of AIarinr Engineering Builtling

U. S . N a v a l Academy, Annapolis. M d . M a r i n e E n g i n e e r i n g Bldg. Ernest Flagg,

Arcllil ecl. S o e l ('onstr~icti on C'o., (;c,neral C'ontrac,t ors. ('olumns. floors a n d roof in
Serro c'onrr'et r,.
 T h e J . L. M o t t l r o n W o r k s . Sen- Plant a t Trenton, N . .J. ( S e e page3 ::l.) Tt?sr
~ i l a d eon rhe second f!oor of t h e Brass Slio]), surface ::O S t . x :O f t . loatied \\-ith 500 111s.
Pt!r sqllare foot iilaliillg a total !oat1 of 22: 1011s.

T h e J. L. M o t t l r o n W o r k s . New P l a n t a t Trenton, N J (See page ::4 ) Constr~lction

of t h e t h i r d floor of t h e JIonnting Shop
T h e J. L. M o t t I r o n Works. Kew P l a ~ l r at Trenton. P\T. J. Third floor of the Brass

Shop (see page :34).

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T h e J. L. M o t t I r o n W o r k s . New P l a n t a1 Tl.enton, N. .I. (See page 24.1 Roof ant1
s l i y l i ~ l ~oft the Hrass Shol).

College I m m a c u l a t e C o n c e p t i o n (see page 2 2 ) . C o n s t r ~ ~ c t i oofn archec! floor.

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M a r i s t S e m i n a r y at Calholic: I'rliversity, 7\'ashington, D. C. A. 0. von H r r b u l i s , Architect.

F l o o r s anrl s t a i r w a y s in f e u o concrete.

Officers M e s s Building, U. S . Naval A c a d e m y , Annapolis, Mrl. E r n e s t E'lagg,

Arcxhitert. Noel Constrllctiorl Co., Cieileral Contractors. IJloors, c o l u r n ~ l sa n d roof i n f e r r o
ronrrete.

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 U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, &Id E r n e s t Flagg, Architect.
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