Edmund Nuttall & Co. : Manchester : advert in : Ferro-Concrete Review, Volume 2, January 1911
The Ferro-Concrete Review was a monthly journal produced to publicise the Mouchel-Hennebique method of reinforced concrete construction 'in engineering and architetcural practice'. Edited by W Noble Twelvetrees it is a highly informative periodical full of details and illustrations of numerous contemporary construction projects. The Mouchel-Hennebique method was the result of the engineer L G Mouchel being the British agent for the Hennebique French/Belgian method of early concrete reinforcement patented by François Hennebique (1842-1921).
This advert was taken by the Trafford Park, Manchester, based construction company of Edmund Nuttall & Co. who were the principal contractors in the construction of the famous Royal Liver Building at Pier Head in Liverpool. One of the "Three Graces", the major buildings that formed the maritime gateway to the great port city, it was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas for the Royal Liver Assurance Company was opened in 1911 being one of the earliest exmaples of a reinforced concrete structure in the UK.
Edmund Nuttall & Co. : Manchester : advert in : Ferro-Concrete Review, Volume 2, January 1911
The Ferro-Concrete Review was a monthly journal produced to publicise the Mouchel-Hennebique method of reinforced concrete construction 'in engineering and architetcural practice'. Edited by W Noble Twelvetrees it is a highly informative periodical full of details and illustrations of numerous contemporary construction projects. The Mouchel-Hennebique method was the result of the engineer L G Mouchel being the British agent for the Hennebique French/Belgian method of early concrete reinforcement patented by François Hennebique (1842-1921).
This advert was taken by the Trafford Park, Manchester, based construction company of Edmund Nuttall & Co. who were the principal contractors in the construction of the famous Royal Liver Building at Pier Head in Liverpool. One of the "Three Graces", the major buildings that formed the maritime gateway to the great port city, it was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas for the Royal Liver Assurance Company was opened in 1911 being one of the earliest exmaples of a reinforced concrete structure in the UK.