Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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-...Hb VVATER PIPE TUNNEL UNDER CALUMET RIVER THE working heading above shown is in one of five tunnels under the Calumet River that have been recently completed. The tunnels are about 60 feet below water line, are about 300 feet long, the walls are of reinforced concrete. The project described above was handled by the Subway Engineering Company, of Chicago, of which Ernest A. Clark, C. E. ,Q3, is president and Chief engineer, and Leon L. Clarke, E. E. '99, is secretary-treasurer. Page Twm1y'Six

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I I 1 4 I I I BOOK BUILDING CONSTRUCTIGN HE construction of the Book Building, at Detroit, Michigan, is the Work of the Walbridge, Aldinger Company, of that city. A. H. Aldinger, the president, graduated from Purdue in '9S. A few of the features of this thirteen-story build- ing are: foundations on caissons extending sixty feet below ground levelg Steel and concrete construction, absolutely fireproofg art metal trim throughoutg metal win- dowsg exterior of Indiana limestoneg granite and ornamental terra cottag design of the building Italian Renaissanceg special high speed electric elevators, traction type. The construction of such a structure represents a high degree of attainment in mod- ern building. Page Tz4'unly-Eight