Funny Facts About Skyscrapers
Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest building when completed in 1889. It was built for the Universal Exposition to demonstrate that iron can be as strong as stone while being infinitely lighter. And, indeed, wrought iron tower is twice as high as the Washington Monument and masonry, however, that weighs 70,000 tons less! It is repainted every seven years, with 50 tons of dark brown paint. The Housing Construction Insurance Called "the father of the skyscraper," the Home Insurance Building was built in Chicago in1885 (and demolished in 1931), was 138 feet high and 10 stories. It was the first building to be used effectively to support a skeleton of steel beams and columns, allowing you to have many windows of traditional masonry structures. But this method of new construction made people worry that the building would fall, leading to the city to halt construction until it could investigate the safety of the structure. The Chrysler Bui...