Don enters St Louis' secret world to see how its wild ambition turned it into an industrial powerhouse. Like a colossal jungle gym, Don scales a 150-year-old bridge, explores a labyrinth of beer caves and ...
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Sitting on the bank of the Mississippi River, the Ashley Street Power Plant electrified the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis, flaunting the power and potential of electricity for the Fair’s nearly 20 million visitors.
The Gateway Arch
At 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is as tall as it is wide at the base. Completed in 1965, the Arch was built to commemorate the westward expansion of the United States in the 19th century.

