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* LARGE CONCRETE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, 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 yet 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 be 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.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21975, 26 December 1936, Page 8
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