Level Five: Observation Level
Level Four: Upper Dining Level
Level Three: Lower Dining Level
Level Two: Kitchen / Private Dining
Level One: Observation Level
Architect:Community Tectonics Architects
General Contractor:Rentenbach
Consulting Structural Engineers:Stan Lindsey and Associates (Nashville)
Consulting Electrical & Mechanical Engineers: West, Norris, Welch and Miller (Knoxville)
CONSTRUCTION FACTS- There are two 418-step fire stairs and three high-speed elevators contained in the tower.
- During the period of the World's Fair, the tower's color was blue to match the color of the sky. The current color of the tower is forest green.
- 24-karat gold gives the panes of glass the reflective gold color. The panes of glass have vinyl film impregnated with gold dust laminated to them.
- There is an insulating airspace between two pains of glass in each window section (one interior, one exterior). The top half of the sphere's outermost pane is tempered and the inside paine is laminated The bottom half of the spehere's outermost pane is laminated and the top half is tempered. This is why the top half of the sphere is not as reflective.
- Each plane of glass cost $1,000 on the average at the time of construction.
- During the period of the Worlds Fair, the restaurant was managed byHardee's. The menu was greatly different from the fast food restaraunts. If you have a menu, please emaile-mail us.
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