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Mystery Monday: we're not pulling your chain

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 6:51am June 10 2024

The chain hoist is a useful implement, to be sure. Where on campus did Yale see fit to celebrate it in stone?

Filed under Mystery Monday, stone carving, chain hoist

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  • George Huthsteiner '74 TD
    George Huthsteiner '74 TD, 5:21pm June 29 2024 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    <> Educated guess -> Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall. The grey stone is one clue. SSS has several other "gargoyles" that celebrate the electric light, hydroelectric power, etc. <> No wonder some call the style Industrial Gothic... perfect for a tech institute like the Sheffield Scientific School.

  • Mark Branch
    Mark Branch, 1:21pm July 08 2024 | Ico flag Flag as inappropriate

    That's correct! It's near the entrance to Sheffield on Prospect Street.

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