Those I’ve shown or sent the flickr link to in Houston have asked, "Where’s the Space Needle." So, here it is. The information I’m posting is taken from Wikipedia:

The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River.[4] It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph (320 km/h) and earthquakes up to 9.5 magnitude[citation needed] (which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake). The tower has 25 lightning rods on its roof to prevent lightning damage.

Here’s the link to Widipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Needle

EXPLORE: 27 JUNE 2008 – Thanks to everyone for your visits, comments, favs and invitations.

By: KM&G-Morris