source: Lu network
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[b] [/b] Lu network May 12th news (reporter Gao Taiming) this afternoon, the net friend said that Ji'nan seven weft four road an old building is being demolished. The building has a history of 100 years and is the former British Consulate. Reporters arrived at the scene, and found that the building has already been stacked from the floor of the wood from the floor, heating pipes, and so on. As a result of the previous fire, the "Ocean Building" has now been broken wood debris. Li Ming, director of the Ji'nan Institute of archaeology, said the building was an important history of the Ji'nan commercial port area and hoped that the relevant departments could repair it.
at 15:20 p.m. this afternoon, Sina micro-blog users @ tonal piano hair micro-blog said Ji'nan was being demolished by the former British Consulate, seven weft four road, an old building. At 17 o'clock, the reporter came to the former British consulate on the west side of seven weft four road.
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reporter found that the building is a two storey building, a European style building, and is particularly quiet in the noisy city. The exterior walls are of stone, smooth and strong. Over the past hundred years, although a large area of fire has been damaged in recent years, the main building remains. Now, the buildings are stacked in front of some dismantled timber, and there are obviously signs of being demolished.
"these woods have been for more than 100 years. After corrosion treatment, they are still strong and are not rotten." Mr. Wang, who lived on the north side of the courtyard, told reporters that he had lived here for more than 10 years, but had never had a chance to see it in the building. "This building is said to have been for 106 years, the original British Consulate."
because the building is located in the west side of the weft four road, and there is a fence separated, only one iron gate can enter the hospital, so the outsider can not know the situation in the hospital. Mr. Wang told reporters that on Tuesday (May 8th), migrant workers entered the hospital and began to demolish wooden boards, beams and heating pipes in the building. The south side of the building is stacked with dismantled heating and water pipes. Seven or eight migrant workers are eating in front of the building. "We are responsible for cleaning up the internal timber and pipes." Whether it is dismantling or repairing it, we don't know. "
"the fire broke out in the building in January of this year. Because the inside of the building was made of wood, it was extinguished for 1 days after burning. " Mr. Wang said that there were two families living in the building. When the fire broke out, the buildings on the east side burned severely. "But the building on the west side is relatively complete." Another resident here told reporters that "the workers who worked there said they were only responsible for tidying up, whether they were demolished or repaired or not."
17:30 Xu, two staff members from Ji'nan Archaeology Institute and City Central Bureau of culture came to the scene. The two staff told reporters that he had just learned that the place was being demolished. "We got the news immediately. Before the fire broke out, we reminded the tenants to take precautions against fire. The city attaches great importance to the old buildings here, and also discusses the reconstruction after fire. There are fewer and fewer old buildings like this. "
according to the data, the former British Consulate of Ji'nan was built on the two floor, with a basement and a loft on the roof. Rubble wall foundation, granite wall, red tile roof. The plane is concave, the concave face faces the north, the north elevation is treated in three stages, the East and West are prominent, and the middle body is concave. At the entrance to the north, there is a stone porch with a layer of stone to the north. The doorway of the porch is the standard western classical coupons. The walls on both sides of the porch arrange different windows of different sizes and shapes according to the different functions of the room. There is a door on the East floor with a helmet like door cover on the door, which is a secondary entrance. The whole building facade treatment emphasizes not only central axis symmetry but also some changes and solemn majesty. In particular, the walls are all masonry for granite, giving people a sense of eternity and firmness.
Li Ming, director of the Ji'nan Institute of archaeology, said that the former British Consulate in Ji'nan was originally a cultural relic protection unit in the middle area of the city. "The old building itself has a very high value, plus an important history of the Ji'nan commercial port area, so it is precious. It is hoped that relevant departments can repair it and restore the original appearance of the old building.