What/where is the world's tallest columns? - Page 2

Tiaren · December 18th, 2011, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Paper Ninja

National Building Museum ? 75 ft. (23 m) tall and 8 ft. (2.4 m) in diameter

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...Museum_-_5.jpg

That's a weird interior design... Those colums are completely blown out of proportion.

CF221 · December 18th, 2011, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tiaren

That's a weird interior design... Those colums are completely blown out of proportion.

They're scary, I agree, but they are awesome

lakegz · January 2nd, 2012, 11:57 AM

Cathedral of Amiens or Cologne?

RM6721 · January 3rd, 2012, 06:12 PM

The monument to the Great fire in London:

SO143 · January 3rd, 2012, 10:34 PM

Nelson’s Column (56 m or 185 ft) Trafalgar Square, London, it was built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843.

image hosted on flickr

picstloup · October 24th, 2012, 06:13 PM

Apparently Nelson's Column is only 169' high - the revised measurements were taken when it was scaffolded up and refurbished in 2006.

BringMe · October 25th, 2012, 01:30 AM

Can we consider an obelisk a column? if so... Buenos Aires obelisk must be one of the tallest

the spliff fairy · October 27th, 2012, 04:48 PM

I think a column in this regards should be a supporting structure, rather than a free-standing monument to itself, that happens to be shaped like a column.

CNB30 · October 27th, 2012, 08:42 PM

If only they built this

ledeled · November 29th, 2012, 12:46 PM

Alexander Column St. Petersburg, Russia

The column is a single piece of red granite, 25.45 m (83 ft 6 in) long and about 3.5 m (11 ft 5 in) in diameter. Total height with the pedestal and the statue is 47.5 meters.

The granite monolith was obtained from Virolahti, Finland and in 1832 transported by sea to Saint Petersburg, on a barge specially designed for this purpose, where it underwent further working. Without the aid of modern cranes and engineering machines, the column, weighing 600 tonnes (661 tons), was erected by 3,000 men under the guidance of William Handyside in less than 2 hours. It is set so neatly that no attachment to the base is needed.

ledeled · November 29th, 2012, 12:51 PM

Columns of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, are granite monoliths.

WrightTurn · November 30th, 2012, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by sydneyguy

I have seen some american government buildings that have columades that are around 2 storeys high but the Commonwealth Bank at martin place in Sydney Australia has columns some 5 storeys high. here is a photo -

Anyone know bigger ones? in greece perhaps?

It looks as if the building in Australia is influenced by an earlier and larger American work, the Cook County Building, Chicago's City Hall.

Not sure if these are the largest columns in the US, however.

Galro · December 1st, 2012, 03:49 PM

I'm not sure this count, but the Potter building in New York got a high column that marks the corner of the building. But I guess it's more of a facade decorations than a functional column.

http://www.takethehandle.com/2009/07...eekman-street/

CNB30 · December 2nd, 2012, 12:52 AM

Technically, most early skyscrapers were built in a column form, so I'm guessing the Equitable building maybe?

Rascian · December 3rd, 2012, 08:24 AM

For Serbia it's this one I guess

Tiaren · December 3rd, 2012, 06:52 PM

Probably one of Germany's tallest columns:

image hosted on flickr

Jasab—4116 by jasab, on Flickr

With Victoria on top the Siegessäule (Victory Column) is 68 m tall.

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SO143 Maderator Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 22,336 Likes (Received): 811	Nelson’s Column (56 m or 185 ft) Trafalgar Square, London, it was built to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument was constructed between 1840 and 1843. image hosted on flickr __________________ LDN PAR MAD PSM SOS BOU CND CAR PET

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ledeled Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 452 Likes (Received): 72	Alexander Column St. Petersburg, Russia The column is a single piece of red granite, 25.45 m (83 ft 6 in) long and about 3.5 m (11 ft 5 in) in diameter. Total height with the pedestal and the statue is 47.5 meters. The granite monolith was obtained from Virolahti, Finland and in 1832 transported by sea to Saint Petersburg, on a barge specially designed for this purpose, where it underwent further working. Without the aid of modern cranes and engineering machines, the column, weighing 600 tonnes (661 tons), was erected by 3,000 men under the guidance of William Handyside in less than 2 hours. It is set so neatly that no attachment to the base is needed.

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Tiaren Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Trier Posts: 1,788 Likes (Received): 232	Probably one of Germany's tallest columns: image hosted on flickr Jasab—4116 by jasab, on Flickr With Victoria on top the Siegessäule (Victory Column) is 68 m tall.

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