Cast-iron architecture
Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences. Refinements developed during the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century made cast iron relatively cheap and suitable for a range of uses, and by the mid-19th century it was common as a structural material (and sometimes for entire buildings), and particularly for elaborately patterned architectural elements such as fences and balconies, until it fell out of fashion after 1900 as a decorative material, and was replaced by modern steel and concrete for structural purposes.
Pont Des Arts, Paris, 1804
Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin, 1816
Commissioners House, Bermuda, 1820s
Cast iron balcony and railing, Arden House, Leamington Spa, England, 1832
Bourse de Commerce dome, Paris, 1811 (photo 1880s)
Kreuzberg Memorial, Berlin, 1821
Kitchen with palm tree cast iron columns, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, c. 1820
Sayn Foundry hall, Bendorf, Germany, 1830
Cast iron balcony, town hall, 9th arrondissement, Paris, c. 1830
St Isaac's Cathedral dome structure, c. 1838
Pevchesky Bridge, St Petersburg, 1840
Bibliothèque Sainte-Genevieve, Paris, 1843–50
Haughwout Building, Soho, NY, 1856-7
U.S. Capitol section, 1859
Salle Labrouste, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1861–68
Watson's Hotel, Mumbai, 1869
Clevedon Pier, England, 1869, cast iron base structure
Sphinx bench, Victoria Embankment, London, 1877
Brighton Beach Bandstand, Brighton UK, 1884
Cast Iron building St Louis, Missouri
Old cast-iron bench, Bad Kissingen, Germany
St Stephen's Bulgarian Church, Istanbul, 1898
