Posted in Illinois
Attractions April 07, 2016
by Laura
11 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Willis Tower In Illinois
Think you know all there is to know about the Willis Tower? Test your knowledge with these 11 fast facts about this iconic Chicago building.
1. Willis Tower is 1,450 feet tall, 1,729 feet to the tip.
2. Construction started in 1970 and the building was finished in 1973.
3. Sears Roebuck moved out of the building in 1988, but the building retained the name for two more decades.
4. The building weighs more than 222,500 tons.
5. Daredevils can walk out on this clear platform, under which it is 1,353 feet down.
6. The building cost more than $175 million to build.
7. There are 16,100 windows in the building.
8. Willis Tower has 4.56 million gross square feet.
9. There are 1,500 miles of electric wiring in the building.
10. On a clear day, you can see Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.
11. It took the efforts of 2,000 workers to complete this building.
Did you know all of these facts?
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