A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires.
Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone on the ground, or as part of a larger structure or device such as a fortified building or as an integral part of a bridge, the term also denoting a raised structure on a ship or other vehicle.
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... The Victoria Tower is the square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London, facing south and west onto Black Rod's Garden and ... is slightly taller than the more famous Elizabeth Tower - Big Ben (formerly known as the Clock Tower) at the north end of the Palace (96.3 metres (316 ft)) ... The main entrance at the base of the tower is the Sovereign's Entrance, through which the Monarch passes at the State Opening of Parliament ...
... Fortune Bay Resort and Casino resides a few miles west of Tower ... It is near Lake Vermilion, a well-known lake with tourists and locals alike ...
... The Vodafone-Funkturm (English Vodafone Radio Tower) is a 98.6-metre (323 ft) high tower for mobile phone services in Stuttgart-Vaihingen ... The tower is constructed from three concrete tubes which are assembled together in the form of a tripod ... The tower is located at Pascal street in Stuttgart-Vaihingen at 48°43′41″N 9°4′46″E / 48.72806°N 9.07944°E / 48.72806 9.07944 ...
... Exhibitions included New Zealand's Eiffel Tower, a 40 metre high wooden structure based on the Eiffel Tower built by the Austral Otis Elevator Company and used to display ... The tower was estimated to cost £1200 and included an elevator that travelled about 30 m ... A smaller Eiffel Tower, without an elevator, was situated in an adjacent garden area, near the internal courtyard of the exhibition ...
... and the mosque is the air traffic control tower standing at 81 metres (266 ft) high ... There are 19 separate floor levels in the tower, including the operations area at the base of the tower and a total of 1,230 square metres (13,200 sq ft) of floor space ... These include the operational level at the base of the tower, two equipment floors, an observation floor, a service floor and the cab floor at the top of the tower from which the air traffic ...
Famous quotes containing the word tower:
“The tower said, “One!”
And then a steeple.
They spoke to themselves....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“All over France, in every city there stand cathedrals like this one, triumphant monuments of the past. They tower over the homes of our people like mighty guardians, keeping alive the invincible faith of the Christian. Every arch, every column, every statue is a carved leaf out of our history, a book in stone, glorifying the spirit of France.”
—Sonya Levien (1895–1960)
“The tower nearest the water gets the moonlight first.”
—Chinese proverb.