Monadnock Building, Chicago: Basement plan showing the hydraulic machinery and elevator cars

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Basement plan showing the hydraulic machinery and elevator cars

Date:

printed after 31 March 1891

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
technical drawing
mechanical drawing (building system drawing)

Technique and media:

Blueprint with traces of graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 59.1 x 75.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:123

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
floor plan

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is folded and torn at l.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: with title and date; b.: with architectural firm's name; and l.r: "STANDARD ELEVATOR Co / CHICAGO ILL." stamped - in purple ink, on the reprographic copy, verso, c.: "Brewster Blue Print Co. / 155 Washington St. Room 58 / MANUF'RS AND DEALERS IN / Blue Process Paper / Blue Prints, Etc."

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

elevators
hydraulic elevators
passenger elevators

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

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