The Fire-Proof Company of New York The Fire-Proof Building Company of New York
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00687.156 Author/Creator: The Fire-Proof Company of New York Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1874 Pagination: 35 p. : 4 illustrated plates ; 26 x 16.8 cm. Order a Copy
The Fire-Proof Company of New York uses French hydraulic lime of Teil, one of the strongest cements known. Methods require the placement of incombustible material between partitions and open spaces. They list several New York locations which have been fireproofed. They discuss several different architectural possibilities in buildings as well as other structures, including sidewalks, piers, walls, and pavements. An appendix includes testimonies from authorized witnesses and newspaper articles supporting the fireproof concept. Illustrated plates indicate measurements and illustrations of different types of partitions, roofs and ceilings, floors, etc. Inserted in the first page is a newspaper clipping relating to a fire on Mott St. near Broome.
Powell was a Lincoln supporter and served as a statistician in the Treasury Department during the Civil War. Active in religious work as a young man, he was the secretary and manager of the Evangelistic Press Association and led a topographical corps through Egypt and North Africa to create Sunday School maps of Palestine and the Holy Land. Powell participated in the American Forestry Commission, the Grange and Patrons of Husbandry, the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the National Geographic Society. He was active in Sabbath reform work.
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