Comments on: Quincy Turbine Illustrated http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/04/quincy-turbine-illustrated/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/04/quincy-turbine-illustrated/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 explorer Sat, 03 May 2008 12:17:07 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/04/22/quincy-turbine-illustrated/#comment-1326 Both this and the addition to the stamp mill have a very "urban" feel to them, and now I know why. Its interesting to me that now I'll pass modern industrial buildings (an auto plant in Flint comes to mind) and there's no windows what-so-ever just a featureless blocky building. I would think it would of been much nicer to work in a building were it was bathed in natural light and featured natural ventilation. Of course the same thing can be said for almost any modern building (Walmart anyone?) Both this and the addition to the stamp mill have a very “urban” feel to them, and now I know why. Its interesting to me that now I’ll pass modern industrial buildings (an auto plant in Flint comes to mind) and there’s no windows what-so-ever just a featureless blocky building. I would think it would of been much nicer to work in a building were it was bathed in natural light and featured natural ventilation. Of course the same thing can be said for almost any modern building (Walmart anyone?)

]]> By: adam from detroit http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/04/quincy-turbine-illustrated/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 adam from detroit Thu, 01 May 2008 18:50:14 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/04/22/quincy-turbine-illustrated/#comment-1325 the concrete structures with the brick infill below expansive window sashes style was basically ubiquitous to factory construction by 1921. the reason for the brick down low is so that (i assume) nobody accidentally drove a hi-lo or something out a window. otherwise the builders would have made the window sash extend floor to ceiling for max lighting & ventilation, since it is not structural and thus bears no load. plus it makes the blg look cool, almost like it is made wholly of glass. this type of factory is extremely common in Detroit, etc, because the man who invented this style back in the 1900s was a Detroiter named Albert Kahn, perhaps the greatest and most prolific industrial architect to have ever lived. drive thru the city and you'll see endless former auto plants that are built to this same formula. the one that basically started it all was the 40-acre Packard Plant on East Grand Blvd (one of my fave ruins to explore). the concrete structures with the brick infill below expansive window sashes style was basically ubiquitous to factory construction by 1921. the reason for the brick down low is so that (i assume) nobody accidentally drove a hi-lo or something out a window. otherwise the builders would have made the window sash extend floor to ceiling for max lighting & ventilation, since it is not structural and thus bears no load. plus it makes the blg look cool, almost like it is made wholly of glass.

this type of factory is extremely common in Detroit, etc, because the man who invented this style back in the 1900s was a Detroiter named Albert Kahn, perhaps the greatest and most prolific industrial architect to have ever lived. drive thru the city and you’ll see endless former auto plants that are built to this same formula. the one that basically started it all was the 40-acre Packard Plant on East Grand Blvd (one of my fave ruins to explore).

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