Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for hydraulic elevator cars and machinery

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock Building, Chicago: Plan for hydraulic elevator cars and machinery

Date:

printed after 30 June 1890

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: 75.1 x 89.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:366

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, l.r.: with the title and date; b.: with architectural firm's name and arrow indicating compass points; and throughout: with dimensions and notes concerning the layout of the elevator equipment stamped - on the original, b.: "STANDARD ELEVATOR COMPANY / CHICAGO." 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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