. File Galata Bridge.JPG View of the Galata Bridge , with the Galata Tower in the background. File Galata ...Infobox Monument monument name Galata Tower image Galata tower istanbul.jpg caption The Galata Tower viewed from B y k Hendek Caddesi street location Istanbul , Turkey designer type Tower material Rock ... Tower Galata Kulesi in Turkish language Turkish called Christea Turris the Tower of Jesus Christ in Medieval Latin Latin by the Republic of Genoa Genoese is a medieval stone tower in the Galata ... vista of Old Istanbul and its environs. Description The nine story tower is 66.90 meters tall 62.59 ... when it was built. The elevation at ground level is 35 meters above sea level. The tower has an external .... History File Galata Tower.jpg thumb left Albumen print of the Galata Tower, taken by J. Pascal S bah between 1875 1895. Here the tower has the cupola that was built after the storm of 1875. The present ... between 1965 and 1967. The tower was built as Christea Turris Tower of Christ in 1348 during an expansion ... surrounding the Genoese citadel of Galata. The current tower should not be confused with the Galata Tower old old Tower of Galata , an original Byzantine tower named Galata Tower old Megalos Pyrgos English language English Great Tower which controlled the northern end of the massive sea chain that closed the entrance to the Golden Horn. That tower was on a different site and was largely destroyed ... University Press year 1991 isbn 978 0 19 504652 6 page 815 ref The upper section of the tower with the conical ... period when it was used as an observation tower for spotting fires. According to the Seyahatname of Ottoman ... intercontinental aviator using artificial wings for gliding from this tower over the Bosphorus ... with a rocket in a conical cage filled with gunpowder in 1633. File Galata Tower inside.jpg thumb A view of the restaurant inside the observation floor of Galata Tower. Starting from 1717 the Ottomans began to use the tower for spotting fires in the city. In 1794, during the reign of Sultan Selim ... more details
Infobox building name Sutro Tower image Sutro Tower from Grandview.jpg image alt 250px caption Sutro Tower viewed from Grandview Park in San Francisco map type United States San Francisco Central map alt ... masts Radio mast structural system Truss Truss tower location San Francisco , California address 1 La Avanzada Drive br Clarendon Heights owner Sutro Tower, Inc. height convert 297.8 m abbr on completion ... ref Sutro Tower is a convert 297.8 m abbr on three pronged antenna tower near Clarendon Heights .... However, many local people opposed the tower even before it was completed, including criticism of the aesthetic effect the tower would have on the rest of San Francisco. San Francisco writer Herb Caen once wrote, I keep waiting for it to stalk down the hill and attack the Golden Gate Bridge . ref cite web author Herb Caen title Sutro Tower Press Coverage url http www.sutro.org Pages x6.html accessdate ... Before the construction of Sutro Tower, television reception in San Francisco was spotty because the many ... tower helped to resolve that problem. Transmitters had been scattered throughout the Bay Area, including ... , that station chose to broadcast from San Bruno Mountain which is five miles south of Sutro Tower .... Construction File Sutro Tower HiRes.jpg thumb left 100px Detail of the tower Construction commenced in 1971 by Kline Tower of Columbia, South Carolina , and the tower was completed in 1973 ... used to make the foundation of the 3.7 million pound 1,700 tonne tower. Earthquake proofing ... stations and four FM radio stations and for various other communications services. The tower is owned by Sutro Tower, Inc. , which in turn is owned by a consortium of the four major television broadcasters ... at the time of the tower s completion, now owned by Young Broadcasting , KPIX a former Westinghouse ... Company ABC owned station . Sutro Tower also leases space to other Bay Area radio and television stations ... stations are unable to be located at Sutro Tower the NBC owned KSTS , and KTVU s duopoly partner KICU ... more details
of Tower Hamlets . Additionally TowerBridge is not within the City or the ward, although in recent ...infobox UK place official name Ward of Tower map type Greater London country England region London london borough City of London latitude 51.511 longitude 0.077 os grid reference TQ319812 post town LONDON postcode area EC postcode district EC3 dial code 020 constituency westminster Cities of London and Westminster UK Parliament constituency Cities of London and Westminster File St Olave Ward .jpg thumb left 100px St Olave Tower is a Wards of the City of London ward of the City of London and is named from its propinquity to the Tower of London . ref The City of London a history Borer,M.I.C. New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801 ref The ward covers the area of the City that is closest to the Tower. ref http 217.154.230.195 NR rdonlyres 4386BD1A 115D 48A5 80B0 A1C8F0C2AB9C 0 tower.jpg City ... all of Great Tower Street and the ward historically was known as Tower Street . John Leake s 1667 map of the City of London refers to the ward as Tower Street ward , as does a 1755 map of the ward. ref ... Tower Street 1755 ref However the ward lost much ground to Billingsgate ward in the 2003 review of boundaries, including nearly all of Great Tower Street, though gained land to the north of the Tower of London, for instance the Minories . ref http www.towerward.org.uk Wards Tower AboutTheWard Ward of Tower Ward information ref Since its construction, the Tower of London has not formed part ... of Tower minutes ref Churches All Hallows by the Tower ref Sometimes known as All Hallows Barking The Churches ... Tower is one of 25 Wards of the United Kingdom ward s in the City of London , each electing an Alderman ... render page.php?id TOWE4&title Tower 20Street Map of Early Modern London Tower Street ... Ward of Tower The Official Ward Website City of London wards Category Wards of the City of London fr Tower ... more details
Refimprove date May 2012 for the landmark in County Louth Magdalen Tower Ireland File Magdalen Tower.jpg thumb right Magdalen Tower, as seen from the nearby Founders Tower Location map Oxford central label Magdalen Tower position left label size 100 mark Blue pog.svg marksize 12 lat 51.7517 long 1.2468 width 300 float right caption Location of Magdalen Tower within central Oxford Magdalen Tower , completed in 1509, is a bell tower that forms part of Magdalen College, Oxford . It is a central focus for the celebrations in Oxford on May Morning . History Magdalen Tower is one of the oldest parts of Magdalen College, Oxford , situated directly in the High Street, Oxford High Street . Built of stone from 1492, when the foundation stone was laid, ref The foundation stone was laid by Dr. Mayew, President, 9 August 1492 John Chessell Buckler, Observations on the Original Architecture of Saint Mary ... in Oxford. It dominates the eastern entrance to the city, towering over Magdalen Bridge and with good views from the Oxford Botanic Garden Botanic Garden opposite. The tower, joined to the south ... slightly smaller that the four pinnacles that crown the corners. The tower contains a peal ... overhaul in 2012, being returned to the tower in March of that year. May Morning Every 1 May, at 6am ... Bridge below to listen, before dispersing for other activities such as Morris dance Morris Dancing . ref The ceremony is the subject of William Holman Hunt s May Morning on Magdalene Tower , 1891. ref Extensive restoration to the stone facing of the tower was undertaken in the 1970s since pollution had badly degraded the surface. See also Founders Tower , Magdalen College Tom Tower at Christ ... of England Oxfordshire . ISBN 0 14 071045 0. External links commons category Magdalen Tower http www.magd.ox.ac.uk looking around tower.shtml Magdalen Tower and the http www.magd.ox.ac.uk history cc ... Magdalen College, Oxford Tower Category Towers in Oxford Category Bell towers in the United ... more details
infobox Museum name Murney Tower image Carlb martello 02.jpg established 1846 location Murney Point, Kingston, Ontario , Canada type Martello tower director curator visitors website http www.kingstonhistoricalsociety.ca murney.html www.kingstonhistoricalsociety.ca murney.html embedded designation list embed yes designation1 Canada designation1 date 1930 Murney Tower is a Martello tower in Kingston ... designated as Murray Tower, the locals called it Murney Tower, as it was built on Murney Point ... Tower complement the fortifications of Fort Henry, Ontario . Cathcart Tower on Cedar Island, Shoal Tower in the Confederation Basin and Fort Frederick Kingston, Ontario Fort Frederick on the grounds of the Royal Military College of Canada were part of the same strategic improvements. The tower stands surrounded by a dry ditch and is accessible only by bridge. Murney s walls are about 3 metres ... design of the tower. This is a common feature on Canadian Martellos. Martello towers ... 20 years it never saw action. By the mid to late 19th century the tower was used as a familial ... there were no definite plans for the tower. One of them included the idea of cutting the top off the tower and placing a large statue of Sir John A. MacDonald atop. In 1921 a windstorm blew .... Murney Tower is a National Historic Sites of Canada National Historic Site of Canada , ref ... Tower , Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada ref ref CRHP 7640 Murney Tower ref managed and maintained by the Kingston Historical Society, who operates it as a military ..., only 11 are still standing, four of them in Kingston. Two of these towers, Murney Tower and Fort ... College of Canada Museum . The tower is part of the Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications World ... Plan Ottawa Parks Canada, 2006 Parks Canada, Murney Tower National Historic Site Defending ... Murney Tower Kingston Historical Society NHSC Ontario parks Coord 44.22228 76.490582 region ... more details
Infobox building name Glasgow Tower image The Glasgow Tower geograph.org.uk 911600.jpg image size 240px ... Horden building type Observation tower Glasgow Tower is a free standing tower located on the south ... a Guinness World Record for being the tallest tower in the world in which the whole structure is capable of rotating 360 degrees. Background and world records At 127 metres tall the Glasgow Tower ... the tallest tower in the world in which the whole structure is capable of rotating 360 degrees ... to face into the wind. The tower has two elevators each with a 12 person capacity, but this is normally ... accessdate 2007 11 10 ref History The tower has been plagued by safety and engineering problems throughout ... 01 30 ref Following the incident, the tower re opened on December 21, 2006. ref cite web title BBC ... date 2006 12 20 ref In September 2007, a charity abseil event was held on Glasgow Tower. ref cite ... 2010 the tower closed again due to technical issues stemming from its original design and is not expected ... scotland west central 264099 msp critical of closed glasgow science tower accessdate 2011 08 07 date 2006 12 20 ref Introduction At 127 metres high, the structure is currently the tallest tower in Scotland ... holds a Guinness World Records Guinness World Record for being the tallest tower in the world capable ... holding it in place . The tower, previously known as the Millennium Tower, was the winning design in an international competition to design a tower for the city centre of Glasgow. ref name hcla.co.uk ... over by the Glasgow architects BDP. In the end the tower cost 10 million. The tower is the spiritual successor to the Clydesdale Bank Tower that stood on approximately the same spot during the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival . Tallest Building Debate File Looking downstream from Bell s Bridge towards the Science Centre and Glasgow Tower.jpg thumb right The Glasgow Tower shown within the Glasgow Science Centre complex When completed in 2001 , it became the tallest tower in Scotland. The website ... more details
Tower City may refer to Tower City, Pennsylvania Tower City, North Dakota Tower City Center , a retail, office, and transportation complex in downtown Cleveland, Ohio disambig ca Tower City it Tower City nl Tower City pl Tower City pt Tower City vo Tower City ... more details
Tower Theatre or Tower Theater may refer to Tower Theatre Folkestone, Kent Tower Theatre Los Angeles Tower Theater Miami, Florida Tower Theatre Bend, Oregon Tower Theater Upper Darby, Pennsylvania Tower Theatre Salt Lake City, Utah Tower Theatre Fresno, California See also Tower Theatre Company disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 Mergeto Moscow International Business Center date January 2010 Infobox building name Tower 2000 native name 2000 native name lang ru image Tower 2000 in Moscow.jpg image size 200px caption location Moscow International Business Centre , Moscow , Russia coordinates status start date 1996 completion date 2001 opening building type antenna spire roof convert 104 m ft abbr on top floor floor count 34 elevator count cost floor area architect structural engineer main contractor developer owner management references Tower 2000 lang ru 2000 is a 104 metre, 34 storey office building that is located on the right bank of the Moscow River , Moscow , Russia . It was the first skyscraper to be developed in the Moscow International Business Centre . The tower is connected to the MIBC by the Bagration bridge . It was constructed between December 1996 and Q4 2001. External links commonscat inline Tower 2000 Moscow City coord 55 44 47 N 37 32 46 E type landmark source plwiki display title Category Skyscrapers between 100 and 149 meters Category Buildings and structures in Moscow Category Skyscrapers in Moscow Category Towers in Moscow Category Moscow International Business Center Category Buildings and structures completed in 2001 Russia struct stub nl Toren 2000 pl Basznia 2000 pt Tower 2000 ru 2000 ... more details
Beograd West Gate 02.jpg Image Novi Beograd West Gate 03.jpg Image Genex Tower, looking up..jpg gallery ... Trellick Tower Trellick Tower, London, United Kingdom Balfron Tower Balfron Tower, London, United Kingdom ... Tower Belgrade Architecture commons category Genex Tower Category Buildings and structures completed ... Twin towers Category Novi Beograd Serbia stub bg cs Genex Tower de Genex Turm es Torre ... more details
There are two buildings named Hearst Tower Hearst Tower New York City Hearst Tower Charlotte disambig de Hearst Tower fr Hearst Tower id Hearst Tower nl Hearst Tower ru ... more details
Platinum Tower may refer to Platinum Tower Beirut , a tower under construction in Beirut Platinum Tower Dubai , a tower under construction in Dubai Platinum Tower Panama City , a tower built in Panama City disambig ... more details
Infobox Military Structure name Gilnockie Tower location Hollows, near Canonbie , Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland br UK gbmapping NX972666 coordinates image Image Gilnockie Tower April 29 2007.JPG 300px caption Gilnockie Tower, viewed from the south. map type Scotland latitude 55.097461 longitude 2.967777 map size 150 type Oblong plan Tower house built builder controlledby materials Cream sandstone ... open to public No Gilnockie Tower is a 16th century tower house , located at the hamlet of Hollows, 2.3 km north of Canonbie , in Dumfries and Galloway , south west Scotland . The tower is situated ... Tower . Gilnockie Castle is a separate, but nearby site. History Hollows was built around 1520 ..., the tower was burned by Sir Christopher Dacre, English Warden of the Western Marches, and in 1530 ... a hunting party, an event recorded in the ballad Johnnie Armstrong . The tower was rebuilt ..., and a beacon stance on the gable. Restoration In 1978, the tower was a roofless ruin, when it was bought ... was plastered out, and electricity and water taken in to the building. The tower is a Category A listed ... Department Ancient Monuments . The tower now houses the Clan Armstrong centre. The tower File Sign Gilnockie Tower Armstrong Clan Association Mangerton.jpg thumb left 175px Plaque announcing repairs to Gilnockie Tower, 2009 Gilnockie Tower is a simple rubble built tower house of four storeys plus ... at the highest point of the building. The oldest part of the tower is thought to be the large stone ... originated from near Langholm . Gilnockie Castle File Remains of Mangerton Tower Clan Armstrong.jpg thumb right 225px Remains of Mangerton Tower, Mangerton The site now known as Gilnockie Castle lies near Canonbie at the east end of Gilnockie Bridge, which crosses the Esk in Hollows, just 500 ... as to whether a tower stood there, although it is possible that the earlier tower destroyed in 1528 ... Monuments Record of Scotland Site Reference NY37NE 3.0 Gilnockie Tower http lmid1.rcahms.gov.uk ... more details
cased conning tower, and directed the battle from the open flying bridge. ref ref http www.researcheratlarge.com ... tower is a vertical armor plated cylinder with slit windows located in the middle of the bridge, climbing ...refimprove date January 2009 A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine, often armored ... Surface ships Image French battleship Suffren conning tower detail.jpg thumb View of the starboard side of the conning tower of the French battleship Suffren French battleship Suffren . On surface ships, the conning tower was a feature of all battleship s and armored cruiser s from about 1860 to the early years of World War II . Located at the front end of the superstructure , the conning tower ... Tower of the USS Olympia C 6 USS Olympia C 6 , The Spanish American War Centennial Website ref At all other times than during battles, the ship would be navigated from the Bridge nautical bridge ... Navy conning tower appeared on HMS Warrior 1860 HMS Warrior which had 3 inches of armour. ref name ... ref In the Royal Navy RN , the conning tower became a massive structure reaching weights of hundreds ... to the Nelson class had comparatively light conning tower protection with 4.5 inches sides, 3 ... revealed that command personnel were unlikely to utilize an armoured conning tower, preferring the superior visibility of unarmoured bridge positions. ref Raven and Roberts, British Battleships of WW2 ... fought the Hood , for example, from her unarmoured bridge. ref http www.hmshood.org.uk reference ... and admirals preferred to use the unarmoured bridge positions during combat. ref Morison, S. E. History ... 24, 1942, report of. 21. Ship control was maintained in the Pilot House on the Navigation Bridge where ... under such conditions from the Conning Tower is not practicable. ref The United States Navy had mixed opinions of the conning tower, pointing out that its weight, high above the ship s center of gravity ... the conning tower. The naval battle of Guadalcanal battle of Guadalcanal during World ... more details
Beetham Tower can refer to these high rise buildings owned by the Beetham Organization Beetham Tower, Manchester , also known as the Hilton Tower Beetham Tower, Liverpool West Tower also known as Beetham Tower West, Liverpool Beetham Tower, Brighton Beetham Tower, London 10 Holloway Circus , also known as Beetham Tower, Birmingham disambig ... more details
Park Tower may refer to Park Tower Chicago Park Tower Condominium Chicago Park Tower Frankfurt Park Tower Tampa, Florida Park Tower Washington, D.C. See also Park Towers disambiguation Disambig de Park Tower eu Park Tower fr Park Tower ... more details
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after Shard London Bridge br small 309.6m small s end Heron Plaza Heron Tower will form the centrepiece ... 42 30 St Mary Axe Broadgate Tower Bishopsgate Tower Shard London Bridge References Reflist 2 External ...Infobox building name Heron Tower image File Heron Tower from Wormwood St.JPG 200px caption Heron Tower ... HeronTower.com title Heron Tower Building Specifications publisher http herontower.com date February ... convert 202 m ft 0 ref cite web last Skyscrapernews.com title Project Description Heron Tower publisher ... Pedersen Fox main contractor Skanska structural engineer Arup Ove Arup & Partners File Heron Tower ... Tower , located at and also referred to as 110 Bishopsgate , is a skyscraper owned by Heron International ... in 2011. It stands 230 metres tall ref http www.skanska.co.uk en Projects2 Heron Tower Project description ... tallest building in London as a whole, after One Canada Square and Shard London Bridge . Design and planning Designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox , the height of the tower was planned to be 183 metres, identical to that of the City s then tallest building, Tower 42 . The building attracted controversy ... Bridge . English Heritage was the most vocal of the groups expressing concerns. A public inquiry was subsequently ... , who ruled in the developers favour. The tower was given final approval in July 2002. Three years ... submitted a planning application to increase the height of its approved tower. Heron s revised plans now proposed a convert 202 m ft 0 adj on tall tower topped by a convert 28 m ft 0 adj on mast, giving ... scheme, the tower s crown and southern fa ades were refined. In January 2006, the revised project was approved by the City of London Corporation . Interior Heron Tower was designed to feature a concierge ... title Heron Tower Press Release publisher http herontower.com date February 2010 url http herontower.com press previouspress 19 02 10 4 Heron Unveils Plans for Heron Tower rsquo s Restaurant amp Sky Bar accessdate 2010 03 02 ref Environment Heron Tower utilises Photovoltaics photovoltaic cells to generate ... more details
The Rainbow Tower is a 50.3 meter 165 ft tower located at the Rainbow Plaza Canadian border station of the Rainbow Bridge Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada . Construction on the tower was completed in 1947. The Rainbow Carillon The Rainbow Tower houses a carillon a musical instrument consisting of a baton Musical keyboard keyboard that controls a series of bells. The Rainbow Carillon is sounded four times a day, 365 days a year. It features 55 bells with a total weight of over 43 tons. The instrument is controlled via a series of 55 oak batons and 30 foot pedals. The largest bell, called a Bourdon bell bourdon , is convert 8 ft m in diameter and convert 6.5 ft m tall, weighing in at 10 tons. Musically the pitch of this bell is E. http www.gcna.org data ONNIFARB.HTM The smallest bell in the instrument weighs less than convert 9 lb kg and has a circumference of convert 5.75 in mm . The bell castings for the Rainbow Carillon were begun in 1941 by John Taylor Bellfounders of Loughborough , England , but interrupted by the onset of World War II . Work on the instrument resumed in 1945 and was completed by 1947. When the tower was built it contained a small apartment for the resident musician the carilloneur . By the mid 1990s the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission had replaced the resident carilloneur with a fully automated system. The instrument can still be played manually, but is mostly automated to allow for frequent playing. In the past June Somerville, Robert Donnell, and Leland Richardson have served as carillonneurs at the tower. http thecanadianencyclopedia.com index.cfm?PgNm TCE&Params U1ARTU0002574 In film The Rainbow Tower was featured in the 1953 Marilyn Monroe thriller Niagara 1953 film Niagara . Scenes were filmed outside the base of the tower, combined with sound stage footage. Sources cite web title The bells of Niagara have historic ring REDISCOVERING NIAGARA work Niagara Falls Review url http www.niagarafallsreview.ca ... more details
American Bridge References reflist External links Cleanup section date October 2007 http www.espectador.com ... the ceiling of the amphitheatre of the Telecommunications Tower http www.lacapital.com.ar 2006 08 ... more details
in the lower floors, athletic facilities for the University Club, a sky bridge between the University Club and the building podium, and private amenities for tower residents including an athletics and aquatic center as well as residential lounges located throughout the tower. The building preserves ... and Millenium Park from all residences in the tower. Panorama image File Chicago 2010.jpg height 230 alt 2010 Chicago skyline with showing Legacy Tower s position along the Grant Park Chicago Grant ... http lynnbecker.com repeat legacy legacy.htm Lynn Beckerwrites about the Legacy Tower Facadectomy ... at Millennium Park de Legacy Tower es The Legacy at Millennium Park eu Legacy Tower fr Legacy Tower nl Legacy Tower pt Legacy Tower simple The Legacy at Millennium Park ... more details
Vojinovi a Tower Lang sr or Vu itrn Lang en Wolf thorn is a city fortifications in Vu itrn . It was the seat of ura Brankovi 1427 1456 in the time while he was district lord of Kosovo . Later chroniclers Ami Bue , Giljferding are noted that the fort itself is derived from Stefan Uro IV Du an of Serbia Du an time, and that it is the old fortress with a tower in the middle of the town . Vojinovi a Tower Today, of the entire fort survived only Keep Donjon Tower that the people called Vojinovi a Tower From Vojinovi from Epic national songs epic songs with part of wall in the form of a square. Donjon itself belongs to the most beautiful tower of its kind in this part of the Serbia because of its fine proportions and properly sort stones in its walls. On that walls thick about 3 m , the remains of Machicolation , Putlog hole s or Hoarding castles Hoarding s can be seen, and in addition to the closed ground, had the floor, over which there was an open top of the tower with battlement on. As all Donjon, Vojinovi a Tower also had no entrance in the basement, but only on the floor with the southern side and it is approached by wooden stairs that in a case of emergency could be easily removed. Remains Most of the former Capital political capital of ura Brankovi disappeared during Ottoman Empire Ottoman period when the space fortress became the seat of government and administrative Bey , while the ground floor of the tower used as a warehouse for the grain barley , maize corn , wheat that are collected on behalf of Bey taxes. Former entrance gates, located next to the tower at a distance of 1m in North wall and has semicircle shape, was embowered and immured, and instead ... only Keep Donjon Tower with walls around it to form a square courtyard base. Their height is 4 m 5 ... 1.2m 1.5m, sally 0.35m 0.4 m whose height is 6 m 7 m. Vojinovi a Tower was declared Monuments of Culture ... Importance Tourism in Serbia Vu itrn Vojinovi a Bridge Cultural Property of Great Importance ... more details
Tower Mountain may refer to Tower Mountain Arizona in Arizona, USA Tower Mountain British Columbia in British Columbia, Canada Tower Mountain Colorado in Colorado, USA Tower Mountain Georgia in Georgia, USA Tower Mountain Massachusetts in Massachusetts, USA Tower Mountain Montana in Montana, USA Tower Mountain Nevada in Nevada, USA Tower Mountain New York in New York, USA Tower Mountain Ontario in Ontario, Canada Tower Mountain Oregon in Oregon, USA Tower Mountain Washington in Washington, USA geodis ... more details
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