Still standing🗼 Tower & skyscraperModern era
CN Tower
The tower connects the history of telecommunications with the development of a modern Canadian metropolis. Its visibility made it an important landmark and symbol of Toronto.
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Facts
- Place
- Toronto, Canada
- Civilisation / patron
- Canadian National Railway and Canadian engineers
- Built
- 1973 – 1976
- Status
- Still standing
- Height
- 553.3 m
- Seven Wonders of the Modern World (ASCE)
History
The CN Tower was built as a tall concrete communications tower to provide reliable transmission above Toronto’s growing skyline. A slender shaft supports observation areas, a restaurant and a steel antenna section. At 553.3 metres, the tower was for many years the world’s tallest free-standing structure. It remains in use for broadcasting and tourism and receives continual technical maintenance.
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Sources: Wikipedia — CN Tower