FACT SHEET

THE BELL SYSTEM EXHIBIT

Location - On Pool of Industry, at eastern side of Fairgrounds.

Size of Plot - 105,000 square feet (approximately 2.5 acres)


Highlights of Construction:
   - Groundbreaking June 21, 1962
   - Building supported by more than 1,400 wood piles and
     about 250 steel piles driven deep into the ground.


Materials Used
   - 7,250 cubic yards of concrete
   - 900 tons of reinforcing steel
   - 3,000 tons of structural steel
   - 450 white plastic reinforced fiberglass panels,1/8" thick,
     some are 12' x 37', the largest ever made; produced
     specially for the Bell pavilion.

Floating Wing
   - Stands 24 feet above ground, supported by 4 pylons
   - 400 feet long, 200 feet wide, 87 feet high
   - Space approximately 41,000 square feet, including ride path
   - Houses 17 minute ride

Lower Exhibit Hall
   - Space approximately 40,000 square feet
   - Houses displays, live demonstrations and audience participation games.

Ride Details

   - Approximately 1,200 feet long with animated. Scenes tracing the
     evolution of communications
   - 1,000 chairs for riders
   - Presentation time: 15 minutes
   - Speed of chairs: 70 feet per minute
   - Capacity: approximately 41,000 persons per day
   - Four moving sidewalks operating parallel to, and same speed as chairs

Other Building Facilities
   - Four escalators (2 up, 2 down) - to and from ride level
   - Wheelchair ramp into lower exhibit hall
   - Administrative offices
   - Lounges
   - Mechanical equipment rooms


Microwave Tower

140 feet high; circular base 30 feet in diameter

At the top: a 1 ton horn antenna for receiving and transmitting
TV (between fairgrounds and station atop Pan Am Building). Can
handle 30 simultaneous programs.

At the base: (enclosed in glass, visible to public outdoors):
   1) a test console and other equipment to keep tower operating
      properly
   2) a display showing the 8e11 System's video network Wave Guide
      (a 90 foot long, 2.8" diam. pipe) used for linking the horn
      antenna and equipment. One of longest runs of circular wave
      guide ever put to use.  150,000 feet of coaxial and video
      cable installed throughout the fairgrounds feed into the
      control center.  Installation of equipment and facilities
      by Western Electric

Other Facts

Pavilion completely air conditioned
Hours open to public: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 7 days a week, both seasons of Fair
No admission charge
25 million visitors expected over the 1964-1965 period 
Building capacity: 12,000 to 15,000 persons per hour
Exhibit manned by 225 men and women employees of Bell System 
Architects: Harrison B. Abramowitz
General design consultant: Henry Dreyfuss
General contractor: George A. Fuller Co.
Ride producer: Joe Mielziner
Original musical score for ride by Morton Gould.