Purdue debris . illlllillllilMlllllllillllilllilllillilillillillll lllilllllllllillilllllilllililllllllllililillilllillllllllllllll p\/rd\/e: ^. 1915 ^^^ DD one hundred and seventeen ?^ PVRDVC JSi ^thfoul nf iMKl|antral lEngttt^^ring Tl I M sclidol (jf Mechanical ICngineering was started as a sep-arate school in 1885. From that time on this department hasi)een kept well to the front, and was in fact the leading- schoolof engineering in the west for twenty years. The construction of the Meciianical Engineering building wasmade possible in 1892 by the gift of Amos Heavilon and

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Purdue debris . illlllillllilMlllllllillllilllilllillilillillillll lllilllllllllillilllllilllililllllllllililillilllillllllllllllll p\/rd\/e: ^. 1915 ^^^ DD one hundred and seventeen ?^ PVRDVC JSi ^thfoul nf iMKl|antral lEngttt^^ring Tl I M sclidol (jf Mechanical ICngineering was started as a sep-arate school in 1885. From that time on this department hasi)een kept well to the front, and was in fact the leading- schoolof engineering in the west for twenty years. The construction of the Meciianical Engineering building wasmade possible in 1892 by the gift of Amos Heavilon and otlierfriends of the University living in Tippecanoe County. The newengineering building with its shops and laboratories was dedicatedJanuary 21, 1894. Two days after, the main building, laboratoriesand part of the shop wings were completely destroyed by two years, the present building was rebuilt on the saiue plansas the one burned. The locomotive which was in this fire wdienrebuilt was placed in the present locomotive laboratory. In Juneof this year fifteen degrees were given in Mechanical Engineering. In the year 1911 the buildings o

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