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| Durango_Boy | Arch Being Built. | ||
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I found this cool scan of a picture of the St. Louis Arch as it was being constructed. I then thought, how cool would it have been to be standing there watching it all taking place from such a great position.
Then I thought, how cool would it be to be there watching and look down as see a young Darth Vader standing there on the shore with you? LOL. [IMG]http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m242/durango_boy/Grandmother-Arch.jpg[/IMG] |
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Posted on: 2009/12/24 23:09
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| BillH | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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They showed the whole build on History or Discovery Channel a couple of times.
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 0:06
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| bogus | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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interesting doc, too.
When they mated the two halves, they had to cool one side and warm the other... That fixed the minor mismatch. |
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 3:06
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| Durango_Boy | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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I'm curious how one goes about cooling or warming a half of an arch that big. Do you have the details about how they did that? |
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 4:18
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| pianoguy | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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Very cool! I've only been to St. Louis once, but had to take a ride in the Arch.
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 4:35
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| itlgo2 | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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they had a very big lighter |
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 6:54
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| tjpreul | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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Clark - Hey hey kids see that, its the St. Louis Arch. The gateway to the west. Its over 600ft tall, and there is an elevator all the way to the top. Thats 60 stories to you and me.
Russ - Wow, Dad can we go up on it. Clark - No. |
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| BillH | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 14:31
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| Durango_Boy | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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Classic. |
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 15:20
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| bogus | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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It was rather clever... the sun warmed one side, water cooled the other. |
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 16:24
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| Epimax | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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Very Cool!
I've seen it 3 times now, but have yet to stop and take the tour.. It's definitly on the 'to do' list! |
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Posted on: 2009/12/25 21:13
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| BrianCunningham | Re: Arch Being Built. | ||
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Drove by it once
Very impressive. |
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