THE COST OF RUST.
Man is waging a fierce, never-ending struggle with an enemy that costs him £500,000,000 a year. The enemy is rust. It is estimated that the annual* wastage of iron and steel, -caused by rust, approaches 40,000,000 tons. Research into the causes of corrosion goes on steadily, but until experts hit upon perfectly rust-proof metals the fight against rust must continue. Anti-corrosive paints help to stay the rust, but after three coats had been given to the Eiffel Tower rust was eating into it again within two years. Painters are constantly coating the mighty Forth Bridge with preservatives, about 50 tons of paint being used in covering the mile and a half long structure. Rust has been responsible for much loss of life. Bridges, roofs and other iron and steel structures have collapsed when it has been allowed to obtain ajiold.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 106, 7 May 1935, Page 5
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144THE COST OF RUST. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 106, 7 May 1935, Page 5
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