Word: stones
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Trowbridge, a graduate of Trinity College and of the School of Mines of Columbia College, was appointed to take charge of the erection of the building under Professor Ware's direction. Mr. Trowbridge proceeded to Athens, and ground was broke in the autumn. The corner-stone of the new building was laid on March 12, 1887, with appropriate ceremonies, a full account of which will be given in the forthcoming bulletin of Professor D'Ooge, who was then director. The building will be ready for occupation in January...
...feet high, and weighted with gravel. Through holes in the top the mud is dredged out by a large machine, which lifts ten tons every five minutes. After the mud is dredged out the space is filled up by concrete, which hardens under the water. Upon this bottom stone piers 30 feet high are built, and above these steel piers 100 feet high. This concrete masonry is the strongest made, and will sustain a pressure of 100 tons...
Contractors are preairing bids for the new library building at Yale, for which S. B. Chittenden, of New York, has given $100,000. The walls will be built of dark Longmeadow stone, with trimmings of a lighter shade, and work will begin this winter if the contracts are made. Its cost will probably be $125,000, and Mr. Chittenden has promised to make up the deficit...
...route for the handicap bicycle road race is as follows: The start is at the corner of River and Howard streets, near Central Square, Cambridgeport; down River street across bridge, and direct on Cambridge street to Winship street, Brighton. Turn left on this street and Chestnut Hill Avenue to stone gate. Pass through this and between the reservoirs to the right up the hill on Beacon street. Keep Bea con street through Newton Centre. Half a mile beyond turn right on Walnut street, which hold through New tonville to Craft street. Keep straight ahead on Craft street till North street...
...Delta Phi, the Delta Psi, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon. There is also a local society called the I. K. A. All these are secret, and three have club houses near the college. That of the Delta Psi is very beautiful, being built of granite and having a graceful stone tower...