Hoover Dam, the highest concrete dam in the western hemisphere. Located on the border of Nevada and Arizona, the Black Canyon, in the Colorado River, about 30 miles from Las Vegas. It is 700 feet above the water level of the Colorado River and a length of 1,244 that's 174 feet taller than the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Total weight is 6.6 billion tons the same amount of about 18 Empire State Buildings! It was named after our 31st president, Herbert Hoover. The reservoir is one of the largest at over 500 feet deep it holds 10,000,000,000,000 (10 trillion) gallons of water, which is enough to flood the whole state of New York 1' deep. When first built they got $1 an hour, about $14.20 in today's money. 6 million tons of concrete were poured which is enough to build a highway from San Francisco to New York with it being 16 feet wide and 8 in. thick. The average temperature on a working day, a staggering 119.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Over 100 people died building the dam. September 30, 1935 the day the dam work came to an end (see what I just did there ;) ). I was less than 5 years of construction two years before planned and much under the budget yet it still cost $49,000,000 ($1,000,000,000 in today's money). There are 17 generators in the Hoover power plant all which weigh over 4 jumbo jets!! Enough to supply electricity to 100,000 houses each. 1.5 million gallons of water flow through every second enough to fill 15 backyard sized swimming pools. Around 100 million people tour the dam site each year (I did it again XD ) wow!!
Flight 11 / North Tower7:59 AM Flight 11 took off at Boston's Logan Airport. 8:13 AM Last radio communication. 8:15 AM The Boston Air Traffic attempted many times to contact the pilots after they failed a response. 8:20 AM Assumed time the plane was hijacked. 8:24 AM The following transmission was reportedly received from Flight 11. "We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you'll be okay... we are returning to the airport. ... Nobody move. Everything will be okay. If you try to make any moves you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet. Nobody move please we are going back to the airport...don't try to make any stupid moves." 8:46, 40 seconds AM Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower. A phone call was made at about 8:25 AM from Madeline Sweeney, a flight attendant, to Michael Woodward, an American Airlines reservations, and talked to him for a calm 25 minutes while the plane was being hijacked until at 8:45 AM she said "I see the water. I see the buildings. I see buildings." and after a short pause she said a quiet, "Oh, my God!" Flight 175 / South Tower8:14 AM Flight 175 took off at the same airport, Boston's Logan Airport, 16 minutes late. 8:42 AM Flight 175 turned of the planned course which was the assumption that the plane was hijacked. 8:46 AM The plane stopped transmitting the transponder signal. 9:03 AM approx. Flight 175 crashed into the South tower, 17 minutes after the North Tower had been crashed into by Flight 11. A phone call was made a 8:43 from a passenger supposedly being the son of Peter Burton Hanson to him, saying "Oh my, God! They just stabbed the airline hostess. I think the airline is being hijacked." Flight 77 / Pentagon8:20 AM Flight 77 took of from Dulles International Airport, 10 minutes late. 8:46 AM The flight turned off course 8:56 AM The jet's transponder was turned off 9:38 AM approx. The jetliner crashed into the Pentagon and exploded, from numerous reports Flight 93 / Unsuccessful Flight to the Capital8:42 AM
Flight 93 took off at Newark International Airport 41 minutes late. 9:27 AM approx. The plane was hijacked 9:30 AM The transponder turned off. 9:45 Todd Beamer's last words as a part of the revolt, "Let's Roll" 10:06 AM Flight 93 fell through the sky onto the ground near Somerset, PA. The crash site was in a reclaimed strip mine. Address: 350 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10118 Construction started: 1929 Opened: May 1, 1931 Height: 1,453' to the tip Total Floor Area: 2,768,591 square feet Floors: 102 The Empire State Building is in New York, New York which takes up a whole city block and zip code, 10118. From the top of the building you can see The Statue of Liberty, Broadway, Times Square, Central Park, Yankee Stadium, and much more. On the clearest of days you can see up to 80 miles away!! With 2,768,591 square feet it could cover over 21 blocks and it weighs a staggering 370,000 tons (740,000,000 lbs.)!!!
Address: Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France Construction started: January 28, 1887 Opened: March 31, 1889 Height: 1063' The Eiffel Tower, if you don't already know, is in Paris, France. It was built for the World's Fair in 1889. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who made the plans for the Eiffel Tower. He also developed the metal frame of the Statue of Liberty too. The construction started around February 1887. The base length is 410' and the pillars are in all cardinal directions. 132 workers assembling 18,000 on the site with 2.5 million rivets which connected the iron pieces. The construction time, 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days. The tallest building for 40 years 'till 1929 at 1,023 feet. They added 40 more feet to it and again became the tallest at 1,063' which height is still the same as today, twice as high as the Great Pyramid of Giza. The total weight, 10,100 tons which is over 20 million pounds!! The Eiffel has an elevator but what is unique about it is that it travels on a curve towards the top at a 60 degree angle. The tower gets a new coat of paint every seven years which weighs 60 tons and is 12,000 gallons of paint. The tower can sway up to 5" in heavy wind and in heat it can lean up to 7 inches away from the sun. Today it may not be the tallest structure but it is the tallest tower in Paris.
Where: Athens, Greece Construction started: 447 B.C. Length: 228 ft. (69.5 meters), 17 pillars Width: 101 ft. (30.8 meters), 8 pillars Height: 45 ft. (13.7 meters) Height of Athena statue: 40 ft. The Parthenon is in Athens, Greece and is a temple that honored Greek goddess Athena Parthenos. It was used in times of attack or to pray. The Parthenon is on a huge rock formation called the Acropolis, The Acropolis raises 400 ft. above the ground. At the Acropolis there are many other buildings on it that honors the gods. The Parthenon is 8 x 17 in pillars and 101 ft. x 228 ft., the short side being the front/back. The Parthenon was built over 2500 years ago and construction started in 447 B.C. It took more than 9 years to build, built with 30,000 tons of white marble. The Parthenon, when first built, was painted red, gold, and blue. It is built Doric style which is plain pillars with not to much complex details. Inside is what counts, it is a huge Athena statue, 40 feet tall! The original Parthenon was damaged in 1687 that is why it looks damaged today. The Parthenon is one of the most famous archeological sites in the world. This is the description and the pictures will be coming soon
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