Rice Centennial Timeline

1912

Rice completes the Mechanical Laboratory and Power House. The campanile stands 140 feet high and disguises the Power House smokestack.

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The mechanical lab and power house were completed in 1912.

An aerial view of the Campanile in 1912.

Ground view of the Campanile, 1912.

The mechanical engineering building as it appears today. Pictured in front of the building are the 45-degree and 90-degree components of "45-90-180" a 3-part granite sculpture by Michael Heizer. The sculpture was given to Rice in 1984 as a tribute to George and Alice Brown.