One of my favorite civil engineering projects!
🌌Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/Practical-Engine…
🚆Watch “The Logistics of X”: https://nebula.tv/thelogisticsofx?ref…

The lean isn’t just a fascinating oddity; it is integral to the historical character of the tower. It’s a big part of why we care. Unlike the millions of photos of tourists pretending to hold the Pisa tower up, the contractors, restoration experts, and engineers actually did it (for the next few centuries, at least).

Sources: The script is primarily based on the papers linked below.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1…
https://associazionegeotecnica.it/art…
https://www.issmge.org/publications/p…

Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/practical-en…

Signed copies of my book (plus other cool stuff) are available here: https://store.practical.engineering/

Practical Engineering is a YouTube channel about infrastructure and the human-made world around us. It is hosted, written, and produced by Grady Hillhouse. We have new videos posted regularly, so please subscribe for updates. If you enjoyed the video, hit that ‘like’ button, give us a comment, or watch another of our videos!

[…]