I never really had a real conceptualization of the size of the World Trade Center. Without doing a lookup, can any one guess how many elevators, ecalators, window panes; and total floor area in acres.
2006-08-27 15:39:50 · 9 answers · asked by nick s 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
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2006-08-27 15:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by penguin, or maniacle evil genius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no way to begin to guess at the size of these massive buildings.
One World Trade Center featured Windows on the World, an elegant restaurant with a magnificent view of New York City. Two World Trade Center featured two observation decks, both more than 1,300 feet above the city.
Each tower had 104 passenger elevators, 21,800 windows, and roughly an acre of rentable space on each floor.
From the observation deck on Two World Trade Center it was possible to see 45 miles in every direction.
Each tower swayed approximately three feet from true center in strong wind storms.
If all the glass used in the construction of both towers were melted into a ribbon of glass, 20 inches wide, it would run 65 miles long.
The twin towers were often called "Lego-blocks" by critics.
On Friday, February 26, 1993, at 12:18 p.m., a bomb exploded in the underground garage of One World Trade Center, creating a 22-foot-wide, five-story-deep crater. Six people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured. The towers were cleaned, repaired, and reopened in less than one month.
2006-08-27 22:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by hott.dawg™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Architect may size for you. I can imagine it is about 80 acres of land with about 50 acres of build up of ground floor. Maybe it is about 60 floors height. Inside will be 2 car lift in a single lift shaft. Design to cater for 5000 max of occupancy and therefore need about 20 lift shaft, 3 single car lifts for service. If first 5 floors for heavy commercial or shopping arcade design then i may assume you have about 40 excalators
2006-08-27 23:29:18 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Logic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The footprint of each tower was exactly one square acre. They were huge, man! The lobby of each tower was three stories high and completely open except for the elevator shafts in the middle. They were beautiful buildings and it is so sad that they are gone.
2006-08-28 22:23:42 · answer #4 · answered by Steve K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing about 30-40 acres in floor space.
Or about 1.5 million square feet, give or take.
EDIT:
Ok, modification based on "pink stealth". Apparently she caries a lot of nonsensical information in her head...I would have to look up that info.
About 100 acres of floor space, or 4.5 million square feet. I was way off!
That's for each building. Double for the two of them!
2006-08-27 22:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the one tower i use to go to get my theatre tickets was tremendously tall with many elevator sites and escalators. forget the window pane count i can't imagine.. these buildings were beautiful and i loved coming in off the brooklyn bridge to the city and seeing them in the background.nyc will never be the same without those two towers and the people who loss their lives..
2006-08-27 22:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by goldengirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HUGE
200,000 tons of steel
425,000 cubic yards of concrete
43,600 windows
12,000 miles of electric cables
Had its own zip code, 10048
Each Tower:
Had 110 floors
208 ft by 208 ft at base
Weighed 500,000 tons
1,368 ft high (north tower)
1,362 ft high (south tower)
Contained 198 miles of heating ducts
97 elevators for passengers, 6 for freight
2006-08-27 22:42:42 · answer #7 · answered by pinkstealth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm I would guess around an acre of floor area, 20,000 windows, 100 elevators, and 10 escalators
2006-08-27 22:48:59 · answer #8 · answered by NFL RULES 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-27 22:42:27 · answer #9 · answered by Jumping Jack Flash 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋