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garten, a model kitchen, a library, refreshment
rooms, a great assembly room, and other depart-
ments for displaying the varied industries in which
women are especially interested.

It is impossible here to describe in detail the archi-
tectural features or the marvellous contents of the
great Machinery Hall. It is one of the most
splendid structures on the grounds, measuring 846
by 492 feet in ground area, and standing at the
extreme south end of the Park, just south of the
Administration Building, and west from the Agri-
cultural Building, from which it is separated by a

THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.

main floor by 30 staircases, each 12 feet wide. An
aisle 50 feet wide, called Columbia Avenue, extends
from end to end of the building, and a transept of
similar width crosses it at the centre. The main
roof is of iron and glass, and its ridge pole-is 150
feet from the ground. It covers an area 1,400 by
385 feet. The actual floor space of the building,
including galleries, is about 40 acres. The general
style of architecture is Corinthian, with almost end-
less arrays of columns and arches. There are four
great entrances, one in the centre of each facade.
These have the appearance of triumphal arches, the

 

LAKE FRONT.

lagoon. The general design of its interior is that
of three enormous railroad train houses side by side,
each spanned by trussed arches, and surrounded on
all four sides by a gallery, so feet wide. The bulk
of the machinery exhibited is in this edifice and its
large annex.

The building devoted to displays of Manufactures
and Liberal Arts is the largest of all. Its ground
area measures 1,687 by 787 feet, or nearly 31 acres.
Within, a gallery 50 feet wide extends around all the
four sides, and projecting from this are 86 smaller
galleries, 12 feet wide.

These are reached from the:

central opening of each being 40 feet wide and 80
feet high, Above each isa great attic story, orna-
mented with sculptured eagles 18 feet high. At
each corner of the building is a pavilion with huge
arched entrances corresponding in design with the
principal portals of the building. This stately edi-
fice faces the lake, with only lawns and promenades
between it and the water. North of it is the United
States Government Building, south of it the harbor
and injutting lagoon, and west of it the Electrical
Building and the lagoon separating it from the great
island.