What I had picked up at a garage sale in Newark, Ohio, back in June 2013, for $10. The back of it had the following written on the plate: UNISPHERE presented by United States Steel. Symbol of the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair. It is dedicated to mans aspirations toward PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING and symbolizes his achievements in an expanding universe. Of Stainless Steel, it is a huge representation of our Planet Earth, 140 feet high, 120 feet in diameter, and weighing just scant of 1,000,000 lbs! Its design and construction involved complexities requiring the resolving of unknown factors many times those encountered in even our most modern complex buildings. It is a tribute to mans ingenuity and engineering skill as much as it symbolizes his achievements in an expending Universe.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:26:09 +0000
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