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had already put in portion of the foundations when he came on the scene, and he took all these foundations out. He was then instructed to call for tenders for the first portion, which included the
Chamber of the House of Assembly, smoke room, corridors, &c. The tender of the Kapunda Marble Company was accepted at around £100,000 and they proceeded with the work of laying the foundation and the lower portion of the buildings, which were faced with granite. Then there came some difficulty about the marble, and the committee decided not to go ahead, as the marble portion would cost them too much, and the Government, allowed the company to withdraw after something like £30,000 of work. The negotiations were handled with tact and efficiency by
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Cathedral. It can be seen on one of the buttresses facing King William road- It reads simply— EDWARD JOHN WOODS, F.R.I.B.A.. ARCHITECT OF THIS CATHEDRAL, 1869 to 1915.
231:, Woods' professional clerk, who had followed him from the Education Department. The work was retendered for, and was secured by James Shaw for about £102,000. Previous to this something like £30,000 had been spent by the Kapunda Marble Company. Woods supervised the contract right through till the building was completed, and put in all the fittings and all the special ventilation, which is different from that in any other building.
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Government, by which time, 1866, the company had become Wright Woods & Hamilton with the addition of draftsman
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National Bank, King William street, which was erected together with the Imperial Chambers. He also designed and superintended the erection of several branch offices of the bank, not only in the suburbs, but in the country at
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Anglican Church of South Australia, deemed it necessary to enlarge the design and make other substantial modifications, and the first and subsequent portions of the Cathedral were carried out under the direction of E. J. Woods.
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