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Saturday, September 11, 2021

The World Trade Center By the Numbers-- Part 2: Cost, Depth and Extra Land

TIME TO BUILD:   14 years from the formal proposal to finish

NUMBER OF ARCHITECTURAL DEIGNS:  105

COST TO BUILD:  More  than $1 billion

RENTABLE FLOOR SPACE:  About one acre per floor

DEPTH OF THE TWIN TOWERS:  70 feet

EXTRA LAND CREATED BY BUILDING THE WTC:  About 23 acres added to Lower Manhattan

TWIN TOWERS ELEVATOR SPEED:   1,600 feet per minute

WINDSPEED THE TOWERS COULD SUSTAIN:   80 m.p.h.

NUMBER OF SPRINKLERS IN THE TOWERS:   3,700

HEIGHT OF THETIGHTROPE WALK BETWEEN THE TOWERS:  1,350 feet on August 7, 1974

FORCE OF THE TREMOR WHEN THE TOWERS FELL:  Akin to 2.1 and 2.3 earthquakes


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