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Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches)
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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s at thecorners by a series of inter-vening bays, permitting of aloggia below, and, on the gal-lery floor, of a deeply recessedpromenade that opens outupon charming landscapes farand near. A profusion ofsculpture, architectural re-lievos, flagstaffs and bannersgive the exterior an animationappropriate to the festal occa-sion, while the ornamentationis suggestive of the varied andbrilliant exhibits arrayedwithin. Beneath the word miningover the lofty arched portalare colossal half-reclinino- fe-male figures holding alofttypical miners lamps, whilebas-reliefs of rueeed minerswith pick and pan in handsymbolize that all the opu-lence of metals and gems dis-played within are to be wonby sturdy toil. Entering the building, thevisitor finds a capacious hall 700 feet long and 350 feet wide, cov-ering over five and a half acres, or 345,000 square feet. The entireexpanse of roof, which is mostly glass, is so suspended as to leavethe central portion clear and unobstructed, the sole support being
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MINER—ENTRANCE TO MINES BUII^DING.(/?. IV. Bock.) MINES. 241 two rows at the side of huee steel cantilever trusses. This Is thefirst example of the successful application of the cantilever systemto roofs, and may be said to mark an era in roof construction. Ahalf million pounds of steel were required for this work. A spa-cious gallery sixty feet wide extends entirely around the building,greatly increasing the total available floor space. Illumination isprovided by extensive glazed roof sections, and at night by a full

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