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Construction on the IMAX movie screen of the U.S. Pavilion. The movie screen will be the largest in the world for use with a single projection source.

Clearing the smaller island that was renamed Canada Island.

Construction for Expo

U.S. Pavilion

Canada Island Site

Washington State Pavilion

U.S. Pavilion

Work on the Opera house and Washington State Pavilion.

International exhibits construction.

Construction for Expo

Construction crane

Workers doing construction at Expo

Showing construction site prior to Expo.

Clearing of the site for Expo: Note demolition in the foreground of one of the many two story buildings that lined Trent Ave (renamed Spokane Falls Blvd. for the fair).

Building the Soviet and European Pavilions and the Washington Street couplet prior to Expo.

Demolition of the old station at the center of the railroad yards that became Spokane's World's Fair site is shown here as it looked in February 1973. The Burlington Northern Tower, the only part of the station to remain, indicates 450 days to go…

Tower view - Mexico, Japan and Taiwan exhibits.

Washington State Pavilion

Cleared of railroad yards and related industrial structures by 1973, the Expo '74 site still had a long way to go before the opening of the World's Fair. Construction had just started on the Washington State Pavilion at lower right. The old…

Taiwan Pavilion

Work nears completion on the major buildings of the Expo '74 world's fair. In the foreground is the Washington State Pavilion, which will become a convention center when the fair ends its six-month run November 4. In the upper left are the two…

The two semi-circular base buildings of the United States Pavilion during construction. The vinyl canopy rose 150 feet on a steel center pole from these bases.

Soviet Pavilion

Construction buildings for Expo

Construction with the clock tower in the background.

Demolition along Trent Ave.

U.S. Pavilion

Demolition of the train trestle that crossed over the Monroe Street Bridge and the river before Expo.

U.S. Pavilion and Mexican Exhibit

Demolition of the Old Great Northern Depot and the railroad lines, February, 1973. The Count-Down sign on the part of the depot that will remain, the tower, indicates 450 days left until the opening.