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Super Dome Tour

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and here we are at the end of the tour. To the left are the stairs to the dome and above is the massive and beautiful curved glass.
A couple facts about the super dome:
-They were the first PS cars to have curved glass.
-21 panes of curved glass were used on each side, 42 curved panes for the whole length of the dome, and 6 panes of glass for the ends. That is a grand total of 48 panes of glass, 625 Sq. Feet.
-they were built in 1952.
-they were the first full domes in america.
-today 9/10 super domes are still in existance, only super dome 54 was scrapped.
-The super domes were the heaviest cars ever built, weighing in at 112 tons.(224,000 pounds).
-Because of the sunken floor design and the weight, the cars required specially designed 6 wheel trucks which featured full coil suspension.

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The dark shaded area represents the area of the car shown in the photo.

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