HUGE FAIR BUILDING
PROGRESS AT EARL'S COURT
.(British Official Wireless.) ' '-v BUGBY, December 23. An arfSbition building now being erected •at Earl's Court which, when completed, will house the annual British Industries Fair and will be the biggest structure in reinforced concrete yet built in Europe, is approaching the stage when the roofing will 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 necessity of 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.
The International cable news appearing In this Issue Is published by arrangement with the Australian Press. Association and the "Sun," "Herald," News Office, Limited.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 153, 26 December 1936, Page 11
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