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| Title | View looking down the Space Needle's shaft during construction, December 19, 1961 |
| Photographer | Pacific Car & Foundry Company |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | The Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World's Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch tower, the construction of the 600 foot Space Needle was completed on December 8. 1961. Seattle's Pacific Car and Foundry Company was the subcontractor for the steel fabrication and erection of the Space Needle.
This photo, taken hundreds of feet in the air, shows a dizzying view down the central shaft of the Space Needle during construction. |
| Notes | Caption information source: Space Needle USA by Harold Mansfield and George Gulacsik, 1962.
Caption information source: Special Report from United States Steel: Space Needle, circa 1961.
Stamped on verso: Photography by Pacific Car & Foundry Co, Neg. No. 11815-448 |
| Subjects | Architecture—Washington (State)—Seattle; Building sites—Washington (State)--Seattle; Building—Washington (State)—Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.); Construction—1960-1970; Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.); United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2005.6.99 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Alfred H. Fast Collection on the Space Needle, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Alfred H. Fast Collection on the Space Needle |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 11815-448 |
