The World's Fair and Exposition
Information and Reference Guide

Index

• 282 facts and trivia nuggets with 66 links to external resources.

• The World's Fair and Exposition Information and Reference Guide is now on CD.
  11,216 facts and 1,362 web links covering 24 World's Fairs and Expositions.
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Unisphere

• Sponsor: US Steel.

• Location: Federal and State Area. Fountain of the Continents.

• Designer: Peter Muller-Munk Associates.

• Landscaping: Gilmore Clarke.

• Creator: Gilmore D Clarke of New York City.

• Cost: $2,000,000.

• Size: 140 feet (12 stories) tall, 120 feet in diameter.

• Base: 20 feet.

• Pedestal Construction: Cor-Ten Steel.

• Stainless Steel: 470 tons.

• Structural Elements: 500.

• Reflecting Pool: 310 feet in diameter.

• Framework: approximately 7,700 feet of Stainless Steel.

• Bolt Construction: T-1 Steel.

• Land Masses, Parallels and Meridian Construction: Stainless Steel.

• Earth Tilt: 23.5 degrees.

• Orbital Rings (3): 3 tons.

• The Orbital Rings symbolized the first man-made satellites.

• Was built on the same "foundation" that supported the Perisphere.

• Enormous stresses would be put on the structure because the Continents are not evenly distributed. High-speed computers were needed to process the large numbers of mathematical equations necessary for construction. One problem alone required the use of 670 equations processed simultaneously.

• US Steel funded the construction in exchange for the publicity.

• The Unisphere had the dimensions of the Earth as viewed from 6000 miles in space.

• Capitals of prominent nations were illuminated with lights.

• One additional light was placed at the Caughnawage Indian Reservation (off the St Lawrence River between the US and Canada). This was to honor the 50 Mohawk Indians who built the Unisphere. And without a single injury.

• Was the World's Largest fabricated structure made with Stainless Steel.

• St. Lawrence River and Seaway.

Links, Resources, Sources

• AMF Monorail & New York World's Fair 1964-65 Newspaper and Magazine Article Guide.

• AMF Monorail Research Project.

• Arrt's Arrchives - Long Island Railway.

• Back to the Future - A Souvenir Edition commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the 1939 World's Fair and the 35th Anniversary of the 1964 World's Fair.

• Big Chip - Beach Haven's Connection to the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.

• BBQ Productions NY World's Fair 64-65.

• Building the 1964 World's Fair.

• Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas.

• Disney at the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair.

• Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

• Flushing Meadows Corona Park - Official Website.

• Futurama Aquacopters - Quicktime Movie from the NYTimes.com.

• Growing Up at the Fair, Corona NY and the 1964-65 World's Fair.

• Images of the 1964/65 New York World's Fair.

• Jeep Fire Engines at the 1964 World's Fair on The CJ3B Page.

• Kokomo Jr. at the 1964 NYWF.

• Masonic FDC - Phoenixmasonry Masonic Museum.

• Moldarama Home Page - Has a small page with Dinoland Dinosaurs.

• Mustang Show Pictures: 1964 World's Fair.

• My 1964-65 New York World's Fair Collection.

• New York City and the World's Fair in 1965.

• New York Public Library - Images.

• New York World's Fair Audio Archive (1964-1965).

• New York World's Fair Memories of 1964 - VHS for Sale.

• New York World's Fair Photos by Phillip Buehler.

• New York's World's Fairs - NYCsubway.org.

• New York World's Fair 1964-65.

• 1939 & 1964 World's Fair Anniversary Gala - PDF File.

• 1964 Lincoln Continental Autosketch.

• 1964 New York World's Fair.

• 1964 New York World's Fair - Article.

• 1964 World's Fair Auto Thrill Show.

• 1964-65 New York World's Fair - ExpoMuseum.

• 1964-65 NY Worlds Fair Toys For Sale - Time Warp Toys.

• No Fair At All - Remnants of the '64-'65 World's Fair.

• NY State Pavilion - Help Save this Mid-Century Modern Landmark!.

• NY Worlds Fair 1964-65 - Live365.

• NYC 1964 World's Fair Menu Online.

• nywf64.com - New York World's Fair 1964-65.

• Peace Through Understanding - Online Forum.

• Picture Essays: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park - Sorabji.com.

• Postcard Memories - World's Fair.

• Protest at the World's Fair.

• Queens Museum of Art.

• Queen's Museum Shop - 1964 World's Fair.

• Ruins of the 1964/65 New York World's Fair.

• Scouting at the World's Fair - 64-65 NYWF.

• SkateNY - World's Fair Ice Skating Rink.

• Sinclair Dinoland at 1964/65 New York World's Fair.

• The Carousel of Progress.

• The General at the NY World's Fair.

• The Infography about New York World's Fair 1964-1965.

• The Lost World of the Fair.

• The New Haven RR Image Page - 1964 Worlds Fair.

• The 1939/1964 New York World's Fair Marketplace.

• The 1964 New York World's Fair at Night.

• The 1964 World's Fair Honoring Human Achievement - NY Times.

• The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair - New Haven RR Image Page. June, 1998.

• This Day in Disney History.

• Time Capsule Being Buried - Quicktime Movie from the NYTimes.com.

• Urban Scenes: Futurama - Quicktime Movie from the NYTimes.com.

• Westinghouse 1964-65 World's Fair Time Capsule Pocket Transistor Radios.

• World's Fair Carousel.

• World's Fair Exonumia - Tokens and Medals, Badges, Ribbons, Plaques and more for sale.

• World's Fair Keys.

• World's Fair Site.

Resources, Sources - Books

• Official Guide, New York World's Fair 1964/1965. Time-Life Books. Time Life, Inc. 1964.

• Official Guide, New York World's Fair 1965. All New for 1965. Time-Life Books. Time Life, Inc. 1965.

• Official Souvenir Book. New York World's Fair 1964/1965. Time Inc. 1964.

• Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. The Story of World's Fairs and Expositions. Suzanne Hilton. Westminster Press Books. 1978.