How thick were the walls of the twin towers?

The foundation of the Twin Towers rested directly on the rock at a depth of more than 70' below the ground surface. A slurry wall
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Slurry walls are typically constructed by starting with a set of concrete guide walls, typically 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) deep and 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) thick. The guide walls are constructed near the ground surface to outline the desired slurry trench, and to guide the excavation machinery.
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(or diaphragm wall), 3' thick and about 80' deep, was constructed to support the soils surrounding the basements.
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How thick was the glass in the Twin Towers?

Two types of glass were used for the buildings. Upper floors were outfitted with a tempered heat-absorbing glass that was 193/4 –inches wide, while lobby floors were enclosed with plate glass up to 3/4 –inch thick.
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What were the twin towers walls made of?

The twin towers were built as a steel tubular structural system that differed radically from other structures of that time. The exterior walls were built of closely spaced steel columns to perform as load bearing walls and the interior columns were located only in the core area containing the elevators.
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How deep was the foundation of the twin towers?

Depth of the Twin Towers' foundation: 70 feet

To build such tall towers on landfill that had piled up onto Lower Manhattan for centuries, the towers needed exceedingly strong foundations.
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Did the Twin Towers have concrete?

Two types of concrete were used for the floors of the WTC towers: lightweight concrete in the tenant office areas and normal weight concrete in the core area and in the mechanical areas. Because of differences in composition and weight, the two types of concrete respond differently to elevated temperatures.
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How thick was the steel in the Twin Towers?

In the lower levels, the thickness was most frequently around 4 inches (10 centimeters), while at higher floors, it could be as thin as 0.25 inch (0.64 centimeter) [source: FEMA]. In the construction of the floors themselves, a mix of A36 and ASTM A 242 steel was used.
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How much did the twin towers weigh in pounds?

"With almost an acre of area for each floor and figuring about 100 pounds per square foot of area," he estimated that "each floor system weighed about 3,200,000 pounds."
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How many workers died building the Twin Towers?

In all, 60 workers were killed in construction accidents while the World Trade Center was being built. The topping out ceremony of the North Tower (1 World Trade Center) took place on December 23, 1970, while the South Tower (2 World Trade Center)'s ceremony occurred on July 19, 1971.
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How many floors were underground in the world Trade Center?

When the World Trade Center complex was built a generation ago, among the engineering marvels was a seven-level basement and an underground wall called “the bathtub” to keep the Hudson River at bay.
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What caused the twin towers to fall?

The collapse of the World Trade Center occurred during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, after the Twin Towers were struck by two hijacked commercial airliners.
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How hot was it inside the Twin Towers?

NIST reported maximum upper layer air temperatures of about 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit) in the WTC towers (for example, see NCSTAR 1, Figure 6-36).
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How much concrete was in the Twin Towers?

Both towers were built out of steel frames, glass, and concrete slabs on steel truss joists. A single tower consists of 90,000,000 kg (100,000 tons) of steel, 160,000 cubic meters (212,500 cubic yards) of concrete and 21,800 windows.
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Was the World Trade Center built on landfill?

The chosen site for the project was built on landfill that had gradually extended the west side of Lower Manhattan into the Hudson some 700 feet over the centuries. Building the foundation of the twin towers required digging 70 feet to the bedrock and excavating more than 1 million cubic yards of dirt.
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How much weight could the Twin Towers hold?

The total weight of the structure was roughly 500,000 t, but wind load, rather than the gravity load, dominated the design. The building is a huge sail that must resist a 225 km/h hurricane. It was designed to resist a wind load of 2 kPa—a total of lateral load of 5,000 t.
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How much did the World Trade Center floor weigh?

The towers were massive. Each weighed more than 250,000 tons, contained 99 elevators, and had 21,800 windows. Each floor was an acre in size, and there was enough concrete in the towers to build a sidewalk from New York City to Washington, D.C. The complex even had its own zip code: 10048.
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Was there gold in the world Trade Center?

There was $500 million worth of gold and silver inside some of the bank vaults inside the World Trade Center,” said DH Griffin. “We had to work with the DEA, there were several hundred pounds of drugs onsite in the US Customs evidence rooms.
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How many elevators were in the world Trade Center?

There were 198 elevators in the Twin Towers and 15 miles of elevator shafts. The Twin Towers were among the first skyscrapers to utilize a system of local and express elevators. Each express elevator in the Twin Towers could hold up to 55 adults. When they were installed, their motors were the largest in the world.
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How far apart did the Twin Towers fall?

10:28:22: The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, 1 hour and 42 minutes after the impact of Flight 11. The Marriott Hotel, located at the base of the two towers, is also destroyed. 10:50:19: Five stories of part of the Pentagon collapse due to the fire.
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Did anyone survive the impact zone?

They descended the stairs, and while there was debris in some spots, the two men were able to get through it and continue down the stairs and out of the building. They were two of only eighteen survivors from at or above the impact zone in the South Tower.
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Did the Twin Towers have fire sprinklers?

"All the floors in the Twin Towers were equipped with sprinkler systems. All the water above the hot aircraft bodies must have turned to steam.
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How many light bulbs were in the twin towers?

Comprising eighty-eight 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers, Tribute in Light is assembled on a roof near the World Trade Center site.
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What replaced the Twin Towers?

One World Trade Center officially opens in Manhattan on November 3, 2014. The new tower, along with the rest of the World Trade Center complex, replaced the Twin Towers and surrounding complex, which were destroyed by terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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How much did the Twin Towers cost?

When the World Trade Center twin towers were completed, the total costs to the Port Authority had reached $900 million. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on April 4, 1973.
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