New York City’s Ground Zero, once a site of complete devastation, has been transformed into a memorial consisting of two serene reflecting pools ringed by the chiseled-in-bronze names of the nearly 3,000 souls lost.
8,151 – tonnes of structural steel used in the memorial and museum when complete, more than what was used to build the Eiffel Tower in Paris
37,463 – cubic metres of concrete used, enough to pave more than 321 kilometres of sidewalks
3,968 – granite panels that line the interior of each memorial pool
Get daily National news
190 – kilograms is the weight of each granite panel that lines the interior of the memorial pools
61 – metres is the length of each side of the waterfalls
9 – metres is the height of the waterfalls
2,081,976 – litres of water held in each memorial pool
196,841 – litres of water that run over the edges of both pools per minute
16 – pumps that power the memorial waterfalls
2,983 – names listed on the memorial
454 – kilograms is the weight of each of the bronze panels lining the memorial pools
5 – hours needed to cut each bronze panel for the memorial
45 – seconds to cut each letter on the memorial panels
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.