EIFFEL TOWER ECLIPSED
In the Paris Exposition of 1900 the most striking feature was the Eiffel Tower, which has been famous ever since. In the Chicago World Fair of 1933 there will be an even more striking attraction for visitors in the “Sky Ride.” Two gigantic towers, 600 ft. high and spaced 2000 ft. apart, will be connected by two four-cable tracks, at the 200-foot’level. The cables will propel eight streamlined cars, which will each be 33ft. long, constructed of glass and aluminium, and double-decked, with seats arranged lengthwise, so that the passengers may look outward. Coloured steam will be emitted in the wake of the cars so as to give them the appearance of rockets rushing through , space. The towers will be triangular in section, gayly ornamented and brightly illuminated' at night. Flood lights will be attached to the bottoms of the elevators, which will run to the very top of the towers, transforming them into rising and falling pillars of coloured light. The project, which is expected to cost about £200.000, involves many difficult engineering problems. Two thousand tons of steel are required for the towers. Another thousand tons of steel will go into the 16 cables.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 96, 26 April 1933, Page 12
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