West Engineering Annex [Engineering Shops Building] / BL004616
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- Title
- West Engineering Annex [Engineering Shops Building]
- Date
- 1888 (ca.)
- Collection Title
- University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
- Collection Creator
- Bentley Historical Library (collector)
- Folder / Container / Volume
- UBImu D13. Folder: Campus Buildings. West Engineering Annex. 1888-1900 (addition with tower) views from northwest. no. 319
- Notes
- Gordon William Lloyd, architect. Constructed in 1885, occupied in 1886. Two additions were completed; the first in 1888 and the second in 1900. In 1918, clock and chimes were removed from the Old General Library and installed in the building's tower. In 1926, the building name was changed from Engineering Shops to West Engineering Annex. Architecture Dept. in east wing 1923-1927; Survey Dept. in east wing 1927; Auto Lab in west wing; part of Auto Lab destroyed by fire 1937. Removed in 1956 to allow for the construction of the Undergraduate Library.
- On verso: "Engineering Laboratory."
- Female person in image. 9 x 6 1/2 mounted photographic print.
- Subjects
- Engineering Shops Building (University of Michigan)
- University of Michigan--Buildings--1881-1890
- Towers--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Genre
- Albumen prints;
- Item Number
- BL004616
- Finding Aid
- umich-bhl-92147
- Source of Title
- verso
- Scan Source
- 9 x 6 1/2 mounted photographic print
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-25 01:28:36
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 8106 x 4800
- File Size
- 5 MB
- Record
- BL004616
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl004616/bl004616
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/bhl:BL004616:BL004616
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"West Engineering Annex [Engineering Shops Building]; BL004616." In the digital collection Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl004616/bl004616. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.