Kearsarge Building: Plan and section for elevator pulleys

People:

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

Title:

Kearsarge Building: Plan and section for elevator pulleys

Date:

printed after 22 July 1891

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
working drawing
technical drawing
mechanical drawing (building system drawing)

Technique and media:

Blueprint

Dimensions:

sheet: 60.5 x 75.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1986:0767:368

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has tears and losses at the edges.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, on the original, u.r.: with the title and date; and throughout: with dimensions and elevator components stamped - in black ink, on the reprographic copy, c.: "STANDARD ELEVATOR COMPANY / CHICAGO."

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

elevators
hydraulic elevators
pulleys

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

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