Word: roofs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although the concrete frame-work, floors, and roof are all that can be seen of the new High Tension Laboratory, it is expected that the building will be completed in the fall. The walls will be of brick, and accordingly the finished building will resemble Pierce Hall externally. It is planned to install in the completed structures powerful dynamos and batteries for generating the current to be used in experimentation...
Alterations in the Fogg Museum were made during the fall and winter, and the building was re-opened on February 4. The roof was raised a considerable distance, increasing the exhibition space and greatly improving the light and ventilation of the second floor. Space which had formerly been wasted has been utilized as workrooms, store-rooms, and quarters for the staff. The main gallery is now better lighted and the capacity of the photograph room is enlarged...
...rule that it is inexpedient to leave buildings whose contents are precious without human occupancy at night. This rule applies to industrial and commercial buildings as well as to educational, but is often disregarded in this country. Hollis Hall lost a part of its upper story and of its roof in 1876; and Stoughton Hall had the same experience some year in the seventies. These fires took place in the day-time, when the buildings were full of students. They show that destructive fires may take place in brick buildings whose floors and partitions are of wood, in spite...
...exterior of the building is now completed and the work on the interior finish far advanced. The construction is fire-proof with concrete floor and terracotta partitions. The roof, however, is of wood...
...work on the Fogg Art Museum is now near completion. The photograph collection has already been installed; the staff is working in its new large quarters on the second floor, and the inside plastering and painting are completed. All that is lacking is some special glass for the roof windows of the exhibit room, which will not arrive for about ten days. The pictures will then be put in place, and the gallery will be open to the public...