Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888Various
History
Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888
Various
Science -- Periodicals
This group, which is at the present moment being executed in copper by
Houwald, in Brunswick, is the work of a Frankfort sculptor, Herr
Gustav Herold. In the arch itself, near the clock, we see two
allegorical female figures, over life size, in a sitting posture,
modeled by Prof. Gustav Kaupert in Frankfort, and representing Day and
Night. In front of the pillars supporting the arch, two other female
sitting figures, also above life size, will be perceived. These were
modeled by Professor Calandrelli in Berlin, and represent Agriculture
and Commerce, and in the niches on both sides there are the statues of
Navigation and Industry, the work of the sculptor Hundrieser, of
Berlin. The two side portals of the entrance hall are surmounted by
figures of boys, having a height 2.40 meters; on the left the
commercial traveler and traveling student, modelled by Rudolph
Eckhardt in Frankfort; on the right the traveler for pleasure and the
emigrant, the works of the sculptor Scholl, of Mayence. The groups of
the corner pavilions, allegoric representations of machine building
and engineering, were modeled by Professor Max Wiese, of Hanau. The
figures, like the whole building, are of Heibronn sandstone. Either
wing has a vestibule leading to the middle perron of the great hall.
They resemble in style the architecture of the front of the middle
building, only their arches are smaller. Here also we meet rich
architectural ornamentation on the pillars in the great arch. The
ornaments consist, as in the former case, of allegorical figures of
boys. They have a height of 2.20 meters, and represent Agriculture and
Art Industry on the one side and Art and the Retail Trade of Frankfort
on the other side. The two former figures are the work of the sculptor
A. Brutt, of Berlin; the two latter were modeled by Hermann Becker, of
Frankfort. The side facades are very long, but of simpler style than
the front of the building, and connect with the perron halls, which on
their part end in semi-towers. There the offices of the
administrations are located. The main vestibule leads directly to the
middle of the perron in the large hall, which consists of three naves,
and into which enter the trains of six railway lines, each separated
from the other by perrons. The perron hall has a length of 186 meters
and a width of 168 meters. The height of the naves, with their low
arched roofs, rises in the center to 28.5 meters. Tunnels connect the
different railway lines, in order to assist the rapid transit of
through trains. The port also benefits by these tunnels. The inside
front of the main vestibule is very richly decorated. In its center a
large clock is situated, and on both sides of it are colossal
allegorical figures modeled by F. Kruger, of Frankfort, and
representing the hours of Morning and Evening, while on the pillars we
perceive large male figures in a sitting posture, representing the
Defense of the Country and Mining, the work of Herr Keller, of
Frankfort.
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