Word: stairs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...main work was done on the summit of the mound. Here a great Roman stair 80 feet in width was discovered in June. At the top of the stairway is a large paved area flanked by massive walls, on which were found the inverted bases of four columns. Beyond the paved platform, there are probably the remains of a temple. To the west of the stairway a chamber 20 by 40 feet in size was found partly cut in the rock. A large pit in the floor was not explored because of lack of time. At the foot...
Summer improvements in the University plant were centred chiefly in Holyoke House, where an electric passenger elevator running up through the old stair well and a system of hot water heating have been installed. Additional lights in the corridors, remodelled bathrooms, and a complete renovation of all the rooms have still further changed the interior of the building and have put it on a par with Little's Block for convenience of location and accommodations in the rooms. On the Massachusetts Avenue side of the building new double sashes have been added to the windows to lesson noise from...
...pint of varnish, was ignited. The painter put the pot into a coal scuttle and attempted to carry it out of the building through the corridor. The heat from the pot became so intense that the scuttle was dropped near the corridor door. The fire was drawn up the stair well and soon the whole entry was in flames. An alarm was at once given by shouting "fire," and an attempt made to ring in an alarm from the box in the rear of University Hall. That the signal was not sounded was due to the burning...
...force of 65 men is now at work on the Stadium, under the direction of C. M. Harrington 3S., and H. H. Fox 4S. The men are engaged in making forms for the upper stair cases and in building the foundation of the west tower...
...boat, the gift of the Massachusetts Humane Society. The silver cups for the Weld regatta of last fall will be ready for distribution in ten days. The new shingles are now on sale at Amee's book store. Pictures of last years graded crews have been hung on the stair-case...