Superior Aluminum Products, Inc.

Scope Of Work

THE PROBLEM - HOW TO KEEP A CLASSIC LOOK WITHOUT THE CLASSIC HASSLE?

Paducah, KY is a proud city situated on the border of Kentucky and Illinois, halfway between St. Louis and Nashville. A city with a rich history that featured prominently in the civil war, Paducah honored this legacy by building a beautiful new city hall in the early 1960s. The city hall persevered for generations and has become a focal point within the city, so much so that it was named to the National Register of Historic Places in July 20171. Simultaneous to being named to the register, Paducah was beginning the process to rehabilitate their beautiful city hall2.

While the interior presented its own set of challenges, the exterior of city hall is one of the first impressions Paducah makes on visitors and has become a huge focus. A large portion of the challenge lied with rehabilitating a beat-up iron railing system with a unique design. The original providers of the one of a kind railing were long gone and it looked like hope may have been lost for restoring the project to its original glory.

THE SOLUTION - A CUSTOM RAILING FROM SUPERIOR ALUMINUM

The city of Paducah was running short on options when they contacted Superior Aluminum. After a quick internal discussion regarding the challenges the project would present, the Superior team eagerly got to work on a custom solution to maintain the storied legacy of the Paducah city hall.

The general railing framework was simple enough, it matched well with traditional Superior Series 9000 Heavy-Duty Railing. The special diamond insert and bronze medallion were where things got tricky.

First, measurements of the diamond insert were passed along. From there, final dimensions and designs had to be determined in order to ensure the diamond would:

Match the old design

Accept the bronze medallions

Fit with Superior Aluminum railing extrusions and castings

Thanks to support from sister company Francis Manufacturing, a -new casting was tooled up for the project and a prototype was created. Once it was confirmed that the medallions would fit the diamond and the diamond would fit the rail, all of the castings were created and painted.