- Collection:
- Planning Atlanta - A New City in the Making, 1930s-1990s
- Title:
- Workers constructing one of the Omni's escalator's, August 25, 1975
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cruce, Calvin, 1947-
- Publisher:
- Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1975-08-25
- Subject:
- Buildings
Interior architecture
Construction workers
Omni International Complex (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographic prints
newspapers - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Description on verso: "Omni's High-Rise Escalator: Workmen install the encasement for the steps of the world's longest cleanspan escalator being erected at the new Omni International Complex in Downtown Atlanta. The 205-foot escalator is secured 90 feet above the first level of the Omni structure and will take visitors to the eighth story entrance of the World of Sid and Marty Kroft, an indoor entertainment park set to open in early 1976, Designed and built by Westinghouse Electric Corp., the escalator is housed in a 60 ton metal truss installed recently by construction crane."
Locations: Downtown - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/PlanATL/id/8674
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/PlanATL:8674/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
Omni International Complex (Old Pictures) - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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