Word: caisson
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Conditions in the caissons were infernal. A third of the men quit every week, to be replaced by immigrants hungry for jobs. After workers in the New York caisson began to die of the bends, the men struck, unsuccessfully, for three dollars for a four-hour day. Fringe benefits consisted of a set of coathooks and medical care, such...
...Stock Exchange, however, and all of the "39 Sullivan buildings," with the exception of the Carson Pirie store, were the work of the partnership of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. It was Adler who designed the floating caisson foundations that supported one wall of the Stock Exchange, thereby ending the problem of uneven settlement of buildings. Many of the firm's building designs were due to Adler's engineering expertise. Although I speak with a certain prejudice as Adler's granddaughter, architectural historians agree that much credit given to Sullivan alone belongs to his partner as well...
...funeral read like a battle plan, covering every detail from the pace of the funeral march (31 miles an hour) to the route and the points at which military bands were to play. After remaining at Washington's National Cathedral for 28 hours, the body was placed on a caisson Sunday afternoon and moved to the Capitol, where it lay in state on the same black-draped catafalque that supported the body of Abraham Lincoln. Eisenhower's casket was then returned to the cathedral for the funeral. After the benediction, everyone sang Onward Christian Soldiers.Monday evening, the coffin left Washington...
...Faulty Caisson. Laced by giant cross girders and faced with bronze-tinted glass and ebony-colored aluminum, the John Hancock structure tapers dramatically upward in the Chicago skyline like a flat-topped oil derrick. The first 43 floors are designed largely for commercial use. There will be five floors for a bank, a brokerage office and retail shops. Above that come seven floors of parking space-enough for 1,200 autos-and then 28 floors of office space, which will add at least 7% to Chicago's supply. There is a 44th-floor "sky lobby," consisting of a barber...
...block-long parcel of land on fashionable North Michigan Avenue and leased it to Wolman. Soon after ground was broken in late 1965, however, Wolman found himself overextended in a number of other financial dealings. His troubles were aggravated when a faulty support caisson required the costly dismantling of part of the building's superstructure. Wolman wound up selling his interest in the skyscraper for a $5,000,000 loss in late 1966. He is currently involved in bankruptcy proceedings in an effort to salvage his interests, which include ownership of 52% of the National Football League...