744
edits
Galbraith Building: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→History
| Line 49: | Line 49: | ||
To facilitate the construction of the Galbraith Building, the old Forestry Building (now known as the Physical Geography Building) was physically moved from its location just north of the Wallberg Building to its current location just west of Convocation Hall. It was lifted from its foundations by a series of jacks, and moved with rollers on a set of rails by manual labour at a rate of several inches per day. | To facilitate the construction of the Galbraith Building, the old Forestry Building (now known as the Physical Geography Building) was physically moved from its location just north of the Wallberg Building to its current location just west of Convocation Hall. It was lifted from its foundations by a series of jacks, and moved with rollers on a set of rails by manual labour at a rate of several inches per day. | ||
Excavation began in the summer of 1959 for the Galbraith Building, which was designed by the architectural firm Page and Steele, and constructed by the contractors The Foundation Company. | |||
The cornerstone was laid on May 24, 1960 - and it is said that the original barrel of the [[Skule Cannon]] Mark II was laid into the cornerstone of the Galbraith Building. | |||
The building was ready for limited occupancy by the opening term in September of 1960, despite a 5-month long [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_strike_of_1959 steelworker strike]] in the U.S. which affected construction across the continent. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||