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F8:-RAILROAD EXHIBIT BUILDING, NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939.
RAILROADS
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**N. Y.W.F. LIC. 2443**
1939
Officially Licensed
NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
44302
RAILROAD EXHIBIT BUILDING
NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939
The entrance to the railroad exhibit at the New York
World's Fair 1939 appears very much like a glorified
and modernistic roundhouse for locomotives. The Ro-
tunda above contains 25,500 square feet of floor space
leading to a circular theme hall 180 feet in diameter sur-
mounted by a dome approximately eight stories in height.
Sponsored by the Eastern Presidents' Conference of the
railroads, the exhibit includes a building nearly a quarter
of a mile long, an outdoor exposition including nearly a
mile of track, a colorful pageant telling the history of
American railroads and the largest working miniature rail-
road ever constructed. The building contains 110,000
square feet of floor space and is the largest at the Fair.
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