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e-paw Wrote:![[Image: 20110804115756.jpg]](http://i840.photobucket.com/albums/zz328/gronku2/20110804115756.jpg)
This pic is of some ornamental iron work on the side of the same building (seen on the right of the first pic) They are only through bolted into the brick and have no structural purpose, only decoration. This was at one time the exterior wall so this was able to be seen from the street, But that was a long time ago..
That is not always the case though. Many older buildings have these to add structural integrity. They stop the walls bowing outwards because there's one on the other side of the building, and they are connected under a floor or inside a ceiling (mostly) by metal rods.
Andrew
