Sounds like it should be something from pulp fiction, but the Synchrophasotron was actually a Soviet particle accelerator that operated 1957-2003 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchrophasotron).
Lovely chamber for a control room, though — my guess is it was originally a ball room in a hotel.
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So, looking at this photo, you maybe had to climb a 30-ft stepladder to work this thing — how very Metropolis!
Yeah, I wouldn’t want to be the little old lady asked to dust it each night.