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The
complex is situated on a 16-acre site and consists of seven buildings with 12
million square feet. All are constructed around the five-acre Austin J. Tobin
Plaza and have entrances to the Plaza and the surrounding city streets. The
World Trade Center is connected by a land bridge to the World Financial Center
complex located to its west and is close to the New York and American Stock
Exchanges.
FASCINATING FACTS
More than
1.2 million cubic yards of earth and rock were excavated to make way for the World Trade Center. The
excavated material was placed in the Hudson River to create 23.5 acres of new land
deeded to the City of New York. This landfill area is now Battery Park City.
More than
200,000 tons of steel, far more than the amount required for the construction of the Verrazano Narrows
Bridge, was used in the World Trade Center's construction.
The
425,000 cubic yards of concrete used in building the World Trade Center is enough to build a five-foot wide
sidewalk from New York City to Washington, D.C.
At peak periods
of construction, some 3,500 workers were on the site daily.
There are
43,600 windows in the Twin Towers with over 600,000 square feet of glass window area cleaned by automatic
window washing machines traveling on stainless steel tracks.
With
60,000 tons of cooling capacity, the World Trade Center's refrigeration plant is the largest in the world.
The
360-foot television mast atop One World Trade Center supports 10 main television antennas, numerous auxiliary
antennas and a master FM antenna. Transmissions from the mast began in
June, 1980. Ten television stations in the metropolitan area, including all the
major networks, broadcast from the mast. In addition, six stations broadcast
high-definition, digital television from the World Trade Center.
The
Tower's skylobby elevator systems separate express from local runs. There are 239 elevators and 71 escalators in
the four buildings operated by the Port Authority at the complex. The sky lobby
express elevators are capable of carrying 55 people, a 10,000 pound capacity.
Express elevators can travel at speeds of up to 27 feet per second. OFFICE
BUILDING PROFILES
Architects:
Minoru Yamasaki & Associates; Emery Roth & Sons, P.C.
Plot: 960 x 710 (681,600 sf) shared
site for 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 World Trade Center 1 WORLD
TRADE CENTER - NORTH TOWER
Built: 1970
Height: 110 Floors
Floor Sizes: (9 - 105) 45,000-50,000 sf
Elevators: 97 passenger, 6 freight 2 WORLD
TRADE CENTER - SOUTH TOWER
Built: 1972
Height: 110 Floors
Floor Sizes (2 - 109) 45,000 - 50,000
sf
Elevators: 97 passenger, 6 freight
*3 WORLD
TRADE CENTER - Marriott-Hotel
Built: ?
Height: ? Floors
Floor Sizes: ?
Elevators: ?
4 WORLD
TRADE CENTER - SOUTHEAST PLAZA BUILDING (Commodites Exchange Building)
Built: 1977
Height: 9 Floors
Floor Sizes: (2 - 9) 84,500 sf
Elevators: 12 passenger, 1 freight
5 WORLD
TRADE CENTER - NORTHEAST PLAZA BUILDING (Dean Witter Building)
Built: 1972
Height: 9 Floors
Floor Sizes: (2 - 9) 108,400 sf
Elevators: 9 passenger
6 WORLD
TRADE CENTER - U.S. CUSTOMHOUSE
Built: 1975
Height: 8 Floors
Floor Sizes: (2- 8) 80,400 sf
Elevators: 8 passenger, 4 freight
*7 WORLD
TRADE CENTER -
Built: ?
Height: 47 Floors
Floor Sizes: ?
Elevators: ? |
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