12.07.2015 Views

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS
  • No tags were found...

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Restoration <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Tower</strong>• Main soil extraction began in the year 2000, afterpreliminary extractions had shown vast improvement• <strong>Tower</strong> had a tendency to rotate to the East throughoutthe process, so soil also had to be extracted fromfoundation’s west side• <strong>Tower</strong> continued to move northward, and slowly the leadwas removed from the structurehttp://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/ceonline02/0302feat.htmlhttp://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/ltpisa/ltpgallery/lavori/ltpreud1498gc.jpg?x=52&y=59

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!