Popular science monthly . fnnflili/ 7or>. The spectacle of this one thousand-ton Exposition building floating scrcnciy down SanFrancisco Bay caused residents of the Coast to doubt the testimony of their own eyes Bon Voyage to the OhioState Building! THAT all of the splendid architecturalmasterpieces which made of thePanama Exposition grounds a veritablefairyland were not doomed to ingloriousdestruction after their short span of lifeis evidenced by our photograph, inwhich the Ohio State Building is seentaking a leisurely and dignified trip downSan Francisco Bay. The building, which weighs mo
Popular science monthly . fnnflili/ 7or>. The spectacle of this one thousand-ton Exposition building floating scrcnciy down SanFrancisco Bay caused residents of the Coast to doubt the testimony of their own eyes Bon Voyage to the OhioState Building! THAT all of the splendid architecturalmasterpieces which made of thePanama Exposition grounds a veritablefairyland were not doomed to ingloriousdestruction after their short span of lifeis evidenced by our photograph, inwhich the Ohio State Building is seentaking a leisurely and dignified trip downSan Francisco Bay. The building, which weighs more thana thousand tons and which was a con-spicuous featureof the Exposition,was purchased bya Country Clubpatronized by theelite society ofSan Carlos, Call-fornia. Arrange-ments for itstransportationdown the bay be-gan with the hir-ing of a numberof barges whichwere lashed to-gether to form araft on which thebuilding wasmounted. It wastowed by tugsto San Carlos, adistanccof twentj-three miles. The guard consistspended from the endwith a st
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