Cuyler -
Didn't they consider that a fire hazard?
- Pam
The problem was that the old library was built with a cast iron frame, 1"
thick glass plate floors and spiral cast iron stairways. Walking on the
glass floors with the right kind (wrong kind) of shoes you built up a
tremendous charge of static electricity. Then, when you reached for an
armload of books on from the iron shelf units, great sparks illuminated the
dim aisles.