Watkin's Tower

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Wembley HA9 0WS, UK

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N51° 33' 20" W0° 16' 46"   (51.555555555556, -0.27944444444444) Start navigation »

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Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, London, England, UK. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre (1,175 ft)-high visitor attraction in Wembley Park to the north of the city, led by the railway entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin. Marketed as the "Great Tower of London", it was designed to surpass the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The tower was never completed and it was demolished in 1907. The site of the tower is now occupied by the English national football ground, Wembley Stadium.

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