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It's about half as tall as The Golden Gate Bridge
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The height of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 497 cubits.
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (height above water)
The height of each tower of Golden Gate Bridge is 497 cubits above the surface of the San Francisco Bay. One of the key designers of the bridge, Charles Ellis, had no engineering degree when he began working on the project, but would later go on to write what became a standard textbook on structural engineering, and would ultimately be forced to complete his calculations on the bridge by working without pay for five months.
It's about two times as tall as The Cinderella Castle
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The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 126 cubits.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 126 cubits tall. The castle's architecture uses the optical trick known as "forced perspective" — the castle gets smaller near the top — to appear larger than it truly is.
It's about two times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 123 cubits.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 123 cubits tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
It's about two times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 120 cubits.
(a.k.a. Great Awakening Temple, a.k.a. Maha Bodhi Temple, a.k.a. Temple of Bodh Gaya, a.k.a. Mahabodhi Mahavihar) (Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India)
The tower of the Mahabodhi Temple measures 120 cubits in total height. The site has been of sacred interest for more than 2,000 years, with the current Temple dating back at least 1,400 years.
It's about two times as tall as Nelson's Column
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The height of Nelson's Column is about 112.90 cubits.
(London, England, United Kingdom) (from pedestal first step to tip of statue's hat)
Nelson's Column measures 112.90 cubits from the first step of the pedestal's base to the top of the statue's hat. While the London tower is the tallest, there are at least eight other monuments to Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Barbados.
It's about two-and-a-half times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 110 cubits.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 110 cubits tall. France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the arch and is commemorated by the first eternal flame to have been lit in modern European history.
It's about two-and-a-half times as tall as The Chicago Water Tower
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The height of The Chicago Water Tower is about 103 cubits.
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Chicago Water Tower is 103 cubits tall. The tower's architecture was one source of inspiration behind the design of White Castle fast-food restaurants beginning with "Building Number 8," a prefabricated structure built in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1936.
It's about two-fifths as long as The QE2
The length of The QE2 is about 643 cubits.
(a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
The QE2 has a total length of 643 cubits. During its voyaging lifetime from 1969 through 2008, it travelled more than 21,000,000,000 cubits, the furthest cumulative distance by any ship in modern history.
It's about two-and-a-half times as long as Ha'Penny Bridge
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The length of Ha'Penny Bridge is about 93.80 cubits.
(a.k.a. Droichead na Leathphingine, a.k.a. Liffey Bridge, a.k.a. Droichead na Life, f.k.a. Wellington Bridge) (Quay of Bachelors Walk, Temple Bar Neighborhood, Dublin, Ireland)
The Ha'Penny Bridge, crossing the River Liffey in Dublin, measures 93.80 cubits in total length. Over 30,000 pedestrians cross the breach each day.
It's about one-third as tall as The Eiffel Tower
The height of The Eiffel Tower is about 709 cubits.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (to flagpole peak)
The Eiffel Tower stands 709 cubits tall, including its flagpole. The Tower is the largest structure in Paris as most other buildings are governed by a zoning restriction limiting them to a height of 80.90 cubits or less.
It's about three-tenths as tall as The Empire State Building
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The height of The Empire State Building is about 833.360 cubits.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)
The Empire State Building stands 833.360 cubits to its architectural peak. The spire emerging from the top of the building was originally intended to be a mooring mast for blimps whose passengers could disembark onto a landing platform on the 102nd floor of the building.
It's about one-fourth as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
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The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 988.40 cubits.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 988.40 cubits to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 251.50 cubits deep.
It's about four times as long as Baseball base distances
The length of Baseball base distances is about 60 cubits.
(MLB Official Baseball Rules specification)
According to MLB Official Baseball Rules, the distance between baseball diamond bases is 60 cubits. While second and home base are located upon the corners of the 27.432 sq. m area created by the bases, first and third base are placed within that square, to better allow the umpires to judge whether a ball is fair or foul.
It's about one-fourth as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
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The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 1,080 cubits.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)
The Shanghai World Financial Center is 1,080 cubits tall to its roof. It is home to both the world's highest hotel (on its 79th through 93rd floors) and the world's tallest observation deck (on its 100th floor, approximately 1,040 cubits above ground).
It's about four-and-a-half times as tall as De Gooyer
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The height of De Gooyer is about 59 cubits.
(a.k.a. De Funenmolen, a.k.a. The Mill on the Funen) (near Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam, Netherlands) (total structure height)
The tallest windmill in Amsterdam, De Gooyer stands at 59 cubits in structural height. Its prominence owes to the fact that it was relocated atop the base of a former water mill, following two earlier moves in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The windmill's four sails have a total span of about 39 cubits.
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