This shows the new gym from the NW with about 9 fellows in front of the building. This building was dedicated in April 1898 so this picture shows it when it was quite new. Engineering was to the photographer's left and Chemistry was to the right of the picture. An interesting detail of sidewalk construction can be seen in the foreground. At the left, where heavy wagons crossed the walk, the walk is two "tracks" of stone with small stone in between. To the right the walk is single slabs of sandstone. Heavy wagons would break wide stone slabs, so where the wagons crossed narrower slabs were used to prevent breakage. An example of such a walk, made for wagon crossings, was visible on the campus at the NW corner of Guggenheim near Cottage No. 1 until it was replaced with concrete about 1971. The Physical Plant people had no idea of the reason for this type of construction and found the small section was "difficult to maintain" and so had it replaced.
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This shows the new gym from the NW with about 9 fellows in front of the building. This building was dedicated in April 1898 so this picture shows it when it was quite new. Engineering was to the photographer's left and Chemistry was to the right of the picture. An interesting detail of sidewalk construction can be seen in the foreground. At the left, where heavy wagons crossed the walk, the walk is two "tracks" of stone with small stone in between. To the right the walk is single slabs of sandstone. Heavy wagons would break wide stone slabs, so where the wagons crossed narrower slabs were used to prevent breakage. An example of such a walk, made for wagon crossings, was visible on the campus at the NW corner of Guggenheim near Cottage No. 1 until it was replaced with concrete about 1971. The Physical Plant people had no idea of the reason for this type of construction and found the small section was "difficult to maintain" and so had it replaced.
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