The First British Skyscraper | How Did They Build That?

An investigation into the greatest man-made structures of all time, exploring how new materials and construction techniques have allowed engineers, builders, and architects to work to the limits of their ability. The series focuses on the buildings that re-wrote the rulebook and the architects, engineers, and builders who made the impossible possible.
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[@NorthernGate777]

Thanks for this video.

[@xdfraggs]

i wish these videos would come back somehow ive seen them all andwish we had more

[@morsecodereviews1553]

Fascinating...Even though the how was mostly glossed over and the why made front and center.

[@rebeccadonaldson1464]

Liver Buildings. You completely missed the 6 floors which are now below ground level. These were above ground when it was built. The foundations are wool/cotton bales laid on the river mud and were compressed by the weight of the building on a "Law of Diminishing Returns basis" so that eventually an equilibrium would be achieved and the building would stop sinking. This was the only way a building could be put in this prominent position to be seen by incoming ships from across the Atlantic and Irish Sea. Of course the entrance had to be changed from floor to floor as the building sank, which is why there are so many layers of cellars. Having grown up in Birkenhead, across the river, I was always told that the Liver Building was the first to be built with a steel girder frame, which would have enough rigidity to initially sit on such soft foundations (before they became compressed). Have a look at www.liverpoolpicturebook.com/2012/03/liver-building.html but you will have to scroll down a bit to see a photo of the Liver Building under construction. Or the close-up of the shuttering of the clock-tower here - twitter.com/yoliverpool/status/672696362874597376. I am pretty certain that the concrete frame is reinforced with steel girders, rivetted together and not as it is built today with drawn rods of steel spot welded and wire tied together.

[@rolo5424]

You know more than he does. Why don't you make an engineering/history vid about the Liver building and put it on youtube?

[@box666hbg]

me understand Angleterisk imperalism,,,butt no name abute 1 of the bigest in that time....up ther whid FORD,,,,i speak a bute TOMAS BATA^