Which structural risk increased after builders replaced wooden support beams with iron in early textile mills?

💡 Explanation

When iron replaced wood, fire propagation risk increased due to iron's high thermal conductivity causing rapid heat spread and structural weakening leading to collapse. Therefore fire propagation results, rather than corrosion, buckling, or fatigue which require different environmental conditions or stress patterns.

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