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Given it's design I'd say it was built for torque rather than actual rotational speed.
Any curtains / screens nearby ? Could be a light positioning winch also.
Surely ther would still be scope for a small science mueum, of the scale of the anatomy museum...
hmmm...some photos from there would be good too!!! If only for the strong stomached!
JayKay wrote:I'm sure I used to go to psychology lectures in that lecture theatre. Must have been 86/87 and it was the biggest lecture theatre in the Uni, so it was used for Ordinary Psychology lectures as there were so many students wanting to do that course.
Now whats this about access to the old mineshafts... I thought they were bricked up during construction of Gilmorehill?
nodrog wrote:There is still one remaining original lecture theatre in the building now - it has been abandoned for about 10 years as the rake is so steep it contravenes health & safety requirements! I do plan to try to get access there at some point in the near future...
nodrog wrote:Just for comparison, here's a photo of the main lecture theatre around 1958.
You can see the portholes to the projection room at the back, and the corner of the skylight I was talking about earlier.
Gosh students were very smartly dressed in those days!
Courtesy of University of Glasgow ImageBase
Gordon
samscafeamericain wrote:Imagine turning up for your lecture in a suit and dicky bow...........it was a sad day when we let council house kids get in
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