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Show j Amerlco's, 'EHfel Towar" A 600-foot "Space Needle." topped with a 250-aeat revolving revolv-ing restaurant, will be a major attraction at Seattle's Century 21 World's Fair, opening. in April of 1962. J Three elevators, traveling the length of two football fields up a central core between three giant steel legs, will carry passengers to the restaurant. They will step out into a fixed center, containing cocktail lounge and kitchen. The dining area is on a huge, doughnut-shaped doughnut-shaped turntable, 94 V4 feet In diameter, rotating about the center once each hour. Thus, diners will enjoy a 360-degrea panoramic view of the Fair Grounds and Seattle's skyline in the course of a meal. ) ' A 1 h p. electric motor powers the turntable, turning 108.000 times for a single rotation of the restaurant The complex design and engineering of the mechanism was done by the Systems Management Division of Western Cear Corporation. Everett, Wash. Manufacturing and Installation is the work of tha Industrial Products Division Divi-sion of Western Cear Carpora-tion, Carpora-tion, Seattle. Being controlled by the frequency of Seattle's power system, the turntable will run with the accuracy of an electric clock. v j a! The 2.000-ton Space Needle. tallest structure west of the '.Mississippi River, will be pre- served after the Fair closes. ! It Is expected to become a i world tourist attraction to rival jthe Eiffel Tower, which was built for the famous Paris International In-ternational Exposition of 1889. 1 SOARING "SPACE NEEDLE" NEE-DLE" which will rise 600 feet ittrave) the Seattle Century 21 World's Fair of 1962. The circular cir-cular platform at the top will contain a rotating restaurant. |