Came up in conversation over the Christmas dining table that people find the idea of ‘The Pisa of the Fens’ difficult to take seriously, let alone believe it really exists. So for those who need convincing here is a picture of ‘The Pisa of the Fens’. I have calculated the angle of lean at between 5 and 6 degrees from the vertical. Apparently a more accurate measurement puts it at a greater angle of lean than The Pisa Tower. But there seem to be some dispute about how much that leans anyway. The Pisa of the Fens has had a list since it was built over 100 years ago so it probably has many years of life left in it. There are many leaning buildings in the Fens because of unstable foundations and ground shrinkage after drainage. This building seems to lean as much as the world's most leaning building - or so some say - in Suurhusen, Germany.
Thursday 27 December 2007
Mozart & Listz...?
Came up in conversation over the Christmas dining table that people find the idea of ‘The Pisa of the Fens’ difficult to take seriously, let alone believe it really exists. So for those who need convincing here is a picture of ‘The Pisa of the Fens’. I have calculated the angle of lean at between 5 and 6 degrees from the vertical. Apparently a more accurate measurement puts it at a greater angle of lean than The Pisa Tower. But there seem to be some dispute about how much that leans anyway. The Pisa of the Fens has had a list since it was built over 100 years ago so it probably has many years of life left in it. There are many leaning buildings in the Fens because of unstable foundations and ground shrinkage after drainage. This building seems to lean as much as the world's most leaning building - or so some say - in Suurhusen, Germany.
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