Unisphere 1964 Worlds Fair - NY
Posted by: muffy53
N 40° 44.770 W 073° 50.705
18T E 597502 N 4511221
Located in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY
Waymark Code: WM9MWA
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2010
Views: 35
This is still the World's Largest World, designed as the centerpiece for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Twelve stories tall, weighing 700,000 pounds, the Unisphere was built in just over five months, and made of stainless steel so that it will never rust. World capitals on the Unisphere used to be lit with little bulbs at night, but not any longer. The three rings encircling it represent the orbits of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (the first Russian), Astronaut John Glenn (the first American), and Telstar (the first active communications satellite).
Stationary or rotating globe: Stationary
Historical or current information: Historical
Surface (elevation) relief: yes
Size: 120 Feet
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