Three-Column Steel Spandrel Plate
date: label: Date made
content: late 1960s/early 1970s
notes: label: Description
content: Description: This collection of steel from the World Trade Center includes a heavily damaged column assembly from the outside column ring at the 70th floor of the south tower, and two short column stubs.
label: Description
content: Context: Despite gaping holes in the World Trade Center towers caused by the impact and penetration of the hijacked airplanes, the buildings survived the initial collision. Fuel from the airliners ignited major fires that engulfed many floors of the buildings. At 9:59 am (fifty-six minutes after being struck) the south tower collapsed and at 10:28 am (one hour and forty-two minutes after being struck) the north tower collapsed. Most experts believe the heat from the fires caused the floor trusses to fail, which allowed the outside columns to buckle outward, leading to the ultimate failure of both buildings. About 2,800 people were killed in the attack on the Twin Towers.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
label: recovered
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
topic: label: associated subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: Attack on the World Trade Center
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
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content: September 11
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0205.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0205
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0205.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spandrel Plate
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3175 mm x 1905 mm x 914 mm; 125 in x 75 in x 36 in