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When the Galerie des Machines was completed for the Paris International Exposition of 1889, it was the largest wide-spanned ironframed structure ever built (fig. 1). Described at the time as one of the wonders of the construction age, it is still seen today as representing the revolutionary development of iron-building technology during the course of the 19th century.' Spanning 364 feet 2 inches with twenty giant three-hinged arches, it not only embodied a unique way of covering a large space, it also enclosed a larger area than any previous building-over 900,000 square feet.2 The construction of the Galerie des Machines and other structures
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