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Written by:host
8/14/2009 12:18 PM 

Steel Columns Hoisted at Trade Center Site  

Aug 12, New York

Construction workers have begun to install the first of 24 giant steel columns at the site of One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower. The perimeter columns — each about 60 feet long and weighing about 70 tons — will allow the initial floors of the tower to be built out.  The columns, the largest yet at the site, were manufactured by ArcelorMittal in Luxembourg and shipped for fabrication in two plants...more

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