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Lehigh University's Physical Laboratory was built in 1895, but burned down on April 6, 1900. It was immediately rebuilt using the same foundations and is now known as Lewis Lab. The fire was reported in the Allentown Morning Call the following morning. "All that remains of that magnificent grey stone structure known as the physical laboratory building of the Lehigh University, in south Bethlehem, are four walls, and just how intact these are is a matter of conjecture and cannot be determined for some time to come.... The fire started at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning in the dark room of the photographing and developing room, situated in the east wing of the building, on the first floor alongside the elevator, and it is no doubt to the latter that the destruction is due. At the hour mentioned above Prof. Franklin was engaged in the photographic room in a series of experiments trying to photograph an electric spark. In his experiment he used flash powder and for some reason or other there was an explosion. The sparks from the explosion set fire to a curtain and other drapery and in a minute the room was in a blaze. The elevator shaft acted as a chimney for the flames and so rapid was the spread of the fire that some of the students got out barely in time.... The physical laboratory was one of the best-equipped buildings on the ground and filled with costly machinery from top to bottom. Its dimensions are 235x44 feet. It is four stories high and was erected in 1892 by the late J. S. Allam, the well- known contractor, at a contract price of $74,000. The loss on the building and its equipment for scientific study and research amounts to $150,000. |
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