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November 30th: Make sure to add notes on vertical applications

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 * Add information about common uses of structural clay tile, general information on its period of use, development, and different typologies. Suggest removing more specific information on structural facing tile until later in the article.
 * Remove/Split Section titled "Clay tile Units"
 * History, Origins, and Development *New Section*
 * Pre 1850s
 * 1850s-1870s
 * 1880s-1900s
 * 1910s-1950s
 * Decline of Hollow Clay Tile in horizontal applications
 * Horizontal Application *New Section*
 * Tile Floor Arches
 * Side Construction
 * End Construction
 * Composite Construction
 * Speciality Types
 * Book Tile in roofing
 * Structural Glazed Facing Tile *move here*
 * Others
 * Vertical Application
 * I will not be going into depth on this section. But it should describe the use in load bearing wall construction
 * Properties, Manufacturing, and Classification
 * Move sections under "Clay tile unites" describing architectural standards and units sizes here. Discuss the manufacturing process, and add the three grades and their uses here

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= Structural Clay Tile =

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"While most such units were intended to be covered with plaster or a similar finish material, structural glazed facing tiles (SGFT) have a glazed finish on one or more sides and are used as finish materials." Copied from Structural clay tile. Remove to later section Specialty Types.

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1) Structural clay tile grew in popularity in the end of the nineteenth-century because it could be constructed faster, was lighter, and required simpler flat falsework than earlier brick vaulting construction.

2) Each unit is generally made of clay or terra-cotta with hollow cavities, or cells inside it, and is commonly used in floor arches, fireproofing, partition walls, and furring.

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1) "Structural clay tile describes a category of burned-clay building materials used to construct the walls roofing, walls, and flooring of buildings for structural and non-structural purposes, especially in fireproofing applications." Copied from Structural clay tile.

2) "In North America it was chiefly used during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reaching peak popularity at the turn of the century and declining around the 1950s. and It continues to be used in Europe to build fire-resistant walls and partitions. " Copied from Structural clay tile.

Pre 1850s-1870s
Clay tile in different capacities has been used for thousands of years. The Romans were among the first to use clay tile in construction by building clay pots to lighten vaulting loads. However the first recorded structural use of terra-cotta forms was in eighteenth-century Italy in the dome of the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna. Clay pots lined with plaster of paris lightened the load of the dome in a similar way to earlier Roman construction.

1850s-1870s
The first recorded use of structural clay tile in the United States was in 1853. Frederick A. Peterson designed hand-shaped clay ovals that he placed between I-beams and covered with cement to create flooring. Peterson debuted his method in the Cooper Union Building in New York City. However, Peterson's method was not mass-produced or replicated until the 1870s. In 1871, Balthasar Kreischer and George H. Johnson patented a new method similar to Peterson's, based on earlier precedents including those of British architect Joseph Bunnett in 1858, as well as designs by Peterson. Each of these methods emerged out of a growing need to fireproof buildings following massive fires across the United States during that last quarter of the nineteenth century. Prior to the widespread use structural clay tile, brick and masonry construction dominated fireproofing techniques. However, brick and masonry construction, especially vaulting, was heavy, was time consuming to construct, and required the construction of costly custom formwork. Structural clay tile offered a lighter, faster, and simpler alternative. An interlocking system of angular clay tiles that were fit together with a keystone became popular in the early 1870s, after designs by Vincent Garcin were mass produced to create flat segmented arches. This flat segmented arch, developed by Garcin, was first used in the United States at the New York Post Office, Kendall Building in Chicago, and the Singer Manufacturing Building in St. Louis, becoming the most prolific use of hollow clay tile until the end of the century.

1880s-1900s
With its increased popularity, structural clay tile became one of the most popular materials for fireproofing iron and steel construction. However, its capacity for fireproofing was not fully realized until Peter Bonnett Wight invented the "tile shoe" in 1881. The "tile shoe" covered the exposed side of metal beams, fully insulating them from fire.

Side Pressure Arch Construction
Side pressure arch construction, the first method used in tile floor arches, is composed of hollow tiles laid parallel to I beams.

End Pressure Arch Construction
End pressure arch construction is composed of hollow tiles laid perpendicular to I beams. This method enjoyed popularity after it was discovered to be fifty percent more efficient than side pressure arches.

1910s-1950s
Flat arch construction grew in popularity with the increasing number of buildings using steel and iron structural members in their design. New building code requierments for fireproofing aided in the use and proliferation of structural clay tile in skyscrapers and other large buildings. After 1910, manufactures began to test and develop stronger and more complex structural clay tile systems that worked better in compression. Greater compressive strength, found largely in the invention of the end pressure arch, allowed the material to be used in longer floor spans. However, as reinforced concrete grew in popularity as a cheaper and less complex alternative, structural clay tile use in floors and roofing declined. Increasingly, clay tile was used inside concrete flooring to make it lighter, or as centering/formwork for concrete construction. With the rise of reinforced concrete flooring and metal decking, structural clay tile fell out of popularity for use in horizontal applications. While the use of structural clay tile in flooring and roofing declined, its use in walls enjoyed popularity into the 1950s. Wall tile blocks continue to be manufactured, but specialty tile units often require custom commissions. Clay tile arches are no longer manufactured and due to a lack of skilled artisans to lay the arch systems, they are never replaced.

Composite Construction
In the late 1890s, the most popular system of tile floor arches combined both side and end pressure construction. However, with the increase in popularity of concrete construction composite construction began to use both methods in conjunction with reinforced concrete. Later systems used clay tiles and reinforced concrete to replace tile floor arches in the 1930s.

Book Tile
A popular use of structural clay tile was book tile, a flat hollow tile, that was used in roofing systems. Book tile was also used in raised flooring to allow plumbing and other systems to be run in buildings.

Vertical Application
The most popular and enduring form of structural clay tile is its use in vertical applications as a structural element. Structural glazed facing tile is perhaps its most common and prolific form.

Structural Glazed Facing Tiles
"Structural glazed facing tile has been extensively used in institutional settings where a durable, easily cleanable surface is desired. The material is commonly found in schools, correctional facilities, swimming pools and similar facilities. A wide variety of shapes have been developed to allow the construction of corners, caps, wall base and other elements using standard sizes. SGFT cannot be easily cut without damage to the glazed surface, so several dozen special shapes are available to allow most situations to be accommodated. SGFT features a fired glazed surface that may be produced in colors similar to those available from standard ceramic tile. SGFT has been replaced in some applications by glazed masonry units, a composite of concrete masonry and a tile-like surface coating." Copied from Structural clay tile, moved here from earlier section.

Specialized kinds of structural clay tile were produced with a vitrified or glazed curved surface for use in building farm silos. Other shapes, called "telephone tiles", were used as underground multi-celled conduits for telephone cables.. Copied from Structural clay tile, moved here from earlier in article.

Manufacturing
Structural clay tile is still manufactured according to historical processes: clay is kneaded to an appropriate consistency, pressed into molds. and fired in large kilns. Different molds and forms are used for each type and shape of structural clay tile.

Classification
Structural clay tile is classified into three grades: hard, semi-porous, and porous. Each classification is differentiated by the length of time the tile is fired during the manufacturing process, and each classification is used for different purposes.

Hard tile has the greatest structural strength of the three categories, and is used largely in applications where it is exposed to the elements. Its hardness resists moisture, as it is less porous than other classifications. However, hard tile is less fireproof as it is prone to cracking in high heat.

Semi-porous tile tile has moderate strength and is resistant to moisture.

Porous tile is made by mixing clay with straw, sawdust or other materials that are burned out during the manufacturing process making it highly porous and lighter, in addition to reducing structural dead loads. Porous tile was preferred among builders for fireproofing since it behaved well in high heat.

"Tile is classified into load-bearing and non-load-bearing categories. Load-bearing tile is described under ASTM Standard C34, subdivided into grade LBX, for areas exposed to weathering, and LB, for protected applications. Non-load-bearing tile is described under ASTM C56 in one grade, NB. It is used for interior partitions, and may be laid with cells running horizontally or vertically. Tile may be ribbed to accept a plaster finish, or smooth. Special shapes were available to attach to and to fit around structural steel shapes, providing a fire-resistant enclosure for the load-bearing steel members.  " Moved to and copied from Structural clay tile.

"Structural clay tiles are manufactured in a variety of standard sizes, including 4", 6", 8", 10" and 12" thicknesses, and typically 12" x 12" or 12" x 8" face dimensions. Tile was also manufactured in a series of graduated wedge shapes for installation between steel members as a fireproof flat arch floor structure, to be covered with a concrete wearing surface above. In other cases, structural clay tile was used as a permanent form material to reduce the bulk and weight of structural concrete floor slabs. " Moved to and copied from Structural clay tile.

Possible Sources:
Freitag, J.K. “Structural Terra-Cotta Walls.” In Fire Prevention and Fire Protection as Applied to Building Construction: A Handbook of Theory and Practice, 638–41. J. Wiley & sons, 1912. https://books.google.com/books?id=xwMKAAAAIAAJ.

______. Hollow Tile and Fireproofing. Vol. 249 of International Library of Technology. Scranton, Pa.: International Textbook Company, n.d.

Hornbostel, Caleb. “Clay Tile: Structural Facing Tile.” In Construction Materials Types, Uses and Applications, Second., 229–50. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1991.

Kidder, F.E., and T. Nolan. “Strength of Terra-Cotta and Terr-Cota Piers.” In The Architects’ and Builders’ Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural Engineers, Contractors, and Draughtsmen, 276–79. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 1921. https://books.google.com/books?id=DWsmAAAAMAAJ.

Paulson, Conrad. “Structural Clay Tile.” In Twentieth-Century Building Materials History and Conservation, edited by Thomas C. Jester, 119–23. Getty Conservation Institute, 2014.

Walsh, George E. “Structural Terra Cotta as an Exterior Wall.” Fireproof Magazine 9, no. 2 (August 1906): 61–66.

Yeomans, David. “Perforated Bricks.” In Construction Since 1900: Materials, 40–42. London: BT Batsford Ltd., 1997.