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SKY RIDE, CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR
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July 16,31-33.
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SKY RIDE
One of the most interesting features of Chicago's
World's Fair is the “Sky Ride". The towers are
600 feet high. Double decked rocket
suspended from 4 cable tracks between and around
the two towers.
cars
run
The two towers of the skyride, stand like giant
sentinels, 1850 feet apraht, seeming to guard the fall of
the Lagoon. More than 600 feat they rise into the skies, with
observation floors on the top con la 200
200 foot level the rocket
Scans carried us acwas the lagoon. These cars are
cableaway which has a breaking strength of 220,000 pounds
inch of bross section. at night the tuto torters rise like
shafts of light, while the silvery obstivation cars flash like
meters between them. The towers are called amos and andy and
& the rocket cars named chafacters
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CENTURY OF PROGRESS
CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR
1833
1933
associated with them.