Worlds tallest free standing building that can rotate 360

[Andrew]

Worlds tallest free standing building that can rotate 360 degrees from the base.
way to be exact for a record! :lol:

finally been to the top of glasgow tower,for those that dont know it was closed several times after it had opened for safety reasons for a few years and was finally reopened at the end of last year.it is an awesome piece of engineering,stands at 127m(416ft) from ground level,there is then another 20metres under ground level from where you get on the lift,another 20 metres under that till you get to the base and then another 20 metres under that of concrete(3,000 tonnes) before you get to the bedrock.the tower itself weighs 500 tonnes and apparently each time they repaint it it adds another 2 tonnes.

the one thing i cant get my head around with it is that all that weight is sitting on a ball bearing that is only 65cm in diameter!:scared: and on a wind free day it would only need 12 men to turn it.during the summer though they have it locked in place facing over glasgow as it turns with the wind where it is build it will always try to turn and face govan(the worst place in the world,if you think you know a place worst trust me you dont) which means it will move alot with the wind.they said it would be similar to a boat and was it hell :lol: ive sailed loads of boats from laser picos to 73ft yachts and this didnt sway like any boat ive been on! :lol: great views though :)

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pics (http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u211/amd_knockhill/glasgow%20river%20festival/?start=all)

going up the tower
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and back down :lol:
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[bogend]

Thats right across the river from me. Can see it from my lving room window.

It's not that interesting to look at but the engineering bit of it is incredible.

[Andrew]

When your're up there you can see 360 degreed around anyway. :P

no you cant it :lol: :P

[nthfinity]

hmm..... actually, that record is false :)

the largest object on land which rotates 360 degrees about its base is 485 ft. tall in Green Bank, West Virginia


and.... unlike the Glasgow tower, this has a purpose ;)


Silhouetted dramatically against a mountainous backdrop in Green Bank, West Virginia is the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), the largest fully steerable telescope on Earth. The GBT – 485 feet tall and weighing 16 million pounds – is the largest moving structure on land.

he GBT is described as a 100-meter telescope, but the actual dimensions of the surface are 100 by 110 meters. The overall structure of the GBT is a wheel-and-track design that allows the telescope to view the entire sky above 5 degrees elevation. The track, 64 m (210 ft) in diameter, is level to within a few thousandths of an inch in order to provide precise pointing of the structure while bearing 7300 metric tons (16,000,000 pounds) of moving weight.

http://www.gb.nrao.edu/gbt/pointing/images/telescopes-1939.jpg

[HeilSvenska]

Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT),

They Named a telescope after that asshole!

Robert KKK Byrd Pretty Pretty Pretty!

The Ye-Olde Corrupt Southern Democrat.

Lifetime member of the Klu Klux Klan.

Well, it's West Virginia. Apparently, he's an Exalted Cyclops, whatever that means.