The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . lAO MACHINERY. too Strong to be dazed or troubled. The immense structure whichhouses the exhibits of machinery is second in cost to none exceptthe building for manufactures, and second in size only to the samegiant. With its annexes, power-house, pumping works and machineshop, its total area is more than eighteen acres, and the total costnearly ^1,300,000. The dimensions of the main structure are 492X 846 feet, and of the annex 490 x 550 feet. The power-housemeasures 100 x 461 feet; the pumping works 77 x 84 feet, and the. WATER. SCIKNCE, 1?IRE
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . lAO MACHINERY. too Strong to be dazed or troubled. The immense structure whichhouses the exhibits of machinery is second in cost to none exceptthe building for manufactures, and second in size only to the samegiant. With its annexes, power-house, pumping works and machineshop, its total area is more than eighteen acres, and the total costnearly ^1,300,000. The dimensions of the main structure are 492X 846 feet, and of the annex 490 x 550 feet. The power-housemeasures 100 x 461 feet; the pumping works 77 x 84 feet, and the. WATER. SCIKNCE, 1?IRE. FIGURES ON MACHINERY [M. A. lVaage?l. machine shop 146 x 250 feet. The method of construction of thebuilding for machinery is somewhat peculiar. The building isspanned by three arched trusses, and the interior presents theappearance of three railroad train houses placed side by side, sur-rounded on all sides by a 50-foot gallery. Each of these threedivisions of the building, spanned by its own series of trusses, isconstructed separately, with the intention that they may be takendown after the close of the Exposition and sold for use as railway MACHi^KKY. 141 train houses. The salvage will consequently be very profitable.
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