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  1. David Arnold says:

    It is designed as a roundhouse, to rotate the trains and turn them around, it was designed by the same architect who did the Climatron at the Botanical gardens and he also designed a building at SIU-,Edwardsville campus, his name escapes me though

    1. Chris Naffziger says:

      Murphy and Mackey? Inspired by Buckminster Fuller.

  2. David Arnold says:

    Yes , Buckmaster Fuller

  3. David Arnold says:

    Sorry, I meant Buckminster

  4. robert says:

    I went through it in the ’60’s when I was a cub scout , it was pretty cool . We always called it the golf ball . lol

  5. Patty says:

    Dome needs cleaned up and painted. Has a lot of rust.

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