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mm. TT'***' --* LIA23036 o `W Ji'Wj1yi miwp m m i-iin ^9 i FOR DOEDIATE RELE.1SE November 28, 1956 1.'J> INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 60 East A2nd Street New Tor* 17, M.X. Hu 2-26J3 > The current lseue of Lead Industrlea Association's quarterly publication "Lead* features the use of thin hard lead sheets for snail ornamental roofs to add distinction to the average heme, Described Is a lead-roofed prefabricated cupola on the garage of a eaall colonial hone In New fork's Westchester County, Also featured Is another building use of lead, this one out of sight. It is the use of lead bends to provide flexible connections between water closets and copper pluabing stacks on a large Long Island real estate development. In this case 6,600 lead bends will be used In 2,600 homes. i Installation of a sheet lead shield for an X-y room in .the n*w College of Wedicine building at Ohio State University Is described in same detail. Including the proper method of back shielding piping, electrical conduits or switch boxes that must of necessity pierce the lead lining. 2 ' In the industrial field, a fork lift truck with lead gamma-ray shielding used In its "hot" laboratory by Convair 1 shown. Two examples of lead's use as a protection against corrosion art described. One is-the -s use of combination sheet lead and brick llr.lngs to resist acid corrosion in the production of tall oil. The other is the use of a red lead primer ,`o protect structural steel from atmospheric corrosion by the State of Michigan on its highway bridges and over-passes. This i* particularly timely in view cf the huge new Federal highway-aid program, - A comparatively new product, porcelain-on-aluminua tile, is also described. In this case its use in a modern bathroom is shown. The porcelain enamel on the aluminun is msde possible by the high content of lesd compounds in the finish, resulting in a low-firing temperature that will not melt or otherwise damage the almiimn. ; Coplea of "Lead* may be obtained frea from Lead Industries Association, 60 East 142nd Street, New lork 17, N.T, Jj : S j f i M m m im wi wmsgi m 'mj1! iiI nm N 1992