New Bedford Institute of Technology - Fabricator Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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THE FABRICATOR 19 2 8 This addition was three stories with full basement and was used by the chemistry department, mechanical department, design department, a large audi- torium on the 3rd floor, an exhibition room on 2nd floor, class rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors. This called for another general rearrangement of departments and equip- ment, the carding and spinning department taking the whole of the first floor of building 1-2 and 3 and the weaving the second floor of building 1-2 and 3, the knitting department rooms 2 and 3 of the 3rd floor. At this time a cotton classing room was fitted up on the 3rd floor. This arrangement was carried along until 1922 when the 4th addition was built. The Maxfield Street building was carried west to the line of the original building. This building was three stories without basement. The first floor was taken by the spinning department, the second floor weaving and the 3rd floor for a gymnasium. 22 )§►-

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19 2 8 THE FABRICATOR This addition called for rearranging the departments and equipment. The engine and boiler room was placed in the basement of addition No. 2 and the power changed to electricity. The weaving room was moved to the new addition 2nd floor and the space vacated was used for spooling, warping and slashing which was moved from the first and third floors. The picking machinery was moved to first floor, first addition, and the carding, drawing, combing roving and spinning to first floor new addition. Two class rooms and a room for a machine shop was made in the old card room. At this time a Mechanical Course was put in. The North part of the third floor original building was used as a drawing class room and the Northwest corner of the old card room for a machine shop. This arrangement was carried along until 1911 when the recitation building was erected to the north of the original building and joined to it by two bridges and a tunnel. This addition was built principally for class rooms as it had been found practically impossible to carry on lecture and recitation work in rooms adjacent to machine rooms. -«8f 21 } -

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19 2 8 THE FABRICATOR Present Building A number of changes which had been needed for a long time was made at this time. Locker and toilet rooms were provided on 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors. A shower bath room was connected with locker and toilet room on 3rd floor; a dra wing-in room was fitted up on 2nd floor; a cotton classing room with north- ern exposure and sky-light on 3rd floor. Also a small testing laboratory on 3rd floor. The original building contained 1 1 rooms with about 20,000 square feet of floor space. The present buildings contain 50 rooms with over 100,000 square feet of floor space. All departments are equipped with up-to-date machinery, especially designed for instruction purposes. The total value of the present equipment is over $275,000. About one half of the equipment has either been donated or loaned. The number of students attending the first year 1899- 1900 was: Day Students 11 Evening Students 183 The number of students 1927- 1928 was: Day Students 96 Attending 1576 -€(23 h-