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- Reflected bikes
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3 comments:
Is something special, I think it's "ugly", but and I don't know what is its finality.
The Euromast was built in 1960 by architect H.A. Maaskant and contractor J.P. van Eesteren on the occasion of the Floriade.
In November 1958 the Rotterdam newspapers published the news that the tower would be named Euromast. Euro because Rotterdam is in the heart of the European market and mast because not only Dutch know what the word means but also Englishmen, Germans, Swedes, Norwegians and Danes. They also use the word mast. In Poland they use maszt, in Finland masto and in France mt. In Spanish it is mastil and in Portuguese mastro. Mast even resembles the Russian matsjta and the Japanese masuto.
At a height of 32 m Maaskant provided the tower with a replica of a ships bridge complete with navigation systems and a chart- room. In this room the public could experience what it means to navigate a sea-vessel.
that are 30 cm thick. The foundation consists of 131 concrete piles. On these piles rests a block of reinforced concrete weighing 1,900,000 kilograms and serving as a counterweight to the aboveground construction. This way the centre of gravity is underground thus ensuring maximum stability. The crows nest is a steel construction of 240,000 kilograms. The bottom is at a height of 96 m. It was built at the foot of the mast and pulled up in 5 days. The ships bridge was fixed at a height of 32 m. The speed of the elevators is 4 m per second. That means that it takes 30 seconds to reach 100 m.
In the sixties the Euromast was 101 metres high. High enough to tower over the skyline of Rotterdam. But it didnt take long before other buildings passed Rotterdams pride on all sides. In 1970 the Euromast hit back. With the Space Tower another 85 metres were added. And the Euromast was the highest building in Rotterdam again.
During the first ten years more than 6 million visitors enjoyed the view. On a clear day they could see Antwerp, Moerdijk and The Hague.
Ok, I'll visit it on a clear day.
Thanks for the information.
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