THE LEANING TOWER IN DANGER. —Fox, photo. The world has been alarmed at the recent report that the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is one of the seven marvels of the world, is in great danger. A spring of water underneath the tower has again become active, causing the soil to subside. The weight of the tower is reckoned to exceed 200,000 tons, and the declining in the last few years has reached four millimetres per annum. A pump is working day and night to keep down the water under the foundations.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3862, 20 March 1928, Page 39
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92THE LEANING TOWER IN DANGER. —Fox, photo. The world has been alarmed at the recent report that the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is one of the seven marvels of the world, is in great danger. A spring of water underneath the tower has again become active, causing the soil to subside. The weight of the tower is reckoned to exceed 200,000 tons, and the declining in the last few years has reached four millimetres per annum. A pump is working day and night to keep down the water under the foundations. Otago Witness, Issue 3862, 20 March 1928, Page 39
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