AT EARL'S COURT.
Remarkable Exhibition House Being Erected. MANY DISTINCTIVE FEATURES British Official Wireless. (Received 9.30 a.m.) RUGBY, December 25. The exhibition building being erected at Earl's Court, London, to house the annual British Industries Fair, will be the biggest structure in reinforced concrete yet built in Europe. The roofing is about to be placed over the great spans. The central span will be 250 feet by 350 feet. Underneath it there will be an area with seating accommodation for 20,000 people. The floor of the building incorporates a device by which a section of it will sink to make a swimming pool 200 feet by 100 feet, with a capacity of 2,000,000 gallons. The early stages of construction of the building were hampered by the necessity 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.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 306, 26 December 1936, Page 9
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158AT EARL'S COURT. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 306, 26 December 1936, Page 9
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