Daniel Ridgway Knight The Honeymoon Breakfast painting
William Merritt Chase Chase Summertime painting
was solid enough to hold up against the strain of the latest modifications, thanks to some grouting work done in the 1930s. The steel suspenders were attached to giant winches buried 100 yards into the ground in case the tower slid further. In the end they were never needed.Timeline of the Tower1173: Construction begins on the Tower of Pisa. Evidence suggests the tower began to lean soon after, but historians discount theories that the original architects intended for the tower to lean. 1185: Experts believe construction was interrupted at the fourth order, or level, of the tower. Construction probably resumed in 1231, only to be suspended again in 1292.
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