[TheForge] Re: [TheForge]minnesota to vermont

Mon Aug 18 23:26:00 2003

Thanks, Ries.  I missed your tips but did stumble on the 'lil Cathedral.

Ed
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From: "RIES NIEMI" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 1:36 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: [TheForge]minnesota to vermont

> If  I was driving from minnesota to vermont, I would first stop in at the
> hossfeld factory in Winona Minnesota, then maybe stop in Chicago- right
> along lakeshore drive, just at the south end of the gold coast, south of
the
> zoo, is a pair of Samuel Yellin gates, standing outside and proud. Lots of
> great metalwork on old buildings in the loop in chicago as well.
> You mentioned pittsburgh- The cathedral of learning has a huge amount of
> Yellin ironwork, inside and out. That is in the Oakland neighborhood of
> pittsburgh, a gothic skyscraper built in the 20's. Pittsburgh was a
wealthy
> town from its beginning, and boasts lots of amazing metalwork. I
> particularly recommend the bridges- the smithfield bridge is an amazing
> lenticular truss, and over on the alleghany there are a set of bridges
> called the three sisters that are pretty great as well. In vermont, you
> might be interested in the precision metalworking museum- its more
machinist
> than blacksmith, but industrial history of the best sort.
>  American Precision Museum, PO Box 679, Windsor, VT 05089
>
> Ries
>
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