Word: metalled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soon as the fire trucks had left Thursday, Buildings and Grounds men were at work putting temporary planking over the place where the roof had been cut away. Permanent repairs of the two burned-out roof timbers, the planks and slate of the roof itself, and the metal flashing will begin on Monday, Roberts said. Workmen will also begin re-plastering walls at the time, but will have to wait until the present plaster dries thoroughly before doing any painting, he added...
Roberts confirmed that a roof repairman from his own department had started the fire. The worker was welding drainpipe metal and overheated his torch, so that the wooden supports underneath the roof began to burn, the Superintendent explained...
...chiefs of staff were two unknown master builders, the grand design of Notre-Dame as it stands today was largely his. He raised the money (the cathedral eventually cost the 1955 equivalent of $100 million); he met the payroll and disciplined the work force (some 1,000 masons, metal smiths, carpenters, etc.); he personally selected leading artists and chose the subjects of the complex iconography. And he took fresh architectural gambles. The ceiling of Notre-Dame rises higher (107 feet) than any other cathedral then built, because Bishop Sully trusted the strength of the relatively untested ribbed vault; Sully...
...Square's main power line was uncharted. After a shuffling of blueprints and a cautions detour, the digging continued a few note feet, where it met a subterranean chamber extending beneath the sidewalk from the bank's lowest level. On the street they built a five foot five inch metal box housing a mirror, microphone, loudspeaker, window, and a slot for currently. A further adornment is the policeman who directs traffic and advises depositors on the mechanics...
While the gentleman in blue waves customers in and out at the rate of one every three and one-third minutes, bank teller Gooding peers up through his oversized periscope and discourses on the hazards of his job. "Women are always a problem," he notes while tapping the little metal basket that rides up and down with its cargo of currency. He thumbs through a pile of tens and remembers, "some guy this morning deposited three letters. I told him this wasn't a mail...