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  2. Tower of Babel - Wikipedia

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    The Tower of Babel is an origin myth and parable in the Book of Genesis meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages.. According to the story, a united human race speaking a single language and migrating eastward, comes to the land of Shinar (Hebrew: שִׁנְעָר, romanized: Šinʿār; Ancient Greek: Σενναάρ, romanized: Sennaár).

  3. 111 West 57th Street - Wikipedia

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    111 West 57th Street. 111 West 57th Street, also known as Steinway Tower, is a supertall residential skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Developed by JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, it is situated along Billionaires' Row on the north side of 57th Street near Sixth Avenue.

  4. Surfside condominium collapse - Wikipedia

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    On June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:22 a.m. EDT, [a] Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, United States, partially collapsed, causing the deaths of 98 people. Four people were rescued from the rubble, but one died of injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital. [9]

  5. Cooling tower - Wikipedia

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    Higher TDS concentration in solution may result from greater cooling tower efficiency. However the higher the TDS concentration, the greater the risk of scale, biological growth, and corrosion. The amount of blow-down is primarily regulated by measuring by the electrical conductivity of the circulating water. Biological growth, scaling, and ...

  6. SimTower - Wikipedia

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    SimTower: The Vertical Empire (originally published in Japan as The Tower [a]) is a construction and management simulation video game developed by OPeNBooK and released in 1994 for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh System 7. Outside Japan, the game was published by Maxis and branded as part of their Sim series. Ports for Sega Saturn and 3DO were ...

  7. The Tower (tarot card) - Wikipedia

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    The Tower in the 1909 Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Tower (XVI) (most common modern name) is the 16th trump or Major Arcana card in most Italian-suited tarot decks. It has been used in Tarot cards since the 15th century as well as in divination since the mid-19th century.

  8. Turning Torso - Wikipedia

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    Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper built in Malmö, Sweden, in 2005. It was the tallest building in the Nordic region until September 2022, when it was surpassed by Karlatornet in Gothenburg. [5] [6] Located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait, it was built and is owned by Swedish cooperative housing association HSB.

  9. Warner Bros. Water Tower - Wikipedia

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    Warner Bros. Water Tower. The Warner Bros. Water Tower is a historic water tower located at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Built in 1927, it stands 133 feet (41 meters) tall. [1] The tank, which had a capacity of 100,000 U.S. gallons (380,000 L), is no longer used to hold water. [2] It is decorated with the WB shield on either ...