Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1914 — Steel in Old Skyscraper. [ARTICLE]

Steel in Old Skyscraper.

Among the first of the tajl office buildings in New York was the Tower building, Which although only ten stories high was considered a skyscraper when completed in 1889. Its recent demolition has called,attention to its position among jifoneer constructions of the modern type office building and it has been mistakenly credited as the first example of steel cage construction. It illustrated an early stage in the development of tall steel buildings, the different character of details prevailing only twenty-five years ago, and affords valuable information on the effects of corrosion on iron and steel members imperfectly protected through a quarter century ofservice. A careful and thorough examination made as the building was demolishedl showed practically no case of very bad rusting, that is, of corrosion sufficient to impair the strength of the metal. — Engineering Record.