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[Steel dampers from the World Trade Center, New York].
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Title:
[Steel dampers from the World Trade Center, New York]Creator/Contributor:
Robertson, Leslie E., collector.Creator/Contributor:
Worthington, Skilling, Helle, and Jackson, designer.Abstract:
Dampers providing sway reduction for high rise structures, designed by Leslie E. Robertson, with the firm Worthington, Skilling,
Helle, and Jackson, and used in construction of the World Trade Center. These two specimens were retrieved from the debris
pile following the destruction of the towers on September 11, 2001.
Date:
1966 (issued)Subject:
n-us-nyWorld Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Design and construction
Steel, Structural -- Design and construction
Structural engineering
Note:
Forms part of the Leslie E. Robertson collection on the World Trade Center (BANC MSS 2014/108).
Title devised by cataloger. Date estimated based on construction dates of World Trade Center.
Collected by Leslie E. Robertson.
RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Steel dampers from the World Trade Center, BANC PIC 2014.063--OBJ, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Leslie Earl Robertson (born February 12, 1928) was one of the structural engineers of the World Trade Center in New York and
was responsible for the design of the buildings' sway-reduction features. He graduated from the University of California,
Berkeley School of Civil Engineering in 1952 and was selected by Worthington, Skilling, Helle, and Jackson (WSHJ) to participate
in the design of the World Trade Center Twin Towers (1966-1971).
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graphicPhysical Description:
2 items : steel ; approximately 65 x 23 x 10 cm.
Language:
English
Origin:
New York (State)Copyright Note:
RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.