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•The 1954 Sanborn map of the Ball factory indicates that most of the buildings include an automatic sprinkler system.
 
•Most of the floors are now made of concrete with firewalls located throughout the complex. 
 
•Most of the roofs are identified as iron.  The blue buildings are concrete, not stone.
•A 300,000-gallon steel water tank is located at the south end of the factory. 
•Some of the double hydrants have been replaced by 6-way hydrants connected to newer twelve-inch water pipes.