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Union Tank Car Dome
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
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The largest clear span structure of it's time.

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Phase:
demolished
Design:
T.C. Howard (Synergetics, Inc); Abe Feder
Updated:
13 January 2012
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Union Tank Car Dome in 1958

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Union Tank Car Dome in 1958

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Union Tank Car Dome in November 2005

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Union Tank Car Geodesic Dome Interior

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