Smith Tower steel beam foundation, ca. 1914, postcard - f881887df03c06d9bf1ab57164f68bc6 (page 2)

Transcribed from postcard: "The 42 Story L.C. Smith Building, weighing about 49,000 gross tons, rests upon this approximate 800 tons of steel which is imbedded in about 4000 barrels of concrete lying over 1281 concrete friction piles."






front






back