Probably the strangest of a series of world exhibitions was held in 1883 in Chicago.
If the rest can, with a strong interest, ascribe the official history and close their eyes to believe in it, then here it is no longer possible - questions remain. Even with closed eyes and blind faith.
To begin with, you can see what information about her has been preserved:
- Start of construction no information
- End of construction: no information
- Total work time: no information. (3 years, approximately)
- Opening: May 1, 1893 (although Christopher Columbus's discovery of America was celebrated in 1892.)
- Closing: October 30, 1893
- Total working time: 182 days
- Visitors: 27,300,000
- Ticket price 1893 (2018): US $ 0.50 (US $ 13.18)
- Project cost in 1893 (2018): US $ 28,000,000 (US 738,141,662.26)
- Profit 1893 (2018): US $ 29,000,000 (US $ 764,503,864.48)
- Number of buildings: no information.
- Venue: Chicago, Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance. 690 acres (2.8 km2)
- Demolition: no information
- Remaining buildings: four: 1) The Palace of Fine Arts - now a Museum of Science and Industry, 2) The World Congress The subsidiary building is now at the Art Institute of Chicago, 3) the Norway pavilion is now in Wisconsin, and 4) the main pavilion has been moved to Maine. In addition, one of the statues is in the center of the Chicago road circle.
Officially, it is believed that in addition to the Palace of Fine Arts, the rest of the buildings, to one degree or another, are copies, because the originals were too dilapidated.
As you might have guessed, everything was made of plaster and plaster. Below in the photographs, fountains, water and fire torches on the facades of houses. Don't you think that all of the above is not very compatible with the life principles of gypsum and plaster?
As at other exhibitions, everything was built in the shortest possible time - in the region of three years. stood the season and was destroyed.
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Like the rest of the exhibitions, the Chicago one was mega successful financially. Moreover, it was visited by 27 million people. It remains only to understand how HALF of the US population, at that time, was able to get to Chicago? Firstly, with an average speed of a horse carriage of 20 km per day, some would have to travel for a very long time. Secondly, 1893 is the year of the most severe economic crisis in the United States. Is there not a feeling that half of the country could not leave all business and run to look at the stone joys of life?
As I noted above, gypsum and plaster are not the biggest lovers of water and fire. How they kept themselves during the rains can still be understood, but how did they manage to survive during the fire that happened during the exhibition? The scenery was on fire - the building was gone.
And by the way, these are the times in which, according to official history, almost all American cities burned down. There was an epidemic of fires that destroyed even the most stone cities to dust.
Speaking of fires, which are not only destructive but also useful. The exhibition was covered by Westinghouse, which means everyone's beloved and magical Nikola Tesla. By the way, it is interesting, in the change of history, ancient buildings and other "miracles on the bends", the main part does not want to believe - twists his finger at his temple.
But, as soon as the name of Tesla is mentioned, the same people are ready to believe in any fantastic story. Together with Tesla, electricity can be transmitted, as you like and when you like, with a slight movement of the little finger. The Tunguska meteorite turns into Tesla's Tunguska miracle in the blink of an eye, and Tesla himself, it turns out, knew all the secrets of the world for 100 years in advance.
It will be necessary to write it down to alternative historians. For authority)))
But I lit the exhibition normally. Especially considering that, according to official history, not everyone knew how to hold a candle then
During the construction of the buildings, Tesla was not nearby, so we have the only photograph of the construction of the Palace of Arts. And even then at the final stage of the dome framing.
By the way, this is the only building that survived after the exhibition itself.
Now works as a museum in Chicago.
After the exhibition, a period of restoration took place, which is more like removing artifacts.
Well, in the final, in order not to load the face with text, catch a short walk through the Chicago Exhibition in the style of 3D modeling.
While you are walking, think about why all (and next time there will be more) exhibitions, even if you accept the official version, were performed in the antique style, although they were exhibitions of the national economy with the latest achievements of technical progress of that time.