How To Write An Essay On 1904 World's Fair

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Kelsey Lamb English 190 Mr. Miller November 19, 2011 St. Louis’ World’s Fair On April 30, 1904 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the 1904 World’s Fair, opened in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri. Over the next seven months, twenty million people from across the globe traversed the 1200- acre site to experience the wonder of the latest achievements in technology, fine arts, manufacturing, science, civics, foreign policy, and education. Twice as large as Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair, it showcased exhibits from the United States Government, 43 of the then 45 U.S. states and 53 foreign countries. “This premier event brought together prominent scholars from all over the world in every academic discipline” according to Washington University Archivist Carole Prietto (Lutz, 6). The 1904 World’s Fair…show more content…
Inside the hall were engines and generators representing not only the best and newest engineering of America but also of England, Germany, and France (Buers 14). The Palace of Machinery held the power plant that created the 56,000 horsepower needed to sustain the amount of energy used for the Fair. It generated electricity for the lights; as well as ran the massive pumps that fed water to the grounds lagoons and picturesque Cascades. At this point in time only two other power plants in the world had a greater horsepower than the engines featured here. The Allis Chalmers vertical and horizontal refrigerating engine was also here, capable of generating 5,000 horsepower, along with the Curtis Steam Turbine from General Electric Company, which could produce 8,000 horsepower (Corbett 3-5). Coincidently the German Company, A. Borsig, showcased a 1,750 horsepower engine that used only 1,550 pounds of coal an hour. That was 30% less fuel than American machines used for the same

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