Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . , each100 feet wide. Three of the aisles extend the extreme lengthof the building. The remaining two are 460 feet long. Reg-ulation railroad trains may enter the building from the west^through three arches, each 43 feet wide and five feet north facade, which is the dominant one of the building,stretching east and a full thousand feet, has its magnifi-cent center pavilion flanked by two great towers, the topmostpinnacle of wlucl^ reaches skyward 265 feet. The southernfacade is accentuated by four ornate turrets 109 feet high,which
Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . , each100 feet wide. Three of the aisles extend the extreme lengthof the building. The remaining two are 460 feet long. Reg-ulation railroad trains may enter the building from the west^through three arches, each 43 feet wide and five feet north facade, which is the dominant one of the building,stretching east and a full thousand feet, has its magnifi-cent center pavilion flanked by two great towers, the topmostpinnacle of wlucl^ reaches skyward 265 feet. The southernfacade is accentuated by four ornate turrets 109 feet high,which flank the center pavilion. The east facade is treatedwith an elaboration second to that of the northern western facade, 300 feet long, presents quite distinctarchitectural features. On each side the great Palace of^Machinery presents entirely dissimilar design and two adjoining facades form even similar perspective. Forty thousand horses pulling together represent thepower used on the Worlds Fair-grounds. The prime movers. that furnish thisgreat power areliving exhibits oc-cupying the entirewestern half of thePalace of ]\Iachin-ery. Such lines of en-gines and dyna-mos have neverbeen seen. In-eluded in thegroup is a modernsteam turbine of8,000-horse powerand a gas motor of 3,000 horse-power. Passing into !Machinery Hall through the central entrance from the north, thevisitor sees in front of him a 5,000 horse-power reciprocatingsteam engine. This engine and its base have a total height of54 feet: 20 feet of this is depressed below the floor level, andthe remaining 34 feet is elevated above the floor level. Itsbase occupies a space of approximatelj- 35x45 feet. CORRIDOR IN- MACHINERY BUILDIXG.
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