City - Cincinnati, OH - Ingall's building 1905 Art Print

Hand colored photo from 1905
Original title: Ingall's building
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: 6 E 4th St, Cincinnati, OH

This large structure is called the Ingall's building, located in business district in Cincinnati, Ohio. What makes this building unique is that its the first tall building that used reinforced concrete. It was designed by the Cincinnati architectural firm Elzner & Anderson and was named for its primary financial investor, Melville E. Ingalls. It stands 16 story's tall, and in its day was considered a daring engineering feat. It took 2 years to convince City hall that it would work and they finally got their permit. Thanks to this idea, the use of concrete was used in many projects from that point forward.

Before this building, the tallest concrete structure was only six story's tall. Being that concrete has a very low tensile strength, many were afraid that the wind or just the height of the building would make the entire struc...

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