Located in Niles, Illinois, it was completed in 1934 by industrialist Robert Ilg as part of a recreation park for employees of the Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Company of Chicago. The Leaning Tower of Niles is a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The surveillance group’s work, which is funded by the non-profit Opera della Primaziale Pisana, includes improving the quality of the structure’s conservation and promoting research.Replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa The Leaning Tower of Niles Another view of the tower Comparison of the Leaning Towers of Pisa and of Niles Reaching the top requires climbing 269 steps.
The tower, located behind Pisa’s cathedral, attracts more than 5 million visitors a year. But work was again disrupted before finally being completed in 1372. After three floors were completed, construction stopped and did not resume until 90 years later when workers started building additional floors on a diagonal to offset the lean. The bell tower, a symbol of the power of the maritime republic of Pisa in the Middle Ages, was defective from the beginning due to the porous clay soil beneath its foundations. The surveillance group was set up in 2001 ago after Michele Jamiolkowski, an engineer of Polish origin, coordinated an international committee to save the landmark.
The structure, which was badly damaged during the second world war, was closed to the public in 1990 over safety fears and did not reopen for 11 years. “But what counts is the stability of the tower, which is better than initially predicted.” “Since restorative work began, the tower is leaning about half a degree less,” said Nunziante Squeglia, a geotechnics professor at the University of Pisa who works with the group.
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