CN+Tower

**CN Tower by Andrea González Hernández**

**__ 1.- DESCRIPTION __**
 * **Built: 1976 **
 * Location (City, Country and Continent): (Add a map in Google Maps)- This structure that in: TORONTO.

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 * **Type of structure: **
 * ==Since its opening in 1976 the CN Tower has hosted close yo two millions visitors a year. The 360 restaurnt located inside the tower makes a complete rotation every 72 minutes giving diners a changing view of Toronto more than 1,000 feet below.==
 * [[image:http://www.himandherplusmelegs.com/images/Canada/toronto/cn_tower_toronto%20disability_holidays.jpg width="223" height="261"]]


 * __2.- WHAT ARE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OR USES OF THE STRUCTURE? __**

CN Tower is used for: TV antenna.

 * __3.- WHAT DIFFERENT PARTS ARE THERE? Elements of the structure... __**

**Columns, pilars, beams, plates, arches**

 * __4.- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS MADE OF? __** **CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USED ** //: //

__**5.- STRESSES IN THE STRUCTURE**__ **: **

Tension and compression.

 * __6.- STABILITY, RIGIDITY AND RESISTANCE __**
 * This structure is made rigid by : triangulation <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">(the harp cables)
 * <span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made stable by : <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">adding cables, foundation, pylons (towers), cable.stays
 * <span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made resistant by : <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">using steel and concrete, shape of the bridge


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 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">7.- More information: __**

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 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9.- CURIOSITIES __**


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 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">10.- PERSONAL COMMENTS __**

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 * (__What you've learnt, your opinion about the structure, etc.__ **