![]() ![]() In 2000, a local business purchased and restored it. Then, a barbershop and local eateries briefly occupied the building. In 1986, the city deeded the building to the Wichita County Heritage Society. And, with the Great Depression, the building went unused for decades. But, he neglected to specify that the building’s scale of the blueprint he provided was measured in inches, not feet.Ĭompleted in 1919, the Newby-McMahon Building in Wichita Falls, Texas, was 12 feet long, 9 feet wide and 40 feet tall. McMahon – decided to propose and build a 3-story annex to the structure. In 1906, Augustus Newby, a Philadelphia oil promoter, built a one story office building near the railway depot.Īnd, as the city grew, a tenant – construction firm of J.D. The discovery of black gold turned Wichita County residents into millionaires and created a need for office space. This thin red-bricked building that rises from gritty sandstone warehouses is widely known as the ‘world’s smallest skyscraper’. Picture from Adventures of the Crazy Train. The Newby-McMahon Building: The Tiniest Skyscraper And, it was the lunch photo that was published in the New York Herald Tribune that October, seven months before the building would open. Other photos taken that day show the workers playing football, holding up American flags or pretending to sleep on the steel beam. Some historians believe there was a sturdy level of the structure, then called the RCA building, just below the frame. The photographer posed the workers on the beam for multiple takes - images that were intended as advertising for the new building. It has been over eight decades since the image was printed and there have been many retakes and remakes. And, it is considered the most well-recognised piece of photography ever printed. This iconic photo shows 11 construction workers having lunch sitting on a beam on the 69th floor of the Rockefeller Centre in New York in 1932. The Rockefeller Centre: That Famous Lunch Photo Atop The Skyscraper About 2,700 years ago, the state of Chu started to build the first wall to protect itself from invaders from other states. With a total length of 21,196.18 km (13,170.70 miles), equal to half the length of the Equator, the Great Wall of China is the longest man-made engineering project.īeginning around 770 BC until around 1878 AD, the Great Wall of China was the longest construction project in history. The Great Wall of China: The Longest Man-Made Engineering Project Since the Lincoln Cathedral in England (aka Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln) took the crown in 1311 AD, no other building has been crowned the tallest building for longer than 250 years. And, it is believed it was constructed as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu over a 20-year period. Standing at 455 feet tall, The Great Pyramid held the crown for the tallest structure in the world from the time of its completion around 2560 BC until 1311 AD. How many of them had you heard of?įamous Buildings – 1 – The Great Pyramid of Giza: The Tallest Man-Made Structure For Over 3,800 years So, this is why we came up with this blog post about pretty famous buildings in the construction world. ![]() At ATM, we love chatting about the cool and weird things that we see happening in our industry. Can you imagine yourself buying your home on a catalogue, having it shipped in a Rail-Road Box Car and assembling it yourself? In this article, the ATM team shares with you some interesting facts that you may not know about famous buildings and the construction industry.įrom the ancient pyramids to Newby–McMahon Building (the smallest skyscraper) to the Burj Khalifa (the tallest skyscraper), the construction industry has seen some fascinating projects in its lifetime. And, this sprawling industry has evolved alongside human society. Famous buildings show the amazing (and sometimes strange) things that can happen in the construction industry. ![]()
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