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100 _aPearson, A.
245 4 _aThe man who saved the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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_v265(8153) 15 September 2000, 51-53(3)
520 _aDescribes how London academic, John Burland, has stopped the Leaning Tower of Pisa from collapsing whithout destroying its famous lean. Highlights the various solutions considered before the team opted for a technique called soil extraction, which works by creating lots of little tunnels to create a controlled form of subsidence. Contrasts Burland's approach in Pisa with his work on stablising Big Ben, needed following the excavations for the extension of the Jubliee Line.
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650 _aPISA
650 _aSUBSIDENCE
650 _aJUBILEE LINE EXTENSION
650 _aBIG BEN
650 _aSOIL MECHANICS
690 _aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
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