Space Needle l SEATTLE l 184m l 5fl

[Fundador]

interesting 8/10

[meds]

10/10 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a REAL landmark

[sdtj]

some interesting facts about the space needle!



Did you know...
• The Space Needle is approximately 1,320 Milky Way candy bars (605 feet) tall.

• On a hot day the Space Needle expands about one inch.

• During the construction of the Space Needle, it took 467 cement trucks less than 12 hours to fill the foundation hole (30-feet deep and 120-feet across); this was the largest continuous concrete pour ever attempted in the West.

• As an April Fool's joke a local television station aired a phony report that the Space Needle had fallen over. Emergency phone lines were swamped with calls. The Space Needle received more than 700 calls, even though there was a flashing alert during the entire report telling the audience that it was a joke. One Spokane man even jumped in his car and began driving to Seattle because his daughter worked at the Space Needle.

• The first Space Needle Manager, Hoge Sullivan, had acrophobia, a fear of heights.

Interesting facts taken from www.spaceneedle.com


I love Seattle and the needle..

[Seattlelife]

10/10

Awesome pics sdtj!!! Thank you.

[krzewi]

9/10

[W!CKED]

7/10

[cibula]

[Leveler]

Maybe the observationdeck is in fact a crashed UFO! Its a conspiracy 9/10

[Miguel_Prat]

10/10

[ParisianStyle]

10/10

Comment ne pas l'aimer ?
How don't love it ?

[rockin'.baltimorean]

i can't believe it was built way back in 1962. looks like it was built just yesterday....

10/10

[juada]

9.5/10

[VIP]

C'mon, this tower is awesome

10/10

[Posener]

9,5/10 One of my favourites. Maybe it's not very tall but I just love this futuristic design from 60's.

[Imperfect Ending]

10/10

Love how this one fits in with the skyline

[christos-greece]

10/10

[Quall]

10/10

[RipleyLV]

10/10

[MasonicStage™]

9/10

[Kawasaki KG]

9.5/10