Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Plans, sections and elevation for shaving basins, gravel basins, safe waste connections, office sinks and safe pans

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building, Chicago: Plans, sections and elevation for shaving basins, gravel basins, safe waste connections, office sinks and safe pans

Date:

printed after 4 July 1890

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

working drawing
mechanical drawing (building system drawing)
plumbing drawing

Technique and media:

Hectograph

Dimensions:

sheet: 42.4 x 76.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:346

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plans (drawings)
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is dirty throughout and cut at c.r. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

dated, inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title, the architectural firm's name, the date and "89" [within circles; drawing number]; throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions and notes concerning the design of the plumbing components

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

lavatories (sinks)
shaving basin
catch basin
fixture trap
safe (plumbing component)

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

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