The arch on Wembley stadium

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  1. Jay

    Jay Well-Known Member

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    Has it any structural value or is it just for fancy?
     
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    Holds the whole thing together I believe. Very much structural
     
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    fancy, but major landmark when driving in and around london.
     
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    Holds the roof up
     
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    2-1 to the structuralists nt
     
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    I stand corrected.
    "The arch will stand 133 metres above the pitch and will support all the weight of the north roof" bbc website.
    1 - 0 to you amy and eaststander
     
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    Thank you. Women are always right. Don't ever forget that.
     
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    noted!
     
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    As always it isn't that simple.

    It is a design feature that need not be there (how many other stadiums have one?) but it does do the job that a much cheaper alternative could have done. So really it is only there for fancy even though it has a structural function (a bit like Jordan's boobs?)
     
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  10. Gue

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    Does nowt, its for show thats all.

    Look closely its freestanding.
     
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    I got it right as well

    Does that make me a woman?
     
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    jordan - structural function??? :)
     
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  13. Gue

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    post - structuralist sc*m!
     
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