Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Owner: City of Cleveland. Engineers: The Osborn Engineering Co., Cleveland. Architects: Walker hf Weeks, Cleveland. General Contractors: The W. J. Schirmer Co., Cleveland. Aluminum Metal Contractor: The Riester 6? Thesmacher Co., Cleveland.
What neither Olympia nor Athens could do
Gold and ivory statues by Phidias stood close to that stately stadium at Olympia. Pentelic marble was used for seats in the magnificent stadium at Athens. And yet, with all its classic design and prodigal use of mar ble and precious metals, Greece never built a stadium to include all the comforts, conveniences and structural advantages present in the Cleveland Municipal Stadium where approximately 180,000 square feet of Alcoa Aluminum are used.
Unknown to ancient Greece, almost unknown to building construction ten years ago, there is no other one metal today that is rightly more popular for certain architectural uses than Alcoa Aluminum. In the Cleveland Stadium, corrosion-resisting Alcoa Aluminum alloys are used for the frieze outside and inside the horseshoe; for the entire faces of the two set-backs with louvres; for the four marquise; for the grandstand ends; for the facia of the lower tier; for ornamental lighting fixtures, flagpoles and scoreboard. Almost every form of Alcoa Aluminum is used: sheet, screws, nuts, bolts, rivets, paint, extruded shapes, plates and castings. Approximately 180,000 sq. ft. of Alcoa Aluminum add permanence, appearance and economy to this structure.
SPECIFICATIONS
Alcoa No. 43 Aluminum Alloy is recommended for most architectural purposes. To meet the numerous demands for structural stability, Alcoa Aluminum alloys are available in various tensile strengths. In designing and writing specifications for buildings in which Alcoa Aluminum alloys will form a part, may we urge you to accept our cooperation without obligation? Address ALUMINUM COMPANY of AMERICA; 2440 Oliver Building, PITTSBURGH, PENNS YLVANIA.
ALCOA ALUMINUM
Cross section of alumi num louvre wall and facia used on stadium.
What neither Olympia nor Athens could do
Gold and ivory statues by Phidias stood close to that stately stadium at Olympia. Pentelic marble was used for seats in the magnificent stadium at Athens. And yet, with all its classic design and prodigal use of mar ble and precious metals, Greece never built a stadium to include all the comforts, conveniences and structural advantages present in the Cleveland Municipal Stadium where approximately 180,000 square feet of Alcoa Aluminum are used.
Unknown to ancient Greece, almost unknown to building construction ten years ago, there is no other one metal today that is rightly more popular for certain architectural uses than Alcoa Aluminum. In the Cleveland Stadium, corrosion-resisting Alcoa Aluminum alloys are used for the frieze outside and inside the horseshoe; for the entire faces of the two set-backs with louvres; for the four marquise; for the grandstand ends; for the facia of the lower tier; for ornamental lighting fixtures, flagpoles and scoreboard. Almost every form of Alcoa Aluminum is used: sheet, screws, nuts, bolts, rivets, paint, extruded shapes, plates and castings. Approximately 180,000 sq. ft. of Alcoa Aluminum add permanence, appearance and economy to this structure.
SPECIFICATIONS
Alcoa No. 43 Aluminum Alloy is recommended for most architectural purposes. To meet the numerous demands for structural stability, Alcoa Aluminum alloys are available in various tensile strengths. In designing and writing specifications for buildings in which Alcoa Aluminum alloys will form a part, may we urge you to accept our cooperation without obligation? Address ALUMINUM COMPANY of AMERICA; 2440 Oliver Building, PITTSBURGH, PENNS YLVANIA.
ALCOA ALUMINUM
Cross section of alumi num louvre wall and facia used on stadium.