No 475975 B
INFORMATION REGARDING
SMITH T OWER
42 STORIES
SEATTLE
THE HIGHEST AND FINEST AND
MOST REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE
BUILDING ON THE PACIFIC
COAST
ELEVEN MONTHS WERE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT
THE FOUNDATIONS, WHICH DIFFER FROM THE CAIS.
SONS
WHICH
SUPPORT
OTHER
HIGH
OFFICE
BUILDINGS OF THE WORLD.
IN THE SMITH T OWER
WEIGHT RESTS ON 1,276
THE 32,650 GROSS TONS
CONCRETE FRICTION PILES, DRIVEN TO 60 TONS PRES.
SURE TO 50 FEET UNDER THE SURFACE.
4.732 GROSS
TONS OF STEEL WERE USED IN THE BUILDING. THERE
ARE 2 STORIES UNDERGROUND, BESIDES THE 42 ABOVE.
THE FIRST 2 STORIES AB OVE GR OUND ON5 SIDES
HAVE AN EXTERIOR OF WASHINGTON WHITE GRANITE,
AND THE NEXT 19 STORIES, ON ALL 5 SIDES AND THE
TOWER, ARE FINISHED IN PURE WHITE ORNAMENTAL
TERRA COTTA.
THE INTERIOR TRIM THROUGHOUT IS STEEL.
THERE ARE 2.314 WINDOW S HAVING BRONZE FRAMES
AND SASHES,
AND 67,736 SQUARE FEET
GLASS. THE CEMENT FLOORS AND FIREPROOFING RE.
OF PLATE
QUIRED 47.800 BARRELS OF CEMENT. OF STEEL DOORS,
MAHOGANY FINISH.
THERE ARE
46,976 FEET, OR OVER 9 MILES, OF METAL CONDUITS
1.432.
THERE ARE
то CAR
OFFICE, AND 93,952 FEET, OR 18 MILES, OF WIRES.
RY TELEPHONE AND LIGHTING WIRES TO EACH
THE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING CONTAINS 540
OFFICES, AND THE TOWER, 60.
FAMOUS "HUNTERS' LODGE" RESTAURANT
MAIN FLOOR
