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i know of prefab sections (balconies, etc.) in gibraltar - contact
kevin lane (at cambridge university) or clive findlayson at the
gibraltar museum (ask him about kevin's MPhil for Oxford) -
i might also have a copy of the text on harddrive -

Quoting Ron May <[log in to unmask]>:

> Davey,
>
> Now that is another matter. I would expect mid 19th century prefab
> houses
> might well have come from Britain simply because their industrial
> base was
> more developed and there was a bias in favor or thier products. Out
> here, a
> snob factor out weighed cost. People of status would order fancy tea
> sets
> with British maker's marks for status, rather than American brands.
> However,
> I have no experience for prefab houses.
>
> Ron
>



geoff carver
SUNY buffalo
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~gjcarver/

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