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World’s Largest Suspension Roof

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The “Tent of Tomorrow” was designed to capture the feel of a modern state fair, with circus tent like red and white stripes. Its roof of multicolored translucent panels measures 350 feet by 250 feet and is suspended from a huge steel crown supported by sixteen 100 foot cement columns. The towers were constructed by using the slip form method.
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