Photographer's note: 'A steel-framed building with a patent ‘Lamella’ tied-arch roof of 95ft (29m) span to permit a stanchion-free floor. The roofing system, using standardized, short, shaped members known as lamellae – in this case pressed steel bars bolted into a diamond pattern – was of German origin, deriving from a timber construction technique patented by Friedrich R. B. Zollinger in 1921; the Horseley company had held the UK licence for the steel patent since 1930.'
This is part of the Job: 2K/32093 Woolwich, Greenwich, Greater London; within the Volume: VF000537 High Streets Heritage Action Zone: Woolwich; within the Series: HEC01/054 High Streets Heritage Action Zone: Woolwich; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England
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Photographer: Redgrave, Christopher: Historic England
Market Hall