the Tower of London held many positions and underwent numerous renovations over the centuries to mold it in to what it is today. As a result of one of the most important events in European history the site of the Tower of London was determined by buildings along the Roman wall that were built by the Normans’ during the Norman Conquest in 1066. (Impey and Parnell 12). After William the conqueror took the thrown in 1066 he immediately started building using the Roman city wall as the eastern
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Abstract Throughout the popsicle stick tower crane projects‚ groups were instructed to build a tower crane replica out of popsicle sticks‚ with the purpose of holding the most weight in a competition between their peers’ tower cranes. The Insane Cranes focused on making a very sturdy base‚ and a flexible yet strong jib. Their crane held 2‚600 grams and places second in their class-wide competition. They found that the hardest part of the project was the research about and the assembly of the jib
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to Eiffel Tower 3 History of Eiffel Tower 5 Construction & Function Advantage of the Structure Disadvantages of the Structure 14 Conclusion 16 Introduction Nothing like it had ever been built like the Eiffel Tower. It is a 984-foot (300-meter) tower of wrought iron and open-lattice. The Eiffel Tower was the tallest
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Icon of the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower is one of the most attracted architectural icons in the world. This structure was not meant to be permanent‚ in fact it was only intended to be a temporary exhibit. The tower was built with exquisite arch features made out of iron that was admired for its pleasing symmetry. The statistics behind the Eiffel tower are intriguing. The Eiffel Tower achieved the historical record for being the world’s tallest building up until 1931. The Tower was also used as a
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Construction of The Eiffel Tower Introduction The Eiffel Tower is a freestanding framework tower (lattice tower) located on the Champ de Mars in Paris‚ France. It was named after it’s Chief Designer/Engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel and is the most-visited paid monument in the world with several millions ascending each year. Why was the tower built? The plan to build a tower 300 meters high was conceived as part of preparations for the World Exhibition Fair‚ which would be held in 1889
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The Eiffel Tower (French: La Tour Eiffel‚ [tuʁ ɛfɛl]) is an iron[10] lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris‚ named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel‚ whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair‚ it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris[11] and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 7.1 million people ascended
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FACTS ABOUT THE EIFFEL TOWER Eiffel & Company completed the Eiffel Tower on March 31‚ 1889 for the Universal Exposition in Paris celebrating the centennial of the French Revolution. The project included 50 engineers and designers (who produced 5‚300 blueprints)‚ 100 ironworkers (who produced 18‚038 individual pieces for assembly) and 121 construction workers (who used 2.5 million rivets). The Eiffel Tower took two years‚ two months and five days to complete. In addition to contractor Gustave
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TOWER OF LONDON -RUTHLESS EXECTOR OF STATE POWER- In the early 1080s‚ William the Conqueror began to build a massive stone tower at the center of his London fortress. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. MURDER AT THE TOWER The most famous legend is the one about two boys: Richard Duke of York and his brother Edward V. According to Tudor historians‚ Richard‚ Duke of Gloucester invented a story declaring the boys illegitimate and convinced the Parliament that they can’t
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"The Tower Pig." The story is set behind‚ and outside‚ the walls of the Thomaston Penitentiary in present day America. The story essentially revolves around a young man who suffers the hardships of imprisonment in an American correctional facility. The protagonist is throughout the tale addressed only by his surname‚ Caine. Caine expresses incomprehensible anger he feels for one of the wardens‚ an outcast despised by colleagues and inmates alike‚ and who is commonly known as "The Tower Pig" by
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CRITIQUE: SEARS TOWER I remember being passionate about the design of a certain building standing in the heart of the United States of America when I was 14-15 years old. Well‚ I still am. There is something romantic about this building- its tall frame‚ its minimal design‚ the elegant black bands running around the building‚ the use of tinted black aluminum curtain with bronze tinted glazing‚ the bundled tubular form etc etc. I have always been a fan of minimalism‚ courtesy Mies Van Der Rohe
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