INDUSTRIES’ FAIR.
LARGE CONCRETE BUILDING, (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, December 23. The exhibition building now being erected at Earl’s Court, which when completed, will house the annual British Industries Fair and which will be the biggest structure in reinforced concrete y»3t built in Europe, is approaching the stage when the roofing can be thrown over the great spans, the central one of which will be 250 feet by 350 feet. Underneath there will he an area with seating for 20,000 people. The floor incorporates a device by which a section will sink to make a swimming pool 200 feet by 100 feet, with a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons. The early stages of the construction were hampered by the need for (enclosing in tunnels ■ six lines of railway track without interrupting the service. This difficult engineering feat has been accomplished with only a small departure from the original schedule of progress—British Official AVireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 65, 26 December 1936, Page 6
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