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Where the cranes could not reach, a 300-foot (91 m) long, 8-inch (20 cm) wide steel pipe—one of only a few such pipes in the nation—was used. Twin electric pumps pushed concrete through the pipe at 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) per 1-square-inch (6.5 cm 2). The pipe could pour 60 to 65 cubic yards (46 to 50 m 3) of concrete per hour. [120]
Fallingwater is situated in Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States, [4] [5] about 72 miles (116 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. [6] [7] The house is located near Pennsylvania Route 381 (PA 381), [8] [9] between the communities of Ohiopyle and Mill Run in Fayette County.
Tenants were willing to pay $7 to $8.30 per square foot ($75.3 to $89.3/m 2) for space on the upper floors, compared to an average of about $5 to $5.25 per square foot ($53.8 to $56.5/m 2) for ordinary new buildings. [133] [134] In the building's first year of operation, the office space was expected to earn about a 13 percent return on investment.
The L-shaped counter formed a public space some 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) deep along George Street with a splayed corner of the counter to a short return along Bathurst Street. Three cast iron columns in the banking chamber supported steel ceiling beams and the masonry walls of floors above.
8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois , was an American man. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
This pier was connected by a roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) railway to Lake Union. [68] More than 200 feet (61 m) long and 70 feet (21 m) high. The end of the pier collapsed June 11, 1877, although it was partially repaired and continued to be used [ 34 ] until it was abandoned when the King Street Coal Wharf was built.