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Savoy Cinema site works: view of site from first or second floor of building on opposite side of O’Connell Street


Showing the Fr Mathew statue in the centre foreground. On the street in front of the site is an ass-drawn advertising cart with notices for ‘Katie Sandwina (The Strongest Woman in the World) First Time in Ireland’.

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Savoy Cinema site works: front of site viewed from across O’Connell Street


Showing the site notice which reads ‘A Cinematograph Theatre/is being erected on this site/To seat 3,000 persons’. The builders are listed as Meagher & Hayes of Cork and Dublin, and the architect as ‘F.C. Mitchell L.R.I.B.A. London W.1’, with various contractors listed as follows: Steelwork: Messrs Blake & Co. Ltd, Sheffield. Heating & Ventilation: Messrs J. Jeffreys & Co. Ltd, London. Steel Casements: Messrs Critalls & Co. Ltd, London. Electrical Installation: Theatre Equipemnt LTd, Dublin. Lifts: Waygood Otis Ltd, London. Portland Stone: H. & J. Martin Ltd, Dublin. Stone Carving: William J. Greene, Dublin. Fibrous Plaster & Decoration: Alex Malcolm & Co. Ltd, Dublin. Seating & Furnishing: -, Dublin Plastering: -, Dublin Plumbing: -, Dublin. Sanitary Fittings: -, Dublin. Granite: Osborne & Brady, Ballyknocken, Wicklow.

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Savoy Cinema site works: external south side elevation


Savoy Cinema site works: external south side elevation

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing steel structure of balcony and roof


Includes the steelwork for an internal dome.

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Savoy Cinema site works: oblique view of front façade


Showing Portland stone finished to first-floor level, scaffold and steelworks. Features an unattended pram at the site entrance.

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Savoy Cinema site works: view from rear (north east) corner looking south west


Showing the steel frame and external walls (using recycled brick and stone?).

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Savoy Cinema site works: view from rear (north east) corner looking south west


Showing the steel frame and basements under construction.

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Savoy Cinema site works: front viewed from centre of O’Connell Street


Showing the steelworks nearing completion. Also shows a crowd of onlookers.

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing balcony and roof steelworks


Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing balcony and roof steelworks

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Savoy Cinema site works: elevated view of front


Showing the first elements of the external Portland stone façade in place.

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing steel structure of balcony and roof


Includes the steelwork for an internal dome.

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Savoy Cinema site works: oblique view of front façade


Showing Portland stone finished to first-floor level, scaffold and steelworks.

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