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"Second, although it's undoubtedly sad that one of the Five Towers came down, there were actually 12 towers to start with – they got shortchanged on the name be
by dwd 1y ago
"Second, although it's undoubtedly sad that one of the Five Towers came down, there were actually 12 towers to start with – they got shortchanged on the name because only five are visible against the sky from below. So, the fact that the number of towers doesn't match its official name is nothing new."
Immediately made me think of the 12 Apostles. (there were only 9 stacks at the time it was renamed)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Apostles_(Victoria) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Apostles_(Victoria)
It's down to 7 now, but it's expected new stacks will emerge as the coast is eroded. This is not some geological age timeframe. My father was a civil engineer on parts of the Great Ocean Road years ago, even moving one section of the road twice in his career as erosion exceeded their initial predictions.