Tower of Light 1964 Worlds Fair (New York City, New York)

USA / New York / Saddle Rock / New York City, New York
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Former site of the Electric Power & Light Pavilion. The world's most powerful searchlight beam rose from the center of this unusual building, whose exterior walls consisted of 600 aluminum prisms fitted together to form an eye-catching pattern. The building was sponsored by investor-owned electric utility companies throughout the nation. In its center, where visitors could examine it, were 12 - one billion candlepower searchlights (equal to power of 340,000 automobile headlights) that created the central beam, which pointed straight up and could be seen for miles.
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Coordinates:   40°44'50"N   73°50'24"W
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