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1933 CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR A CENTURY OF PROGRESS SKY RIDE FORT DEARBORN ASHTRAY
1933 CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR A CENTURY OF PROGRESS SKY RIDE FORT DEARBORN ASHTRAY

1933 CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR A CENTURY OF PROGRESS SKY RIDE FORT DEARBORN ASHTRAY

$ 7.91

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Theme: World’s Fairs
  • Condition: Excellent , very nice natural patina (see photos)
  • Year: 1933
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Featured Refinements: Century of Progress

    Description

    The
    Sky Ride
    was an
    attraction
    built for the
    Century of Progress
    1933
    World's Fair
    in
    Chicago
    ,
    Illinois
    . It was a
    transporter bridge
    (with a design similar to an
    aerial tramway
    or
    gondola lift
    ) designed by the bridge engineering firm
    Robinson & Steinman
    that ferried people across the lagoon, Burnham Harbor, in the center of the fair. It was located near
    Northerly Island
    , but was demolished after the Fair, having carried 4.5 million passengers. The Sky Ride had a 1,850-foot (564 m) span and two 628-feet (191 m) tall towers, making it the most prominent structure at the fair. Suspended from the span, 215 feet (66 m) above the ground, were rocket-shaped cars, each carrying 36 passengers.