American Locomotive Company
Title
American Locomotive Company
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
October 10, 2018
Alternative Title or Name
ALCO
Creator
Kahn, Albert
Creator2
Hedrich Blessing Studio (Photographer)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
rooms and spaces
Date
c. 1942
Work Location
New York (state)
Schenectady (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (style or period)
Subject
factories (structures)
interior views
trusses (structural elements)
Description
Interior view of large machines along one side of a wall made almost entirely of windows and view of trusses along top of building in the gun shop at American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, New York, designed by Albert Kahn and completed c. 1942. “The Kahn Trussed Bar is made up of a special grade of medium open-hearth steel with an elastic limit up to 42,000 pounds and an ultimate tensile strength of 70,000 pounds per square inch (Kahn System Standards: A Handbook on Reinforced Concrete, p.6). The cross section has two horizontal flanges or wings projecting at opposite sides. These flanges are sheared up at intervals to form the rigidly connected diagonals, making a unit of main bar and shear members. The amazing strength of this system allowed Kahn to design his factory architecture as wide floor space with lots of window space. This kind of construction was ideal because the machinery was so heavy and required a lot of space for manufacturing,”—from, Albert Kahn and his “Kahn-crete”: The Revolutionization of Factory Architecture, by Jerubbel. Printed on back of photo: Hedrich Blessing Studio 450 East Ohio Street, Chicago NEG. no. 8707 – H.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
b/w photograph: 6.75 x 9 inches
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-AK-ALC007
- Date Added
- October 2, 2018
- Collection
- Albert Kahn Collection
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- factories, gun shops, interior views
- Citation
- “American Locomotive Company,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/17780.