1811 Terminal T01rer, C1Gv~ol[~nd, Ohio By Harbert G. Fickos ...

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steel scissors trusses will be built up of steel angle section8, beiDg
placed twenty feet 8uart, giviLg D conti~uols and unobstr~cted view of the interior
of the bui ld ing.
HA.LL OF PROGRl-JSS
-''':ext building to the north of the l\.utomoti'v'e building, betli\1een it and
the lake,
V'lill be the Hall of Progress, sister buildi!',s to the .l\utornotive. Contract vias let
to the Hun]ci!:.-Conlzey Co., the cost bei11:-.) about ~~125,OOO. The buildint~ viill house
exliibits of public utility co:!rJ81lies and firms vvhich sup:Jly eppliances used with
their prodnct::. Designed by the architectural firm of Hays 3nd Sirpson, the building
1i1Jill be constructed entirely of VlTo(Jd OJ1 a concrete floor. It will be 540 feet
in length and
180 feet ·wid,,·:.
lJo vlirldows 1'vi11 br(;alc the so id line of thE huildillf~.. T S vV811~3, natural ventilation
to bE' furnished by 8 series of contir~uous louvres. The louvres, horizontal
openings in the side 'Jalls, "ViTill .rcep the b ..J,ilding at a 1 C01 fortabJ.c teL;pErF.lture 1Nithout
T1
necEssitating the installation of mcchanicGl coolin~ dcvic~s. Screens placed
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over all the side \lv-all oD€nin~;s 811cJ doors '!"Jill elirrinatc the "bothcrsorr:e insEct H
problcIfi.
The lIal1 of Progr(: ss 1/\[il1 pioneer 0 nev.; and uLigue ty. e of building construction
in this country; the: use of ~upDortillg members kno1,\TYl a s rigid frGlTIeS, in place
of steel trusses or hC8vy steel girders. In tIlis systelTl of fr8E~ir6 the colurr:ns and
bCCims arc designed as D continuous rigid unit. EAch unit is constructed on the
grou·'.d fJnd raised into positiorl. 1filith c rninimurn of effort.
lctusl tests conducted recently at the Case School of Applied Science proved
thct the fromc[ designed for the Holl of Progress arc capable of withstanding scvcrol
tim's their cDlculutcd load.
The structur', excluding the interior decorating, plurnbir~, wiring, ctco, will
be corrplcted by r',1L,y 15, D T:1Dttcr of 45 1~Jorkinp:; d[1YS. Later, v\Thcn the YJorl( of 8Ct
1 ls1 C011struction bC?gins, crcv,-Ts v.ri11 v\ork in tvvo shifts with rnorc thaYl 8 hundred
men cInploycd
on the pro.lcct.
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