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New Campus Entryway Nears Completion
Above, Max Getz, mason and concrete specialist on the Facilities Services staff at Knox College, checks the first course in a curved wall. Below, he and an assistant install flashing at a rectangular planter. Both are features of the new … Continue reading
Tagged brick, Concrete block, construction, Galesburg, Knox College
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Help Is At Hand
Help Desk in Information Technology Services. Photo by Peter Bailley Alejandro Varela (left) and Levi Woodbury were among the Knox College students who worked at the Information Technology Services Help Desk in the Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center over the summer.
Side Walk is Central Task
Sidewalk finishing at Cherry and Berrien. Photo by John Williams Facilities services staff Max Getz, left, and an assistant finish a section of sidewalk at the campus entryway at Cherry and Berrien streets. The new entryway features curb cuts for … Continue reading
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From High Atop Old Main, Overlooking the Knox Campus…
Painting the Old Main bell tower. Photo by John Williams Workers are tethered to the roof of Old Main for safety while they climb ladders to reach all the wood that needed painting on the bell tower on Thursday, Aug. … Continue reading
Tagged Galesburg, Illinois, Knox College, Old Main, painting
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Renovation Replaces Doors
Workers install new doors around Alumni Hall on August 2. Photo by John Williams Renovation continues at Knox College’s historic Alumni Hall. New doors are being installed at all four corners, after the stone-flanked steps and porches were rebuilt. An … Continue reading
Tagged Alumni Hall, Architecture, construction, Knox College
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Another One Bites the Dust
Lumberyard demolition. Photo by Peter Bailley Workers from Brown Excavating and Demolition of Alpha, IL, on July 26 tear down the last remaining section of several wooden sheds that have been demolished at a former lumber company at Prairie and … Continue reading
Tagged Alexander Lumber, construction, Demolition, Galesburg, Illinois, Knox College
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Heat Wave, Cooler Work
A worker checks levels for new Dining Services equipment. Photo by John Williams Installation of a new, energy-efficient cooler/freezer continued through the middle of July at Knox College Dining Services in Seymour Union.
Tagged Dining Services, Galesburg, Knox College
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Leaf’s Home for Room and Board
A praying mantis on a leaf. A praying mantis among leaves that have been damaged by Japanese beetles, not visible in this photo, outside the Ford Center for Fine Arts on the Knox campus. The praying mantis is advocated by … Continue reading
Tagged Galesburg, Illinois, Insects, Knox College, plants
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Progress on Communications Office Building
Worker cuts into a wall during construction of the new communications office building Renovation and construction continue at the site of the former Alexander Lumber building at Prairie and South streets on the Knox campus — future home of the … Continue reading
Tagged Brick Work, construction, Dust, Galesburg, Illinois, Knox College, renovation
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Look Out of Any Window…
Workers remove window glass in Old Main. Photo by John Williams Window glass at Old Main was removed this summer so trim can be painted. The large, arched windows were designed by architect Charles Ulricson to make the building a … Continue reading
Tagged Architecture, Galesburg, historic, prairie, window washing, windows
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