The Gateway Arch

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In the midst of the Great Depression, the City of St. Louis wanted to create a monument to the city’s role in the westward expansion of the United States and general waterfront improvement. It took thirty years, but they eventually created their monument with the assistance of the Federal Government. When it was completed, it was a structure like no other on Earth. It was a 660-foot-tall freestanding stainless steel arch. It required innovations not just in design and architecture, but in materials, construction, and even elevators. Learn more about the Gateway Arch, how and why it was built, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. Newspaper.com Go to Newspapers.com to get a gift subscription for the family historian in your life! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the midst of the Great Depression, the city of St. Louis wanted to create a monument to the city's role in the westward expansion of the United States, and for general waterfront improvement.
0:09.8	It took 30 years, but they eventually created their monument with the assistance of the federal government.
0:14.4	When it was completed, it was a structure like no other on earth.
0:18.3	It was a 630-foot-tall, free-standing stainless steel arch. It required innovations,
0:24.3	not just in design and architecture, but in materials, construction, and even elevators.
0:29.4	Learn more about the Gateway Arch and how and why it was built on this episode of Everything
0:34.5	Everywhere Daily.
0:48.4	Thank you. episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Hey, everyone.
0:49.1	Hey, everyone.
0:49.3	I have another podcast that I think you might enjoy, the Atlas Obscura podcast.
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1:43.4	To understand why the Gateway Arch was built, we first need to understand the city of St. Louis.
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