A RECORD IN SKYSCRAPERS.
■ Tihe Siniger buildimg now in ooprse of , coitfstruictio n in Broiadway, Nciw York, lias already. exceeded the height of WeShtogton iwihiidh rises 555 ft above the grounid. "Wlhen . compleite, tiln-is buaWing mil consiiSit of forty-seven Eitories, ami. will roaidh aheig'ht of '612 ft thus overtopping every other occupied struofcume in the wiotM. ■- Tihe fouidiastion ■■ is An sojld Tock gctfifc. ib^low the ■ le.ve.l, of the street; T.hs/re . will be^eiigfeiteein lifte, ; .y.\vih4cih : --'.-w>M " run fmm the. rknor to the hiiighest story in one- mli'noite. "Tihe "rooms" and conri"dor will be illuimliniated ' at Might by I 15,000 indandelscent'ligh*^, and ftftieen I miles of " iiiipe will be \wA down: for I iihe supply olf steiaifh .and water. ■■; On ! *he pinwacle \vdll be -an immense coipver lantern, with sl powerful searoh-J light visible sixty miles out at sea.
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Grey River Argus, 5 November 1907, Page 1
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137A RECORD IN SKYSCRAPERS. Grey River Argus, 5 November 1907, Page 1
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