Pictures 8 Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts

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Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING WEST AT JUNCTURE OF 1852 WING AND 1816 MILL. MOST WALLS IN BACKGROUND ARE PARALLEL TO EAST END WALL OF 1816 MILL; CEILING PLANKS ARE AT 90 TO THAT WALL. CEILING BEAMS, HOWEVER, ARE TRANSVERSE TO THE 1852 WING. NOTE ALSO THE ANGLED STRUCTURE OF THE BASE OF THE NEW 1852 STAIR TOWER.
1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING WEST AT JUNCTURE OF 1852 WING AND 1816 MILL. MOST WALLS IN BACKGROUND ARE PARALLEL TO EAST END WALL OF 1816 MILL; CEILING PLANKS ARE AT 90 TO THAT WALL. CEILING BEAMS, HOWEVER, ARE TRANSVERSE TO THE 1852 WING. NOTE ALSO THE ANGLED STRUCTURE OF THE BASE OF THE NEW 1852 STAIR TOWER.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 1852 STAIRTOWER LOOKING UP AT ROOF. THE TRIANGLE OF VERTICAL WALL AT LOWER LEFT VISIBLE ABOVE THE BANNISTER IS THE TOP OF THE NORTH WALL OF THIS WING. NOTE THAT THE TOWER IS ONLY A TRUE OCTAGON ABOVE THIS POINT. THE ROOF IS 20TH-CENTURY DECKING WHICH REPLACED AN EARLIER CUPOLA WITH BELL.
1979 1852 STAIRTOWER LOOKING UP AT ROOF. THE TRIANGLE OF VERTICAL WALL AT LOWER LEFT VISIBLE ABOVE THE BANNISTER IS THE TOP OF THE NORTH WALL OF THIS WING. NOTE THAT THE TOWER IS ONLY A TRUE OCTAGON ABOVE THIS POINT. THE ROOF IS 20TH-CENTURY DECKING WHICH REPLACED AN EARLIER CUPOLA WITH BELL.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING WEST. COLUMNS IN RIGHT FOREGROUND ORIENTED 90 TO NEW WING; COLUMNS IN BACKGROUND ORIENTED 90 TO EARLIER 1814-16-43 WING.
1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING WEST. COLUMNS IN RIGHT FOREGROUND ORIENTED 90 TO NEW WING; COLUMNS IN BACKGROUND ORIENTED 90 TO EARLIER 1814-16-43 WING.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING EAST.
1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING EAST.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING EAST. NOTE THAT THE CRATE IN LEFT CENTER FOREGROUND IS VISIBLE ALSO IN PHOTO #46 IN CENTER MIDDLEGROUND.
1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING EAST. NOTE THAT THE CRATE IN LEFT CENTER FOREGROUND IS VISIBLE ALSO IN PHOTO #46 IN CENTER MIDDLEGROUND.

Boston Manufacturing Company, Waltham Massachusetts 1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING WEST. NOTE THAT THERE ARE FIVE ROWS OF COLUMNS ON THIS FLOOR. ROWS 1, 3, AND 5 ARE CAST IRON. ROWS 2 AND 4 ARE SOUTHERN PINE. FLOORS ABOVE HAVE ONLY 2 ROWS OF CAST IRON COLUMNS.
1979 GROUND FLOOR OF 1852 WING LOOKING WEST. NOTE THAT THERE ARE FIVE ROWS OF COLUMNS ON THIS FLOOR. ROWS 1, 3, AND 5 ARE CAST IRON. ROWS 2 AND 4 ARE SOUTHERN PINE. FLOORS ABOVE HAVE ONLY 2 ROWS OF CAST IRON COLUMNS.