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SM volume 69/21

Purpose

[61] Site progress record drawing, made by J.M. Gandy on site, October 1798

Aspect

View of the arched basement of the offices under construction showing a windlass

Signed and dated

  • Octr 18th 1798

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy (1771-1843)

Watermark

Buttanshaw 1794

Notes

This drawing is in J.M. Gandy's large-sized sketchbook. Gandy was hired as an assistant in January 1798. He specialised in perspective views for Soane. Many of the drawings in the sketchbook were developed into larger, more formal drawings.

The drawing shows centering erected by the carpenters to support the bricks of the arches. Once the mortar is dried, the arch was self-supporting and the centring could be dismantled. The drawing also shows the windlass, a principal piece of machinery for building at the time. It was part of a pully system to hoist heavy machinery and materials.

Level

Drawing

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