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The Galerie des machines was a huge glass and metal exhibition hall constructed in Paris for the 1889 World's Fair. Measuring 115 by 420 meters with a height of 48 meters, it had the largest clear span of any building at the time. Architect Ferdinand Dutert designed the landmark structure using cast iron arches and trusses to create an enormous indoor space without interior columns. The innovative building attracted visitors but received some criticism for its unusual proportions and lack of traditional masonry supports.

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Ferdinand Dutert 246 AR

Galérie des Machines

1889

The Galerie des machines was built for the Universal Exposition of 1889 at the
foot of the Champ de Mars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_de_Mars) in front of the
École Militaire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Militaire) . Its architect was
Ferdinand Dutert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Dutert) , assisted by the
architects Blavette, Deglane and Eugène Hénard
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_H%C3%A9nard) . The responsible engineer was
Victor Contamin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Contamin) , assisted by the engineers
Charton and Pierron. The structure was built by the Société des Forges de Fives-
Lille and the Cail factory, and the masonry was erected by the M. Manoury
company.

The Galerie des machines formed a huge glass and metal hall with an area of
115 by 420 metres (377 by 1,378 ft) and a height of 48.324 metres (158.54 ft), it
was free of internal supports. The framework consisted of twenty trusses. The
structure incorporated the three-pin hinged arch, developed for bridge building.

The Galerie des machines gave the exposition of 1889 an area of about 8
hectares (20 acres) of usable space. It was estimated in 1889 that the building
was large enough to hold fifteen thousand horses in the ground floor and the
same number of riders in the upper galleries without being crowded at all (the
experiment was never made).

The largest vaulted building at the time was St Pancras railway station
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station) , built in London in 1868, with a
span of 73 metres (240 ft) and height of 25 metres (82 ft). The Palais des
Machines had a span of 115 metres (377 ft) and height of 45 metres (148 ft).
The proportions of the structure were unfamiliar to people accustomed to heavy
stone arches. The trusses were small at the base and larger higher up, and were
light and narrow. The Belgian Vierendeel said, “this lack of proportion produces
a bad effect; the girder is not balanced; it has no base … it starts too low … The
eye is not reassured … The supports of the Galerie des Machines show another
fault: they are too empty.”
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