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Space Needle under construction, showing partial installation of restaurant ring girder with “sunburst” vanes, October 31, 1961
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| Title | Space Needle under construction, showing partial installation of restaurant ring girder with "sunburst" vanes, October 31, 1961 |
| Photographer | Dudley, Roger |
| 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.
This photograph depicts the restaurant ring girder going on at the 500-feet level of the Space Needle. Each section was a 20-ton piece of iron, installed from leg top to leg top with the radial fins already attached. Above this level would be a five-story building, housing the restaurant, mezzanine, observation deck, mechanical equipment room and elevator penthouse. |
| Notes | Caption information source: Space Needle USA by Harold Mansfield and George Gulacsik, 1962.
Stamped on verso with business stamp of Roger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle
Printed on lower right border on photo: Space Needle, John Graham & Co. Architects, Howard S. Wright Construction Co.
A schematic of the footprint of the Space Needle is printed in the lower left border of the photograph, with an arrow drawn to indicate the viewpoint. |
| Subjects | Architecture—Washington (State)—Seattle; Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.); Construction—1960-1970; Space Needle (Seattle, Wash.); Towers--Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2005.6.25 |
| 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 as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 42710 |
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