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##@@¤^\~^. created in the twenty eighties as a .^~\^¤@@##
##@@¤^\~^. cheap and open source way of dealing .^~\^¤@@##
#@@@¤^\~^. with constant floods and a rising sea .^~\^¤@@@#
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##@@¤^\~^. floor modules, each a square of thirty .^~\^¤@@##
##@@¤^\~^. six square meters. these could be made .^~\^¤@@##
#@@@¤^\~^. out of various materials such as carbon .^~\^¤@@@#
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###@@¤^~^. fifty and a hundred meters. a mechanism .^~^¤@@###
##@@¤^\~^. within each floor would enable them to .^~\^¤@@##
@¤¤^\~~~^. climb up or down the mast, together or .^~~~\^¤¤@
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##@@¤^\~^. the lowest floor would usually have a .^~\^¤@@##
#@¤\^..... loading dock, a balcony/front door, and .....^\¤@#
@^^\\^.... various ladders. ....^\\^^@
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