This document lists and provides brief details about 8 famous steel structures from around the world, including their iconic status, record-breaking aspects, and key steel statistics. The structures highlighted are the Willis Tower in Chicago, Shun Hing Square Tower in Shenzen, China, Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan, Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, Empire State Building in New York, and Beijing National Stadium.

1. 8 FAMOUS
STEEL STRUCTURES

2. MANY OF THE WORLD’S ICONIC STRUCTURES,
LIKE THE 8 FAMOUS STEEL STRUCTURES LISTED HERE,
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT STEEL.
RECORD HEIGHTS.
THE WIDEST RIVERS.
ART UNITING NATIONS.

3. WILLIS TOWER, CHICAGO
Formerly known as
the Sears Tower.
Steel plays an important
part in the structure of the
Willis Tower, as the steel frame
binds each segment of the
building together.

4. China’s largest
all-steel building.
It was constructed
at an amazing pace
of four floors every
nine days.
SHUN HING
SQUARE TOWER,
SHENZEN
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5. The tower stands
at half a kilometre tall.
It has 61 elevators.
TAIPEI 101
TOWER,
TAIWAN

6. It first steel-wire
suspension bridge,
built in 1869.
The construction was
so challenging, it took a
decade to complete.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE, USA

7. The Burj Khalifa
stands at 829.8m - it’s the
world’s tallest manmade
structure. It was built using
31,400 metric tonnes
of steel rebar.
BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI

8. SYDNEY HARBOUR
BRIDGE, AUSTRALIA
The world’s largest
steel arch bridge
(but not the longest).
The total steelwork weighs
52,800 tonnes, with
39,000 in the arch.

9. EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING, USA
One of New York’s
most iconic buildings.
Its steel frame weighs
57,000 tonnes, and its
Art Deco exterior contains
200,000 cubic feet of
limestone and granite.

10. BEIJING
NATIONAL
STADIUM,
CHINA
Also known as the
Bird’s Nest stadium,
it took five years to finish.
It was the centrepiece for the
2008 Olympic Games.
It is the
largest steel
structure in the
world.

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