Union Tank Car Dome, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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• Fonds: Robert Duchesnay fonds, 1985-1992
•    Series: Autres dômes aux États-Unis, 1990
•      Sub-series: Union Tank Car Dome, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1990

People

• Robert Duchesnay (creator)
• Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

Title

Union Tank Car Dome, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dates of creation

1990

Level of archival description

Dossier 1

Extent and Medium

• 10 photographies

Scope and Content

Cette sous-série porte sur le travail documentaire photographique de Robert Duchesnay du dôme géodésique Union Tank Car Dome près de Baton Rouge, Louisiane, aux États-Unis. Conçu par Buckminster Fuller et construit en 1958. Durant près de 30 ans, le dôme détient le record du monde de la plus grande structure autopportante et mesure 384 pieds de diamètre et 120 pieds de hauteur. Le dôme était utilisé pour la réparation et l'entretien de wagon-citernes pour le transport de pétrole. Le bâtiment est fermé et abandonné en 1990 pour être démoli en 2007.

La sous-série contient dix photographies, de l'intérieur et de l'extérieur, prise par Robert Duchesnay en 1990.

Source:

Duchesnay, Robert. "Other domes by Buckminster Fuller". https://robertduchesnay.com/en/other-domes-by-buckminster-fuller/ (page consultée 24 février 2023).

Reference Number

AP115.S3.D1

Arrangement

L'ordre original des documents a été préservé au moment de leur traitement.

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  • Reference Number: AP115.S3.D1.001
  • Title: Photographies, Union Tank Car Dome, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Dates of creation: 1990
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 10

  People:

  • Robert Duchesnay (photographer)
  • R. Buckminster Fuller (role unspecified)
  • Robert Duchesnay (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 10 photographies

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 35.5 x 28 cm

  Location:

  Louisiana United States

  Credit line:

  Fonds Robert Duchesnay
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Robert Duchesnay/
  Gift of Robert Duchesnay
  

  Copyright:

  © Robert Duchesnay

  Folder Number:

  115-001-007

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : view of interior
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    • ARCH262484
    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : close-up of opened door leading to the railcar maintenance tunnel
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    • ARCH262485
    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : opening door leading to the railcar maintenance tunnel
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    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : railcar maintenance tunnel
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    • ARCH262487
    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : interior surface of geodesic panels
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    • ARCH262488
    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : exterior surface details of the doorway leading to the railcar maintenance tunnel
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    • ARCH262489
    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : truck entrance leading to interior
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    • ARCH262490
    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : doorway
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    • ARCH262511
    • Union Tank Car Dome (now demolished), Baton Rouge, Louisiana : end of the railcar maintenance tunnel seen from the interior
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