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Fun Facts about Buildings

8/23/2020

 
Did you know:
  • Although we now know a "skyscaper" as a very tall building, originally the term referred to anything tall, like a triangular sky-sail that soared into the air.  It was even used for tall horses or humans!
  • The first elevator installed in a high building in 1857 travelled at 0.45mph.  Today's modern lifts travel much faster and the ones installed in the Shanghai Tower reach speeds over 45mph - which is 100x as fast!
  • For 3,800 years the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest  structure in the world at 455 feet.  Today the pyramid would cost nearly £1billion to build.
  • A Chinese construction company was able to beat all records and complete a 57-storey building in 19 days 
  • The Hoover Dam in the US was built with the incredible volume of 3,250,000 square yards of concrete.

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