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...LEAN YEARS The tower began leaning almost from the beginning, in 1173. Over the course of the tower's 200-year construction, builders tried to compensate for the list, resulting in a slightly banana-shaped structure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tipping The Balance | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...drilling created small cavities all along the high side of the foundation, allowing engineers to "steer" the settling of the tower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tipping The Balance | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...attempt to straighten the tower, builders try using thicker stones on the downward side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tipping The Balance | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

About 1198, documents show, a bell ringer worked at the tower, which was about this high at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tipping The Balance | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

Sources: Coordination Committee for the Safeguard of the Tower of Pisa; University of Pisa; CS Informatica, Pisa: Eyewitness Guide to Italy; Associated Press

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tipping The Balance | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

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