STEEL SASH 



THE most prominent feature of the shaft of the 

 Tower, in fact the motif of its design, is the screen of 

 its fifty-seven windows, on the axis of each of its four 

 sides, arranged so as to have the effect of one great 

 window nineteen stories high and 28 feet wide. 



Instead of consisting of the customary hollow 

 metal or metal-COVered wood construction, these 

 windows, in fact all the windows in the Tower from 

 the 13th Mezzanine story to the top, have solid rolled 

 steel frames and sa.-li, which were manufactured in 

 Kngland by GYorr/r H'ragge, Ltd., and imported by 

 F. (i. Draper of New York. 



The large curved windows in the dome of the 

 Tower required specially recnforced rnuntins on ac- 

 count of their great width. 



Each of the central windows is about 9 feet high 

 by 10J feet wide, and comprises fifteen separate 

 sashes, each about 2x3 feet. 



Nine of these sashes are pivoted top and bottom. 

 opening out for about two-thirds of their width, while 

 the remaining six are stationary. The frames have 

 5-inch hooks, and the sashes corresponding eyelets, 

 to hold them at the proper distance from the frames, 

 when open. 



Both the frames and sash are composed of 

 small "T' : bars about 2" x }" and 1", with 

 moldings, and L's and ['s about I" x 1" x -&" 

 ingeniously mitred, fitted and screwed together. 

 Tlic movable sasli lias <|iiaiiitly shaped grips which 

 add greatly to the interesting appearance of the 

 windows. 



On every sixth story of the Tower there are bal- 



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