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Welcome to Seattle! The emerald city greets you with the majestic 605-foot tall observation tower: the Space Needle. Learn more about this iconic landmark with these ten fun facts.
#1 The Space Needle was built in 400 days for the 1962 World’s Fair “Man in the Space Age.”
#2 Tested in a parking lot, the restaurant turntable was one of the first in the world.
#3 Metal buckets were used as elevators for workers.
#4 The Space Needle elevator reaches the top in 43 seconds (10 miles per hour).
#5 During the construction, 467 trucks delivered 5,600 tons of concrete daily.
#6 “The original gas torch atop the Needle lit up and burned enough gas per hour to light 125 homes.” [Source Space Needle Museum]
#7 In 1962, Elvis Presley played in “It Happened at the World’s Fair,” a movie filmed at the fair with a specific scene in the restaurant.
#8 The Loupe is the world’s first revolving glass floor. Constructed in 2018, it includes ten layers of structural glass.
#9 On average, ironworkers were paid less than $4.00 per hour.
#10 The Space Needle is privately owned by the Wright family
Based on my visit on September 2023
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- Location: 400 Broad St. Seattle, WA 98109
- Hours: 10 am-9 pm Sunday-Friday and 9 am-9 pm Saturday
- Admission: between $30 and $42.50 for adults
- More information is available at https://www.spaceneedle.com/
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