Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:47:17 PM
Grand Canyon Skywalk Photos:
Extending 70 feet (21 meters) from the canyon wall, the 30-million-dollar Skywalk will put a few scant inches of glass between visitors and a 4,000-foot (1,220-meter) plunge to the Colorado River. As it was inched out by an industrial-strength pulley system yesterday, the glass bridge was balanced by half-million-pound (227,000-kilogram) steel weights on its back end. Once in place, the Skywalk was welded to four-story steel poles inserted into the canyon wall.
ARTICLES:
http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com/skywalk.html
http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_us/canyon_skywalk
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061215-skywalk.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070308-skywalk-picture.html
Extending 70 feet (21 meters) from the canyon wall, the 30-million-dollar Skywalk will put a few scant inches of glass between visitors and a 4,000-foot (1,220-meter) plunge to the Colorado River. As it was inched out by an industrial-strength pulley system yesterday, the glass bridge was balanced by half-million-pound (227,000-kilogram) steel weights on its back end. Once in place, the Skywalk was welded to four-story steel poles inserted into the canyon wall.
ARTICLES:
http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com/skywalk.html
http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070308/ap_on_re_us/canyon_skywalk
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061215-skywalk.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070308-skywalk-picture.html
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