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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith a nod to WillyT, my favorite engineering marvel:
Built in the sixties, with no deaths and very few lost-time accidents during construction.
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With a nod to WillyT, my favorite engineering marvel: (Original Post)
Brigid
May 2012
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snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)1. Taken from Sauget, IL I would guess. The photographer is
showing us this marvel with a Monsanto plant behind him
almost within spitting distance. I too have taken that picture
(not nearly as good!) from that spot in the early seventies and
always wondered how something so unique and beautiful could
exist across from something so hurtful and ugly.
BTW: This is a gorgeous photo!
Brigid
(17,621 posts)2. I love this pic.
I wish I could take one this good.
liberal N proud
(60,349 posts)3. Thanks for sharing
I have been to the top several times, the first months after it opened.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)4. Hey Thanks Brigid !!!
Saw it from the air once while coming into St. Louis for a connecting flight.
It's on my list to see up close and personal.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)6. You must see it.
And go to the top too. It's great!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)5. The tragedy of the St. Louis Space Needle
On opening day, 35 lives were lost when the shaft buckled, and the revolving restaurant screwed itself into the soft bank of the Mississippi River.