ENGINES OF AMERICA · NO. 06 · THE FAIR ENGINE
The World's Fair Engine
The palaces they built, and tore down.
Running nowv1.0 BetaFree
The world's fairs raised whole cities of palaces, then tore most of them down within a year. The World's Fair Engine pulls every fair building on the Atlas so you can see them together: where they stood, the build dates they were given, and what came down.
240fair buildings
1tap to put them on the map
Run the World's Fair EngineEvery Engine of America
The fairsBuild datesLost buildings
What it can do
- Searches 240 fair buildings by name, place or year
- The claimed build dates, tested against the record
- Every building keeps its source
- On the table: map and timeline
- On the Atlas as the Old world buildings layer
Spec plate
- Fuel
- World's fair buildings on the Atlas
- Output
- Each building with its place, date and source
- Browse
- Oldest first
- Then
- Map, timeline and compare on your table
How it runs
- Browse or searchBlank shows them all in order, or type 'Chicago', 'Paris', '1893'.
- Put them on the tableEvery building from one fair, or the same kind from many.
- Line them upMap, timeline, Compare.
Use it to
- Rebuild one fair: 'Chicago' finds 12
- Compare the Paris and Chicago palaces side by side
- Put the claimed build dates on a timeline
Straight up
- Some entries are buildings that stood near a fair, not only fair palaces.
- Testing the claimed build times is the next upgrade.
Tested
On the live site, Nov 14, 2026
- Chicago: 12
- Paris: 19
- 1893: 6
- exposition: 22
Found a bug?
This engine is in beta: working and in daily use, still being tested. If something broke, looked wrong or gave a bad answer, tell us. Every report gets read.