The Manufacture of Roofing Tiles

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Geological Survey of Ohio, 1910 - Tiles, Roofing - 476 pages
 

Contents

Porosity Changes in Clays of Group I
114
Curves Showing Changes in Specific Gravity of the Standard Roofing
124
Method of Setting Warpage Trials on Supports
143
Waste Heat Tunnel Dryer at LudowiciCeladon Co New Lexing
149
Quincy Clay Gatherer
172
No Title Page 47 Shale Bank of the United States Roofing Tile Co Parkersburg W Va
176
Clay Pit No 1 Huntington Roofing Tile Co Huntington W Va
178
Entrance to Shale Mine Murray Roofing Tile Co Cloverport Ky
184
Motordriven Centrifugal Pump in Use at Clay Pit of Ludowici Celadon Co Chicago Heights Ill
186
Shale Bank and Car of Western Roofing Tile Co Coffeyville Kansas
191
Co Parkersburg W Va
192
Shale Bank of the LudowiciCeladon Roofing Tile Co New Lex ington Ohio
194
Mich
196
Pulverizer or Disintegrator at Works of National Roofing Tile Co Lima Ohio
206
Sectional View of Disintegrator
207
Chaser Mill
208
Clay Dryer Substantially as Arranged at the Chicago Heights Plant LudowiciCeladon Co
211
Homemade Rotary Dryer Installed by the Detroit Roofing Tile Co Detroit Mich
212
Pianowire Screen
221
The Perfect Clay Screen
223
Wet Pan with Shovel
231
Combined Pug Mill and Auger Machine as Built by The J D
236
65A End View of Double Pug Mill and Auger Machine
238
The Crawford McCrimmon Roofing Tile Press
252
The Grath Roofing Tile Press
254
Early Form of the Rogers Roofing Tile Press
256
The American Clay Machinery Co s Roofing Tile Press
258
The Grath Trimmings Press Illinois Supply Construction Co
260
Trimmings Press Made by the American Clay Machinery Co
262
The Rogers Trimmings Press
264
The Laeis Trimmings Press made by E Laeis Co Trier Germany
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The Jaeger Trimmings Press
267
Tile Trimmer in Use at the United States Roofing Tile Co
268
Single Stream Beaver Tail Shingle Tile Die and Cutter Made by Th Groke Merseburg Germany
274
Hand Mold for Shingle Tiles
276
The Mueller Shingle Tile Die
279
The Murray Shingle Tile Die
280
The Brewer Shingle Tile Die
281
Muellers Reel Shingle Tile Cutter Sold by The Illinois Construction Supply Co St Louis
282
Roofing Tile Bar in Block Form with points indicated at which the cuts are made to divide it into separate tiles
284
Vertical Delivery of Shingle Tiles in Block Form
286
The Robinski Lugcutting Apparatus
287
Cutter and Tile Blanks United States Roofing Tile Co
289
Tile Co
291
Handpower Press Western Roofing Tile Co
293
Spanish Tile Die Used by The Cincinnati Roofing Tile Terra Cotta Tile Co
294
Spanish Tile Cutter Made by the American Clay Machinery Co
295
Trowel Used for Removing Spanish Tiles from Cutter
296
Plunger Machine Making Spanish Tiles at Cincinnati Roofing Tile Terra Cotta Co
298
Homemade Reel Cutter for Blanks LudowiciCeladon Co Alfred N Y
299
New Lexington Augermade Interlocking Tiles
302
Die Shells and Matrix for Making Plaster Dies
304
Press for Plaster Dies
305
Press for Plaster Dies at Detroit Roofing Tile Co Showing Mold in Position
307
Cutting Horse for Conical Hip Rolls
321
Hip Starters
322
Plain Hip Saddle
323
Modelers at Work at Mound City Roofing Tile Co
324
Modelers at Work at National Roofing Tile Co
325
Finials
326
Tower Finial Table
327
Tower Covered with Spanish Tiles
328
Perspective View of Method of Laying Out Tower Tiles
329
Mitered Valley Tiles
330
Ventilator and Special Forms of Ridge Tiles
332
Dryer Used by The Cincinnati Roofing Tile Terra Cotta Co
338
Buggy of Dry Tiles on the Way to the Kiln
340
Steam Coils
342
Fan for Dryer
344
Plan for Dryer at United States Roofing Tile Co
346
Ground Plan of Groveport System of Heating Air for Drying Pur poses
352
Sectional Views of the Stove Used in the Groveport System
354
Sketch of Proposed Regenerative Hot Blast Stove Installation Ap plied to Drying
356
ton Ohio
358
Dryer Fan at Western Roofing Tile Co
360
Wooden Shingle Tile Pallet
362
Interlocking Tile Pallet
363
Spanish Tile Pallet
364
Pallet for Pressmade Spanish Tiles
365
Threesection Dryer Car with Loose Racks
366
Twosection Dryer Car with Fixed Racks
367
A Homemade Car
368
End or Bench Braces in Round Kiln of Spanish Tiles
371
Ordinary Wa Way of Setting Shingle Tiles
372
Showing High Shrinkage in Boxes of Burned Shingle Tiles
373
Method of Setting Shingle Tiles Flat in Use at Murray Roofing Tile Co
374
Wastestrip Method of Setting Shingle Tiles
376
Kiln Partly Set with Interlocking Tiles Western Roofing Tile Co
377
Setting of Augermade Spanish Tiles The Cincinnati Roofing Tile Terra Cotta Co
379
Kiln of Interlocking Tiles Set Without SupportsNational Roof ing Tile Co Lima Ohio
381
View in Kiln at Detroit Roofing Tile Co
383
Setting of Tiles and Terra Cotta National Roofing Tile Co Lima Ohio
385
Doorway of Kiln Showing Mixed SettingMound City Roofing Tile 171 Centerstack Downdraft KilnUnited States Roofing Tile Co Parkersburg W Va
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Round Downdraft KilnThe Cincinnati Roofing Tile Terra Cotta Co Cincinnati Ohio
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Terra Cotta Co Cincinnati Ohio
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Stewart Kiln National Roofing Tile Co
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Mitchell Kiln in Use at Detroit Roofing Tile Co Detroit Mich
405
Outside View of Mitchell KilnDetroit Roofing Tile Co Detroit Mich
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LudowiciCeladon Co
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Car Loaded with Roofing Tiles Showing Method of Bracing
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General View of Plant of Huntington Roofing Tile Co Huntington W Va
444
General View of Plant of the United States Roofing Tile Co Par kersburg W Va
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taken over by the LudowiciCeladon Co at Coffeyville Kan
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General View of the Plant of the Western Roofing Tile Co since 184 General View of the Plant of the LudowiciCeladon Co at New Lexington Ohio
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Heights Ill
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Hypothetical Ground Plan of Combination Roofing Tile Plant Inserted between 462463
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