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2006-09-08 19:18:45 · 9 answers · asked by lemsip 1 in Education & Reference Trivia

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Building Details


110 stories, 1353 feet (412 meters) tall
(By some sources, Tower One was 1368 feet tall and Tower Two was 1362 feet. Some sources say 1350 feet overall.)

About 10,000,000 square feet of rentable space, occupied by about 50,000 people.

An acre of rentable space on each floor of each tower.
(Gross area of 43200 square feet (4020 square meters) each per floor.)
Owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The world's tallest building for a short time, taking over from the Empire State Building, and then surpassed by the Sears Tower.

2006-09-08 19:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by Milisa G 2 · 0 0

The World Trade Center consisted of two 110-story buildings (known as the "Twin Towers") and five smaller buildings.

Tower One was 1,368 feet (414 meters) tall
Tower Two was 1,362 feet (412 meters) tall
Each tower was 64 m square
Each tower stood 411 m above street level
The Towers rested on solid bedrock and the foundations extended 21 m below grade
The Towers had a height-to-width ratio of 6.8.
The Tower facades were constructed of aluminum and steel lattice
Each tower used a lightweight tube construction with 244 closely spaced columns on the outer walls
A 80 cm tall web joist connected the core to the perimeter at each floor
Concrete slabs were poured over the web joists to form the floors
There were no interior columns in the Tower office spaces
Each tower contained 104 passenger elevators
Each tower had 21,800 windows
Each tower weighed about 500,000 tons
About 50,000 people worked in the World Trade Center complex

2006-09-08 22:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

One was 1362 feet and the othr 1368 the tallest buildings in the world only a few months. when Chicago (where I live) opened the Sears tower around 1460ft. I think. in 1973
It still is the tallest to a lot of people. because the Petronas towers in Malysia is all unhabited to the top, from what would be the Sears 85th floor. but Chicago might build another that will be the tallest again! The Spire

2006-09-08 19:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Definately a little over 1320 feet, excluding the narrow tower. But remember, there was also 70 feet below ground level. I was at the top of one of the towers 10 days before they were attacked. That troubled me quite a bit.

2006-09-12 10:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0 0

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2016-12-12 05:14:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

1368 feet AGL give or take... 1731 feet AGL if you included the antenna spire on the north tower.

2006-09-08 19:20:58 · answer #6 · answered by kvuo 4 · 0 0

400 meter.

2006-09-08 19:23:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anry 7 · 0 0

1368 high!!! was the highest but not for long

2006-09-08 19:30:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2006-09-09 00:28:21 · answer #9 · answered by the greg 5 · 0 0

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