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This list ranks the largest skyscrapers in the world by floor area. To be included on this list, buildings must meet the definition of a skyscraper outlined above and have a floor area of approximately 200,000 m 2 (2,200,000 sq ft) or more.
The height of its roof 449.2 m (1,474 ft) and highest occupied floor 439.2 m (1,441 ft) had been surpassed by the Shanghai World Financial Center with corresponding heights of 487 and 474 m (1,598 and 1,555 ft).
Burnham and Root's 45 m (148 ft) Rand McNally Building in Chicago, 1889, was the first all-steel framed skyscraper, [32] while Louis Sullivan's 41 m (135 ft) Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Missouri, 1891, was the first steel-framed building with soaring vertical bands to emphasize the height of the building and is therefore considered to be ...
Wasa 30 is a Swedish sailboat from Wasa Yachts AB, that was introduced in 1979. It measures LOA 11.00m, beam 2.20 m, draft 1.80 m, displacement 2 400 kg and sailarea 30.0 m². Hull
The maximum height, width, and length of general Chinese rolling stock are 4,800 mm (15 ft 9 in), 3,400 mm (11 ft 2 in) and 26 m (85 ft 4 in) respectively, with an extra out-of-gauge load allowance of height and width 5,300 by 4,450 mm (17 ft 5 in by 14 ft 7 in) with some special shape limitation, corresponding to a structure gauge of 5,500 by ...
This list consists of waterfalls which are known to have an overall height of at least 600 m (1,969 ft). ... (2,297 ft) Hawaii: United States [30 ... 50 meters (164 ft)
12 meters – height of the Newby-McMahon Building, the world's littlest skyscraper; 23 meters – height of Luxor Obelisk, located in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France; 25 meters – wavelength of the broadcast radio shortwave band at 12 MHz; 29 meters – height of the Savudrija Lighthouse; 30 meters – height of Christ the Redeemer
The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. [1] It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters .