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Title: Revolving Doors Always Closed: Styles, Types, Designs
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Van Kannel Revolving Door Co. "G.W. Gaden"
Subjects: Division 08 Openings Entrances Storefornts and Curtain Walls Entrances Revolving Door Entrances Glass Doors Plans
Publisher: Van Kannel Revolving Door Co. "G.W. Gaden"
Contributing Library: Canadian Centre for Architecture

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tructed of a number of verticalsections, three or four in number, shown in right handwall Fig. 29. These extend from the fioor to theceiling of the revolving door. These permanent walls may also be constructedof tiling, mosaic, or of brick and finished in plasterthat becomes hard, smooth and polished. The floor should be laid of a design to correspondwith the circular form of the vestibule, (See Fig, 28)^ The ceiling is usually constructed of two piecesof flat marble, extending from one curved wall tothe other, the lower surface to be quite fiat and cylin-dricaily true with the fJoor and walls, A slot must be made in the marble ceiling forthe kingbolt, from which the four wings are suspended,and sufficient room must beprovided above the ceilingfor the trolley- The wings may be made of bronze, wood or steel as may be desired. DESCRIPTION The two curved walls are usuallymade of marble either in large segmentalsections and broken joints as shown inFig. 28 (also the left wall of Fig. 29).
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Fig. 29 The following buildings have our Style K Revolving Doors installed: St. Paul Building (2), New York City Geo. B. Post, Architect. Williamson Building (3), Cleveland, O Prudential Ins. Co. Building (6), Newark, N. J North American Building (2), Philadelphia, Pa J. H. Windrim, Mariner & Merchant Building (3), Philadelphia, Pa and many others. We furnish to architects, builders and contractors, full detailed drawings and speci-fications of our Style K Revolving Door when desired. Contractors having the building of the circular vestibule, will be furnished with ourRevolving Template, free of charge except for transportation. By the use of thisdevice, the walls and ceiling may be made cyiindrically true. 26 VAN KANNEL REVOLVING DOOR COMPANY ■■ K ■ •

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