Word: aberthaw
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Engineering Societies (June, 1904, Vol. 32, No. 2) lying handy, you might be interested to learn that in 1902, after sweating over a hot slide-rule for some weeks, the architect team of McKim, Mead and White rushed up from New York laden with rolls of blue paper. The Aberthaw Construction Company of Boston wasted no time: saziche sandwiches were prepared, red wine was distributed, and the cement started pouring. After a year-and-a-half of carefully directed work, the building was completed, and the University's treasurer neatly penned a check for $295,000. It was good...
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