The First Monolithic Dome.

The First Monolithic Dome

1976: On April 5, 1976, the inventors of the Monolithic Dome, David B. South and his brothers, Barry and Randy, turn on the fans to inflate the very first Monolithic Dome, a potato storage 105 feet in diameter and 35 feet tall, in Shelley, Idaho.

Image by David B. South via Monolithic Commons

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