Monadnock building, Chicago: Section for the elevator pulley system from the basement to the ninth floor

People:

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

Title:

Monadnock building, Chicago: Section for the elevator pulley system from the basement to the ninth floor

Date:

printed after 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: 59.3 x 22.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:371

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

section

Point of View:

partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has cracked along one old fold line and is now in two pieces. Sheet is torn l.r. and has old folds throughout.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, b.: with title; r.: with floor numbers; and throughout: with dimensions and elevator components stamped - on the original, l.l.: "... [cut off] HYDRAULIC / 189 LA SALLE ST / HALE ELEVATOR CO. / CHICAGO / ELEVATORS" [partially illeg.]

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

elevators
hydraulic elevators

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

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