What Holds it Together - Fasteners & Fixings on Iconic Structures
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This topic contain information about Data recovery and Digital evidence controls in cyber and digital awarenessWhat Holds it Together - Fasteners & Fixings on Iconic Structures
- 1. WHAT HOLDS IT TOGETHER? A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF FASTENERS AND FIXINGS USED TO HOLD WORLDS MOST ICONIC STRUCTURES.
- 2. Ever wondered, what it takes to build and to hold together those gigantic structures and objects we see around us every day?
- 3. We have compiled a list of renowned structures and how many fasteners in form of nuts, bolts or rivets were used to hold these megastructures together.
- 4. Airbus A380 Lets start with the largest double-deck, wide-body, and four-engine commercial jet airliner, the Airbus A380. The jetliner is built with six million individual parts and guess what, half of those parts are rivets i.e. 3 million rivets.
- 5. Titanic The ship was built using over whooping 3 million iron and steel rivets, weighing in at 1,200 tons. Unfortunately, in one of the many researches on Titanic, researchers found, rivets also played some role in the sinking of this iconic passenger liner.
- 6. Sydney Harbour Bridge The Sydney Harbour Bridge also known as the Coathanger is one of the biggest steel structures around the globe. Completed in 19 January 1932, it took more than 6 million steel rivets to hold together one of the most iconic image of Sydney, and Australia.
- 7. Golden Gate Bridge One of the most internationally recognized symbols of the United States, the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge is held together by 1.2 million steel rivets with approximately 600,000 rivets in each tower.
- 8. Eiffel tower Perhaps the most iconic and most recognizable structures in the world, the Eiffel Tower. Not one of the tallest structures of all time, but since Eiffel Tower is most-visited paid monument in the world
- 9. Empire State Building Before the Burj Khalifa, WTC towers, Shanghai Tower or any other modern skyscraper, there was Empire State Building. The building was the tallest man made structure for well over 40 years. There are over a whopping 999,000000000 nine hundred ninety-nine billion rivets in one of the tallest buildings in the world.
- 10. Tyne Bridge Located at North East England, Tyne Bridge is one of the most well- known through Arc Bridge. It takes over 777,124 rivets to hold the bridge together.
- 11. Lupu Bridge One of the biggest and the second large steel arch bridge, the Lupu Bridge is comprised of tons of steel and approximately 6,000,000 rivets.
- 12. Did you like our list? If we have missed a structure, do let us know. For more interesting info about worlds tallest steel structures and the number of fasteners and fixings used on them, be sure to check back again.