Today we went to the sky-tower and learned about the history and the construction of the sky-tower. We got split into groups. So first my group went to watch a video of the construction, and history of the sky-tower. The sky-tower was first built in 1997. It cost 75 million dollars to build the sky-tower. It is 328 metres tall. It is also a really safe building. It can withstand earthquakes, and lightning. How it can withstand lightning is, a device that is on top of the sky-tower and absorbs the electricity from the lightning. How it also can withstand earthquakes is because the surface or foundation is really deep underground. When they're is a fire or a earthquake they go into the refuge level. Which is a place for people to go safely when they're is a natural disaster. They are three refuge levels. They are all on level 44, 45, and 46. Each refuge level can hold 120 people. So 120 x 3 = 360. While we did that we also talked about volcano's. There are 48 volcano's in Auckland. You can see 20 of the volcano's from the sky-tower. The sky-tower weighs about 6000 elephants.
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