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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Mon May 28, 2012, 10:31 AM May 2012

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With 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 OP

Taken from Sauget, IL I would guess. The photographer is snappyturtle May 2012 #1

I love this pic. Brigid May 2012 #2

Thanks for sharing liberal N proud May 2012 #3

Hey Thanks Brigid !!! WillyT May 2012 #4

You must see it. Brigid May 2012 #6

The tragedy of the St. Louis Space Needle jberryhill May 2012 #5

snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)

1. Taken from Sauget, IL I would guess. The photographer is

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:46 AM

May 2012

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.

Reply to snappyturtle (Reply #1)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:53 AM

May 2012

I wish I could take one this good.

liberal N proud

(60,346 posts)

3. Thanks for sharing

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:57 AM

May 2012

I have been to the top several times, the first months after it opened.

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

4. Hey Thanks Brigid !!!

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:02 AM

May 2012

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.

Reply to WillyT (Reply #4)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:35 AM

May 2012

And go to the top too. It's great!

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

5. The tragedy of the St. Louis Space Needle

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:07 AM

May 2012

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.

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