Corrugated iron sheet
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- Date
- 1829 · confidence high
- Place
- London (London Docks), England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Henry Robinson Palmer
- People
- 👤 Henry Robinson Palmer1795–1844
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Rolled iron sheet corrugated to give it rigidity, light and easy to assemble, first used for sheds at the London docks. Combined with galvanising, it became the building material of the colonies and the frontier.
1829 patent; produced by Richard Walker from 1832.
What it led to
- Exportable prefabricated construction (gold rushes, Australia, Africa)
- Shanty dwellings and industrial vernacular architecture
- Lightweight sheds and hangars
Built on
Made possible
- Hot-dip galvanizing1836-1837
- Galvanised sheet metal
- Prefabricated export buildings
- Light industrial building