Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for elevators showing pulley system

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for elevators showing pulley system

Date:

printed after 18 November 1889

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

Dimensions:

sheet: 50.3 x 65.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:365

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has tears and losses at the edges.

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, b.: with title and date; and throughout: with dimensions and elevator components stamped - embossed, on the reprographic copy, b.: "STANDARD HYDRAULIC / 189 LA SALLE ST / HALE ELEVATOR CO. / CHICAGO / ELEVATORS"

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

elevators
hydraulic elevators
passenger elevators
pulleys

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

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