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Originally Posted by cmac2012
It strikes me again that building such buildings is not beanbag. The stuff that could go wrong is staggering. They included some graphics about that.
An item down a ways on my bucket list is seeing the leaning tower of Pisa someday. No doubt there were some tense moments around that one.
There is a graphic at this site comparing the height of various buildings.
https://www.elitetravelblog.com/tallest-buildings-world-chart/ |
My wife's mother visited the tower when she was a little girl. This would be sometime in the late 50s.
She said then you could walk up the tower and go outside. On the leaning side you felt like you were going to fall off.
Back then no safety rails or fences. You were just very careful about where you stepped.