Load test for Guastavino tile arches along Boylston Street, construction of the McKim Building
Load test for Guastavino tile arches along Boylston Street, construction of the McKim Building
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Load test for Guastavino tile arches along Boylston Street, construction of the McKim Building
Description:
A 4' x 5' x 6' pile of bricks weighing 12,200 pounds stacked atop one of the completed arches. To left of test, first course of blocks of Milford Pink Granite of Boylston Street Facade. Photo No. 60 by Edward Stevens, Clerk of Works.
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Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work August 1888 to Dec. 31, 1889
Image caption: 60 Tile arches loaded. Apr. 20, 1889.