mill construction

American  

noun

1. heavy, fire-resistant timber construction within masonry walls, all vertical communication being within masonry towers provided with fire doors.

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Example Sentences

"The company's routine estate operations are continuing under the supervision of local managers. However, tasks that require technical knowledge of expatriates such as mill construction and planting, have been affected," a spokesman said.

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2014

Its raw materials chief, Jesse C. Johnson, was re-examining the wisdom of the moratorium on mill construction, will report to the congressional committee in mid-March.

From Time Magazine Archive

The interior of the building was of regulation mill construction, and as the pilasters reached the heights for beam supports cast iron plates with downward flanges were set in the concrete.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers

In mill construction, walls of uniform thickness have been displaced by pilastered walls, about sixteen inches thick at the upper story, and increasing four inches in thickness with each story below.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

The general tendency of American mill construction is toward as low buildings as the price of land will admit.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various