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How The 4 Landmarks of London are Cleaned?

How The 4 Landmarks of London are Çleaned? THE GHERKIN Lancaster Cleaners has to use a spocial cradle that edges out because of the curved form The wind is a real problem 180 metres aoove the ground. The cradle cannot be 11sed at speeds higher than 20mph BIG BEN There are more than 7400 glass panes in the external skin of the extravagant skyseraper It takes up to two weeks to make all the windows sparkling clean Only UK residents are allowed to take an inside peek at the interior of the 96 metres tall clock tower It's the largest four faced chiming clock in the world Each face contains of 312 pieces of opal glass. Big Ben's cleaners still use the same old detergents: Water and/ Soap LONDON EYE The clock's hands never stop, gyen when they are cleaned London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe with height of 135m Each rotation takes half an hour(Ikm/h) London Eye has been eleaned only onee (in 2013) since its erection in 1999. SHARD Kärcher needed three whole weeks to complete the task. Shard is the tallest building in the European Union(310m) Cleaners had to work only at night because during the day the attraction was open for visitors. The skyscraper has 44 lifts and II 000 glass panels equal to 56 000 m2 or 5 football pitches. The technicians were able to deep elean no more than 3 capsules each night. The angled design is complicating significantly the windows's cleaning process The professional abseilers need a whole week to deal with just one of the sides Maintaining clean the windows is very expensive: 130 000 £ Source: http://bit.ly/Cleaning-London-Landmarks

How The 4 Landmarks of London are Cleaned?

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How Do The Professionals Clean The Gherkin, Big Ben, The London Eye and The Shard?

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