friday, September 8, 1978
daily nebraskan
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Railroad history displayed
"Terminal. Station nnH honnt" ...111
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be on view in the UNL Gallery of Arch
itecture Hall through Sept. 25. This
exhibition was prepared by the Historic
American Buildings Survey and is being
circulated by the Smithsonian Institu
tion Traveling Exhibition Service.
This program is sponsored by the
College of Architecture as part of its
exhibit program and is open to the pub
lic without charge.
In 1875 an architectural critic
observed: "Railroad terminals and
hotels are to the 19th century what
monastaries and cathedrals were to the
thirteenth century. They are truly the
only real representative buildings we
possess."
'Terminal, Station and Depot" is an
exhibition that spans one hundred years
of America's railroad stations, from the
first station built in Baltimore in 1830
to those constructed in the 1920s. The
exhibition focuses not only on the
railroad station as a unique architectural
structure but also on the need to pre
serve and use these historic buildings.
Before railroad stations, people
bought tickets at local taverns or inns.
The first station was patterned after the
tollhouses which were familiar to
travelers along American turnpikes.
As the railroad station becamse more
sophisticated, there were increasing
opportunities for the architect to Jesign
different types of structures. Included
in the exhibition are photographs of
stations that range in design from the
gothic style, represented by the Point of
Rocks Station in Maryland, the
"country depot" style represented by
the San Francisco and San Jose Depot,
to the "romanesque style" of Henry
Richardson as represented by the
Wellesly Station in Massachusetts. Other
architecturally significant stations
include Frank Furness' B & 0 Station in
Philadelphia and Daniel Burham's
Station in Washington D.C.
Human in cannon
takes best shot
How does it feel to shoot out of a cannon at 90 mph?
Hugo Zacchini, known as the "human cannonball,"
likened it to "taking off in a very fast jet-without the
jet."
Zacchini, who is performing at the State Fair's Kool
Aid circus, said his is the original human cannon ball act,
invented by his father in 1922.
The secret to the stunt is in the landing, Zacchini
explained. Besides just hitting the net, it is important
to hit properly, between the tailbone and the base of the
neck.
Zacchini said he has only been hurt twice; he suffered
back compressions when the net collapsed.
Zacchini's uniform, a white horse -hide jumpsuit and
helmet, provides additional protection. Horse-hide is used
becuase it is tough, but less rigid than leather, he added.
Before he is launched from the silver gun, it is press
urized, aimed and raised to a 45 degree angle. The air
pressure, which propells him from the cannon, must be
correct or he will overshoot or undershoot the net,
Zacchini said.
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