December 14, 2010
Union Tank Car Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When it was completed in 1958, this Buckminster Fuller inspired geodesic dome was the largest free span structure in the world. Perhaps this engineering masterpiece and architectural wonder was just a bit too futuristic too soon. After just 50 years, the dome was sent to the scrap heap.

Union Tank Car Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

When it was completed in 1958, this Buckminster Fuller inspired geodesic dome was the largest free span structure in the world. Perhaps this engineering masterpiece and architectural wonder was just a bit too futuristic too soon. After just 50 years, the dome was sent to the scrap heap.

(Source: flickr.com)

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