Leaning Tower Of Abu Dhabi
Posted on 15 June 2010 by LynThomas in Travel
Taking a tour to see the world’s most leaning towers would show that Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa can no longer lay claim to being the furthest leaning tower in the world.
Along with fake snow in a desert oasis, buildings designed to look like pieces of a chess board, Abu Dhabi now lays claim to the building with the most lean. The Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, was recently certified as being the furthest-leaning tower in the world by the Guinness Book of Records. The building leans at 18 degrees, which is nearly five times that of the Tower of Pisa.
However, unlike the Tower of Pisa, the Capital Gate was built to lean. After the 12th floor the floor plates are staggered to achieve the 18 degree lean.
Leaning tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, the most famous leaning tower of all, is a free standing bell tower. The tower began leaning soon after its construction in 1173, due to a poorly laid foundation and loose substrata.
Galileo Galilei is reported to have dropped two cannon balls of different masses from the tower, in order to demonstrate that their speed of descent was independent of their mass. However, this story may be a fantasy of Galileo’s secretary.
China, Malayasia, Germany, Ireland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russian, United Kingdom, North America and the United States all can lay claim to a leaning tower.
Medieval Steeple, Germany
The leaning tower of Suurhusen, a late medieval steeple in Suurhusen, East Frisia, Germany, previously held the world record for being the most tilted tower in the world.
According to local historian, Tjabbo van Lessen, the church was built on marshy lands, where old oak tree trunks were preserved by the water in the ground. As the land became drained, in the 19th century, the wood rotted, causing the tower to tilt.
The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan, built in 1885 as a clock, water tower and beacon for shipping, by a Chinese builder, Leong Choon Cheong, began to tilt four years after it was built, because of an underwater stream.
Leaning Tower Russia
The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk, Russia, was built in the 18th century. Many claim that the tower was deliberately built at an incline, while others say the cause was drifting grounds.
Tradition says that the tower weeps, as water continuously drips down the southeast wall.
On top of the tower is the first ever lightning rod, built 35 years before Benjamin Franklin.
It is also the first known building to use reinforced concrete, 130 years prior to the first recorded use by a Parisian gardener in 1860.
The tower also boasts metal parts that show no sign of corrosion. Scientists say that the iron composition is 99.6%, although commonplace today, it remains a mystery how 18th century builders used such high-grade material.
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15 June 2010
[...] If you are planning to a trip to visit the world’s most leaning towers, you would find that Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa can no longer lay claim to being the furthest leaning tower in the world. Read how many other great leaning towers there are including one that used reinforced concrete in th… [...]
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3 July 2010
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5 August 2010
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30 January 2011
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8 June 2011
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The pisa tower is leaning from the basement. But Capital Gate(Abu Dhabi) project upwards straight and then leans towards.. I think this is not really leaning….