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- Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
- Timeline
- Workmanship
- Norman Rockwell Photograph
- Slacking or Research
- Copious copper
- Answer: Right there at Anaconda, Montana
- Sootpunk chic
- Not just for Charles Sheeler fans
- Inco Superstack
- The world's tallest freestanding masonry structure.
- The stack stands alone
- Great-Granddad smelt that smelter
- Re: Anaconda
- Third Rail Power
- Anaconda
- Good ol days?
- Super Stack
- Sulfur and arsenic
- Photo, far right
- What what what a Word word word
- A Wonderful Life
- Grandpa Pete
- Or maybe ..
- Eight Is Enough?
- More Typewriters and A Little Diversity
- 9:20 am ... or pm?
- His Girl Friday
- Clickety-clack
- Thanks
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Woolworth Rising: 1912
New York circa 1912. "Woolworth Building under construction." Other Manhattan landmarks on view include City Hall Park and its post office, seen here a few days ago, the Singer Building and the twin cupolas of the Park Row Building. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Cathedral of Retail
Never realized how much the top floors of the main mass look like a church.
Horsepower
Compare this to the image of Detroit's Campus Martius from 1913, where automobiles greatly outnumber horse-drawn wagons and carriages.
One of my favorite parts?
The grand view of the dearly departed Singer Building. What a sight!
Timely Cost
The original cost was $13.5 million, paid in cash by Mr. Woolworth. The inflation calculator I use says that in 2010 that translates into $297,871,363. Today that would be a total bargain price.
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