It takes the average reader 5 hours and 29 minutes to read The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region by Kathryn Bishop Eckert
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From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients preferred local red sandstone. They found this stone beautiful, colorful, carvable, durable, and fireproof. Because it was extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cheaply by water, it was economical. The red sandstone city halls, county courthouses, churches, schools, libraries, banks, commercial blocks, and houses give the Lake Superior region a distinct...
The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region by Kathryn Bishop Eckert is 324 pages long, and a total of 82,296 words.
This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 29 minutes to read The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region aloud.
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