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Book Synopsis Royal Guide to Saint Louis and the World's Fair 1904 (Classic Reprint) by :
Download or read book Royal Guide to Saint Louis and the World's Fair 1904 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Royal Guide to Saint Louis and the World's Fair 1904 Varied Industries Palace. - The palace has the same proportions as the Palace of Manufactures. 525x1,200 feet; covering 14 acres. At the corners arc domed towers, and the important entrances are lofty and Imposing. Cost $604,000. Agricultural Palace. - The building is 500x1,600 feet, with a cornice line 50 feet high. It contains IS acres of floor space, being the largest exposition building ever elected for a single department. The Palace of Horticulture is n near neighbor on the the south, and the two buildings stand in the midst of a great garden of 69 acres devoted to outdoor exhibits. Cost $529,940. Transportation Palace - 525x1,300 feet. Cost $696,009. In its 15 acres of exhibit space there are four miles of tracks for the display of locomotives. There are five acres of space for road vehicles and the marine display. One group is devoted to aerial navigation. military ballooning and dirigible airships. Manufacturers Palace. - 525x1,200 feet. Cost $719, -399. The building covers 14 acres. More than 10.-000,000 feet of lumber used in its construction. Machinery Palace. - 525x1.000 feet. Cost $496,597. Contains power plant for Exposition, developing 11,000 horse-power, and transforming 11,000 additional horsepower; total 22.000. Two towers 265 feet high. Electricity Palace. - Never at an exposition has such a magnificent building been set apart for electricity. It Is entirely surrounded by lagoons and is reached by bridges. Its shortest side Is 450 feet. The two equal sides are 525 feet, and the north front is 750 feet. It covers 7 acres. Cost $399,940. Horticultural Palace. - This beautiful building Is 400x8OO feet. Cost $228,000. Large conservatories are situated in ibis structure. Education Palace. - Has the general shape of a key-s stone, with a northern facade 730 feet In length and a southern facade 430 feet in length. The two equal sides are 525 feet each. The building covers 7 acres of ground. It is the first building solely for educational exhibits ever erected atan internationalexposition. Cost $335,000. Forestry and fisheries - 400x600 feet. Cost $350, -000. The interior Is arranged so as to give the visitor an opportunity to view with advantagethe living specimens of fish from the various lakes and rivers and the const of the United States. They will be shown In great glass tanks, lighted from above by looking through the glass sides from darkened passageways. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
