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- These include Watkin's Tower,[2] Watkin's Folly,[3] the Wembley Park Tower,[4] the Wembley Tower,[1] the Metropolitan Tower,[4] and the London Stump.[5].
- Watkins Tower was an uncompleted tower that was located in Wembley. Construction on the tower began in 1892. A decade later, in 1902, it was closed.
- Watkin's Tower. Watkins Tower (also Wembley Park Tower ) is the name of an unfinished tower construction project in London.
- A company was set up to build the "Watkins' Tower" and construction on the tower and the surrounding park began in 1891, but when the park opened in 1894...
- As he was inspired by the Eiffel Tower, Watkin invited Gustave Eiffel himself to design the new tower, but he disliked the idea and politely declined.
- Watkin’s Tower : When London wanted to build its own Eiffel Tower. ... construction watkin tower. Today is instead of this tower the Wembley Stadium.
- Not only will the Watkin Tower look down 150 feet on the Eiffel Tower, but it will be capable of taking up three times as many passengers at a time.”
- The Watkin's Tower was a plan by a group of Englishmen for London to have its own tower similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris in the later 19th Century.
- Watkin's Tower. Wembley Park London ENG United Kingdom. ... Tower was to be 45.7 m (150ft) taller than the Eiffel Tower, which was 312.2 m at the time.
- Watkin's Folly: In 1890s London, British politician and railway tycoon Edward Watkin had a vision to build a gigantic structure that would eclipse the Eiffel Tower.
Watkin's Tower
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- Дата постройки:1894 год