Monadnock Building, Chicago: Details for beam-to-column connections

People:

Burnham and Root (architectural firm)
Keystone Bridge Company (draughtsman)
Shepherd Brooks (developer)
Peter Brooks (client)
Keystone Bridge Company (manufacturing company)
Owen Franklin Aldis (real estate agent)
George A. Fuller Company (contractors)
Peter Brooks (developer)
Shepherd Brooks (client)

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Details for beam-to-column connections

Date:

printed after October 1889

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
construction drawing
detail drawing
structural drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint on wove paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 61.5 x 85.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:121

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is water damaged at l.r. and l.l. and the t. edge is folded.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, t.: with title; l.r.: "Keystone Bridge Co. 509. Home Ins. Bldg / Chicago October 1889"; and throughout: with drawing titles, I-beam sizes and dimensions

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

columns (architectural elements)
steel structural frame
beams (supporting equipment)
joints (connections)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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