Detailed Description.—As enquiries are often received it is permissible to reproduce the following detailed description of the original house. This appeared in the Fourth Local Report (Malaya) 1916, issued to subscribers by the Rubber Growers’ Association.
“The house has a steel frame-work, 22 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 22 feet high. Of the length, 14 feet is occupied by the platforms, and 8 feet by the chambers. These measurements can be varied. The whole of the width (16 feet) is occupied by compartments of which one series is placed above the other.
Side View of Preceding Photograph, showing External
Arrangement for Stoking Furnaces.
Federated Engineering Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur.
“Platforms.—The loading verandahs or platforms are of ordinary ’seriah’ timber.
“Compartments and Furnace Chamber.—These are enclosed with Bell’s ’Poilite’ sheets, each of which measures 8 feet by 4 feet by 3⁄16 inch. The sheets are affixed to the steel stanchions, doors, etc., by galvanised bolts (1 inch by 1⁄4 inch) which pass through iron flats measuring 8 feet by 2 inches by 3⁄8 inch (about). These iron flats hold the sheets at the edges. The dimensions of the compartments are 8 feet by 8 feet by 4 feet.
