Chemical Bank Building, Chicago: Riser diagram and plans, elevations and sections for safe waste connections, office sinks, gravel basins and safe pans

People:

Burnham and Root (architectural firm)
Burnham and Root (draughtsman)
Abstract Safety Vault Company (client)

Title:

Chemical Bank Building, Chicago: Riser diagram and plans, elevations and sections for safe waste connections, office sinks, gravel basins and safe pans

Date:

printed ca. 1889

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 with graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 60.9 x 101.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:358

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 and creased throughout and has tears and losses at the edges. Perforations at the l. edge indicate that sheet was formerly bound with other sheets.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, on the print, in graphite, b. "Monadnock / Same details and as in note"; c.r.: "Note / Also make detail / of Barbers basin / stands like specification" inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: with title, the architectural firm's name and "88" [within circles; drawing number]; l.: with floor numbers; b.: with types of pipes and letters identifying pipes; and throughout: with drawing titles, dimensions, pipe diameters and notes concerning the design of the plumbing components [one added in graphite]

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

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

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

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