The Building of Skyscrapers:
George A. Fuller invented the first skyscraper starting in 1851 and ending in 1900. George Fuller worked on solving the problems of the "load bearing capacities" (which is the Captivity of the soil) of tall buildings. George Fuller built the Tacoma Building in 1889. The Tacoma Building was the first structure ever built where the outside walls did not carrying the weight of the building. Using Bessemer steel beams, Fuller created steel cages that supported all the weight in tall buildings or skyscrapers.
The Flatiron Building was one of New York City's first skyscrapers. It is found at Broadway and 23rd. The skyscraper was built in 1902 by the Fuller's building company, and Daniel H. Burn ham was the chief of planning, design and oversight/supervision of the construction of the skyscraper.
The word "skyscraper" was first used during the 1880s, shortly after the first ten to twenty story buildings were built in the United States. Combining several development of new customer value through solutions that meet new needs, articulated needs, or old customer and market needs in new ways, like steel structure, elevators, central heating, electrical plumbing pumps and the telephone. Skyscrapers came to dominate American skylines at the turn of the century. The world's tallest building was opened in 1913 by the architect Cass Gilbert, and it was a 793 ft. Woolworth Building, and it was considered a leading example of a really tall building design.
My personal Thought:
After I read all this about skyscrapers I thought it was very interesting, because I never knew how tough it was to build a skyscraper I mean just the name sounds hard but it really is hard, and I couldn't build a skyscraper to save my life because I don't like heights at all!
Websites:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blskyscapers.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_design_and_construction
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