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The Travel & Transportation Building is constructed on the principle of a suspended bridge. No pillars, columns, or arches support in from below but depends on cables to carry the load of its trmendous roof. Interior diameter - 310 feet at the base and 206 feet clear of any onstruction. Inside is shown the progress of transportation from the creaky wagons of a century ago to the modern water, highway, railroad & air travel of today. |
Left, the Travel Building & the Transport Building. |
Above, a close up of the Transport Building. |
The Travel Building seen at night. |