Miles LewisPrefabrication in the Nineteenth CenturyLa Prefabricación en el Siglo Diecinueve

Universidad de ChileNovember 2007

the prehistory of prefabricationla pre-historia de la prefabricación

exploration exploracióncolonisation colonizacióngold rushes la fiebre del oro

war guerrafishing & whaling pesca y caza de

ballenas

NonsuchHouse,

London, 16th century

fuente / from Speed's Map of Surrey, 1611

portable hospital by Samuel Wyatt of London, as erected at Sydney in 1791hospital portátil de Samuel Wyatt de Londres, tal como fue erigido en Sydney en 1791

detail from / detalle de 'East Side of the Town of Sydney. The Seat of Government', c 1803, attributed to / atribuido a G W Evans: State Library of Tasmania, Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts

demountable moveable station, Van Diemen's Land, 1847 onwards, from British Parliamentary Papers 1849

estación portátil y desmontable, en las Tierras de Van Diemen, desde 1847 en adelante, fuente de documentos del Parlamento de Gran Bretaña 1849

J S Kerr, Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Sydney 1988), p 61

the Langlois-Étevenaux house, later customs house, Akaroa, New Zealand, claimed to be of French manufacture, c 1849

la Casa Langlois-Étevenaux, que después pasó a ser la casa de aduanas, Akaroa, Nueva Zelandia, considerada de elaboración Francesa, c 1849

Michael Fowler & Robert van der Voort, The New Zealand House (Auckland 1983), p 136

Smith & Baber tent, labelled 'Smith Baber,

London', formerly in the garden at Montagu House, Whitehall, now at BoughtonHouse, Northamptonshire,

UK, late C18th

La tienda de Smith & Baber, denominada 'Smith

Baber, London', antes ubicada en el jardín de la

Montagu House, Whitehall, Londres

Country Life, CXLIX (4 March 1971), p 429

George Mott & S S Aall, Follies and Pleasure Pavilions (London 1989), p 38

'A View of Governor Philips [sic] House, Sydney Cove Port Jackson taken from the NNW‘

acuarela / watercolour, British Museum (Natural History) Watling Collection, 19

detail from / detalle de la ‘View of Governor Philips House’

sources of prefabricated buildings in the eighteenth centuryfuentes de edificios prefabricados en el siglo dieciocho

British innovators of the 1830s & 1840sinnovadores ingleses entre los años 1830 & 1840

S W BrookePeter ThompsonHenry Manning

S W Brooke's patent cottageschalets patentados como de S W Brooke

Builder, I, 15 (21 May 1843), p 178

Peter Thompson's Emigrant's house [for South Australia] & pair of semi-detached cottages

la casa de emigrantes de Peter Thompson [en South Australia] & un par de chalets semi-pareados

[John Stephens], The Land of Promise (London 1839), advertisements, Builder, I, 6 (18 March 1843), p 70

first Government House, Auckland, by Henry Manning, erected by William Mason, 1841

la primera casa de gobierno, Auckland, de Henry Manning, erigida por William Mason, 1841

John Stacpoole, William Mason, the First New Zealand Architect(Auckland 1971), p 3

Stacpoole, Colonial Architecture in New Zealand, pp 24-5

Henry Manning’s panelised prefabrication systemsistema de paneles prefabricados de Henry Manning

J C Loudon, An Encyclopædia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture (London 1846 [1833]), p 256

'Jolimont' by Henry Manning, 1839: pastel, by G A GilbertState Library of Victoria no H5278

Jolimont: reconstruction / reconstrucciónMUAS 6993

a Singapore house (at Mentone, Melbourne) during demolition, 1983una casa de Singapur (en Mentone, Mebourne) durante la demolición, 1983

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the Mentone house frame reassembled on another sitela casa Mentone re-ensamblada en otro lugar

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Mentone house frameroof structure showing

mortised king postsestructura del techo, mostrando postes

maestros perforados

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Malay roof structureestructura de techo

de Malasia

Showing alang mudaconnecting mortised tunjuk

langgit posts

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the Mentone housela casa Mentone

roof post with Chinese characterbottom plate & scarf joint

postes del techo marcados con caracteres chinos, solera y unión

en ángulo

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sources of prefabricated buildings in the early nineteenth centuryfuentes de edificios prefabricados de comienzos del siglo diecinueve

California

and the Pacific market in prefabrication

California y el mercado de la prefabricación en el Pacífico

access to California from Europe and the eastern USAacceso a California desde Europa y el este de los Estados Unidos

access to California from Pacific portsacceso a California desde los puertos en el Pacífico

iron warehouse for James Starkey & Co, California, by John Grantham, engineer; Thomas Vernon & Co, fabricators, Liverpool 1849

bodegas de acero de James Starkey & Co, California, de John Grantham, ingeniero; Thomas Vernon & Co, fabricantes, Liverpool 1849

Illustrated London News, 17 February 1849

early iron prefabricationcomienzos del acero prefabricado

the Tipton cottage, c 1843-4

King Eyambo’s house, Calabar River, 1843

Fairbairn’s mill for Constantinople, 1839-41

lighthouse, Gibbs Hill, Bermuda, 1843-4

iron house, Tipton, Staffordshire, possibly 1843-4, two viewscasa de acero, Tipton, Staffordshire, posiblemente entre 1843-4, dos vistas

Birmingham Gazette, 6 December 1923

house for King Eyambo, Calabar River, West Africa,by William Laycock, 1843

casa del rey Eyambo, Rio Calabar, Africa Oeste de William Laycock 1843Builder, 13 May 1843

prefabricated iron-framed flour mill for Constaninople (Istanbul), Turkey, by William Fairbairn, 1839-41

molino de harina de estructura prefabricada en acero, Constaninopla(Estambul), TurquíaMUAS slide, unidentified

flour mill for Constantinople

molino de harina en Constantinopla

section / corte

William Fairbairn, Mills and Mill-Work (4th ed, London

1878 [?c 1860]), p 401

lighthouses: Gibbs Hill, Bermuda, by Alexander Gordon, 1843-4, made by Cottam & Hallen of London; Slotterö, Norway, 1858

faros: Gibbs Hill, Bermuda, de Alexander Gordon, 1843-4, construido por Cottam & Hallen de Londres; Slotterö, Noruega, 1858

Illustrated London News, 20 April 1844; Norsk Arkitekturkalendar 1988 (?1987), July

iron buildings for the Californiangold rush

edificios de acerodurante la fiebre del oro en California

Grantham/Vernon, LiverpoolJohn Walker, London

E T Bellhouse, ManchesterPeter Naylor, New York

iron warehouse for James Starkey & Co, California, by John Grantham, engineer; Thomas Vernon & Co, fabricators, Liverpool 1849

bodegas de acero de James Starkey & Co, California, de John Grantham, ingenerio; Thomas Vernon & Co, fabricantes, Liverpool 1849

Illustrated London News, 17 February 1849

one of nine iron 'houses' for California, made by John Walker, July 1849una de las nueve ‘casas’ de acero construidas para California por John Walker,

Julio 1849Illustrated London News, July 14, 1849, p 20

‘house’ or tenements for California, by E T Bellhouse of Manchester, 1850‘casa’ o propiedad de inquilinato para Califoirnia,

por E T Bellhouse de Manchester, 1850Allgemeine Bauzeitung, XIV (1850), pp 184-5

E T Bellhouse of Manchester:warehouse & living quarters for California

bodega y alojamiento para CaliforniaAllgemeine Bauzeitung, 1850

detail of stanchions from E T Bellhouse’s patent, 1851detalle de puntales patentado por E T Bellhouse, 1851

warehouse, Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, detailsbodegas, Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, detallesMichael Read, 'Prefabricated Buildings and Structures', pls 51, 56

40 Moor Street, as re-erected behind 399 Coventry St, South Melbourne40 Moor Street, tal como fue re-eregido detrás de 399 Coventry St, South Melbourne

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Europe, USA & Latin America

James Bogardus: Santo Domingo

Andrew Handyside: Spain

John Walker: Panama

E T Bellhouse: Peru

Lloyds, Fosters & Co: Chile

C D Young & Co: Chile

the later French connection / la posterior conexión francesa

James Bogardus's factory, Center Street, New York 1848-50la fábrica de James Bogardus, Center Street, New York 1848-50

Monumentum, IX (1973), p 70

Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, manufactured by James Bogardus, 1849

Monumentum, IX (1973), p 64

lighthouse for Santo Domingo, Dominican

Republic, manufactured by James Bogardus of New

York, 1853

el faro de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana,

fabricado por James Bogardus de New York, 1853

Illustrated News (New York), I (1853), p 133

sugar sheds for Pesant Brothers, Havana, Cuba, by Daniel Badger & Co, New York

D D Badger, Illustrations of Iron Architecture made by the Architectural Iron Works of the City of New York(New York 1865), pl lxxiii

ferry house, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, designed by J Whyte and fabricated by Daniel Badger & Co, New York

D D Badger, Illustrations of Iron Architecture made by the Architectural Iron Works of the City of New York (New York 1865), pl lxxxviii

the Tagus Bridge, Villa Nova da Constancia, Portugal, by Kennard Bros of the Viaduct Works, Crumlin

el Puente de Tagus, Villa Nova da Constancia

Maynard, The Viaduct Works' Handbook, p 13

conservatory made for Spain by the Viaduct Worksconservatorio, España

Maynard, The Viaduct Works' Handbook,

iron marketsmercados de acero

Place de la Cebada & Place des

Mostenses, Madrid, 1872-3, designed by E Mathieu, fabricated by Andrew Handyside

& Co

Ewing Matheson, Works in Iron (London 1873), pp

246, 258

iron market building, Palencia, Spainedificio de mercado, hecho en acero, Palencia, España

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iron market building, Palencia / iron market building, PalenciaMiles Lewis

Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Chagres, Panama, by John WalkerBuilder, XI, 543 (2 July 1853), p 422.

custom house for Payta, Peru, by E

T Bellhouse

casa de aduana en Payta, Perú

Civil Engineer and Architect’s Journal, 1854, p

185, pl 20

buildings of the Cuñapiro Gold Mining Co Ltd, Uruguay, by Francis Morton & Co of London & Liverpool, c 1870

Francis Morton & Co, Iron Buildings, Roofing and Galvanized Iron Department. Catalogue, 8/b, 1873

Nictheroy Gasworks, Brazil, by Andrew

Handyside & Co of Derby: section & detail

Matheson, Works in Iron, p 256

the Viña del Mar Bridge / el puente de Viña del Mar William Humber, A Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges and Girders, &c (London 1857), pl 30

Vino del Mar Bridge: details

el puente de Viña del Mar:

detalles

Humber, Cast and Wrought Iron

Bridges, pls 30, 31

Charles D Young & Co’scatalogue for

South America

catálogo de Charles D

Young & Co

station houses / casas para estacionesCharles D Young & Co

building by Gustave Eiffel & Co, Iquitos, Perú

Jill Macfarlane

'Edificio Metálico' or Escuelas Graduados in San José, Costa Rica, by the Des Forges company, Belgium, 1890

Sanou & Queseda, in Garnier & Fonseca, Historia de la Arquitectura en Costa Rica, p 259

'Edificio Metálico‘, San José, Costa Rica: detailsPaolo Tombesi

Robertson & Lister&

C D Young & Co

Glasgow

Free Presbyterian churches / iglesias Presbiteranian by Robertson & Lister, 1854, for Melbourne & Sydney later St Stephen's church, Macquarie Street, catalogue illustration & photo of 1871

Charles D Young & Co, Illustrations of Iron Structures for Home and Abroad, pl 19NSW Government Printer photo

Free Presbyterian Church, Macqauarie St, Sydney, by Robertson & Lister

Photographs of Public and other Buildings (Sydney 1872), p 92 (no 256 , details

Charles D Young & Co, Illustrations of Iron Structures for Home and Abroad, consisting of Dwelling-houses, Markets, Arcades. Railway Stations, and Roofing, &c. &c., constructed of Wrought and Cast Iron and Corrugated Sheets. Manufactured by Charles D. Young & Co.

(Edinburgh, no date [c 1856]), pl 8

Legislative Council Chamber, Macquarie

Street, Sydney, by Robertson & Lister

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iron house made for Land Commissioner W N Gray, designed by Bell & Miller, made by Robertson & Lister

Young, Illustrations of Iron Structures, pl 9, design 14

Corio Villa, 56 Eastern Beach, Geelong, manufactured c 1854-5, erected c 1855-6La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria

Corio VillaMiles Lewis

Corio Villadetails

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Brown Brothers Store, Ginn and Mercer Streets, Geelong, 1853el Almacén de los Hermanos Brown, en la esquina de las calles Ginn y Mercer, Geelong

view from an old bill-head / extracto de una factura de la empresaBrownhill, History of Geelong

Brown Brothers Store, Ginn and Mercer Streets, Geelong, 1853el Almacén de los Hermanos Brown, en la esquina de las calles Ginn y Mercer, Geelong

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iron cottage, Patterson Place, South Melbourne

cast iron corner stanchionwrought iron T-sections

cast iron sashes

chalet de aceroPuntales de esquina en hierro

fundido, Secciones “T” trabajadas en hierro, hojas de ventana en hierro

fundido

Brian or Hilary Lewis

warehouse for California by Charles D Young & Cobodegas para California por Charles D Young & Co

Young, Illustrations of Iron Structures

tenements for California, by E T Bellhouse, 1850

viviendas para California por E T Bellhouse, 1850

Allgemeine Bauzeitung, XIV (1850), pp 184-5

block of iron dwellings by C D Young & Co, c 1857

manzanas de casas de aceroproducidas por C D Young & Co,

c 1857Young, Illustrations of Iron Structures, pl 3

papier mâchépapel mâché

the buildings of C F Bielefeldlos edificios de C F Bielefeld

papier mâché churchiglesia de papel mâché

C F Bielefeld, Portable Buildings(London 1853), pl 5

papier mâché churchiglesia de papel mâché

sectional perspective & plan

corte en perspectiva y planta

C F Bielefeld, Portable Buildings(London 1853), pl 6

papier mâché villaC F Bielefeld, Portable Buildings (London 1853), pl 1

papier mâché villa, interior view & planvista del interior y planta de una casa de

papel mâchéC F Bielefeld, Portable Buildings (London 1853), pl 2

papier mâché cottage / chalet de papel mâchéC F Bielefeld, Portable Buildings (London 1853), pl 8

zincHenry Hewetson, London

William Kirkwood, EdinburghJames Middlemass, Edinburgh

Boydell & Glasier, Birmingham & London

William Kirkwood's Portable Metallic

Houses for Australia

las casas metálicasportátiles de William

Kirkwood paraAustralia

zinc house by James Middlemass of

Edinburgh

casa de zinc de James Middlemass

de Edimburgo

McPhun's Australian News, no 4 (April 1853),

p 4 ; no 8 (August 1853), p 12

zinc house formerly at Guildford, now next to the Diggers Hotel south of Castlemaine

casa de zinc antes ubicada en Guildford, ahora el lado del Hotel Diggers en el sur de Castlemaine

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some later buildingsalgunos de los últimos edificios

Kiosk for India, by Jones & Ordish, manufactured by Handyside, 1866Henry Bessemer's conservatory, London, by Andrew Handyside,1868

Sveti Stefan Bulgarian church, Istanbul, made in Vienna, 1871San Sebastian church, Philippines, by Genaro Falacios, Belgium, 1891

Telok Ayer Market, Singapore, by P & W McLellan, 1894Villa Blumenthal, sent from Chicago to Lauffen, 1893

the Nissen hut, invented 1916

kiosk designed for India, by Owen Jones & R M Ordish, fabricated by Andrew Handyside& Co

Kiosco diseñado para India por Owen Jones & R M Ordish, fabricado por AndrewHandyside & Co

Ewing Matheson, Works in Iron (London 1873), p 249

conservatory for Henry Bessemer's house near London, by Banks & Barry, fabricated by Andrew Handyside & Co, 1868

el conservatorio para la casa de Henry Bessemer cerca de Londres, en Banks & Barry, fabricado por Andrew Handyside & Co, 1868

Ewing Matheson, Works in Iron (London 1873), p 236

Sveti Stefan Bulgarian church, Istanbul, made in Vienna, 1871la iglesia Búlgara de Sveti Stefan, Estambul, hecha en Viena, 1871

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Bulgarian Church, Istanbul: east end, west endiglesia Búlgara, Estambul: fachada este y oeste

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Bulgarian Church, Istanbuliglesia Búlgara, Estanbul

detail of apse ironworkScreen

detalle del friso de Hierro

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San Sebastian church, Philippines, by Genaro Falacios,

made in Belgium, 1891

Iglesia de San Sebastián, Filipinas, por GenaroFalacios. Hecha en

Bélgica, 1891

Peter James

Telok Ayer Market, Singapore, by P & W McLellan of Glasgow, 1894

MUAS 16,225

'Villa Blumenthal', Lauffen, near

Ischl, Germany, imported from

Chicago, 1893: original drawings / importada desdeChicago, 1893.

Dibujos originales

Joachim Werle, 'Urahndes Fertinghauses', Schöner Wohnen, c

1983], p 108

Villa Blumenthal

View / Vista

Werle, 'Urahn des Fertinghauses', p 106

Villa Blumenthal: interiorWerle, 'Urahn des Fertinghauses', p 107

Nissen hut: Captain Nissen's patent drawing of 1916Cabaña Nissen: Dibujo patentado del Capt. Nissen, de 1916

Pedro Guedes, The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architecture and Technological Change (London 1979), p 162