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Old Posted May 28, 2008, 7:48 PM
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Originally Posted by cbotnyse View Post
thanks, I really didn't know how serious it was.

I thought I've read before that this proved a tower could be built at this height and FLW hoped to see it happen someday.
It was a visionary exercise drawing up a mile high tower plan that could theoretically be built using the most advanced technology at the time; regardless of whether or not it was practical. For example, the proposed tower included 56 atomic-powered elevators.
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