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Caption: Dedication - Materials Testing Lab Dedication
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6 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS INSERT ANCHOR 4. The Small Crane Bay.—Adjacent to the large crane bay, and connected to it by a large doorway is a two-story bay, 23 feet wide and 112 feet long, which is used for the preparation of specimens and testing. This is served by a 6-ton traveling crane, and is a part of the concrete and the structural research laboratories described in the following paragraphs. A part of the floor is of reinforced concrete 12 inches thick, and provided with 42 inserts similar to those in the large crane bay. These are placed at 3-foot intervals in rows 4 feet apart, and each will withstand a 10 000-lb. pull. A 300 000-lb. Olsen universal testing machine with a 22-ft. table is used for testing reinforced concrete beams and slabs. 5. Concrete Research Laboratory.—This laboratory occupies a part of the small crane bay and the southeast" wing of the basement. It contains storage space for concrete materials and reinforcing steel, concrete mixers, a concrete saw, a core drill, and other tools and equipment used in fabricating and testing members of plain and reinforced concrete. Large moist rooms with temperature control provide standard curing conditions for test pieces. Similar moist rooms are provided in the structural and highway laboratories, there being seven in all. On the first floor are located rooms for cement storage, drying, and for tests of cement, aggregates, and mortar. 6. Structural Research Laboratory.—The structural research laboratory occupies the west half of both the large and the small crane
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