Timeline of Tallest Tower
| From | To | Tower | Country | Town | Pinnacle height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8000 BC | 1500 BC | Tower of Jericho | Palestine/ Israel | Jericho | 8.5 m |
| 1500 BC | 562 BC | Luxor Obelisk | Egypt | Luxor | 23 m |
| 562 BC | 280 BC | Tower of Babel | Iraq | Babylon | 91 m |
| 280 BC | 1180 AD | Pharos Lighthouse | Egypt | Alexandria | 122 m |
| 1180 | 1240 | Malmesbury Abbey Tower | United Kingdom | Malmesbury | 131.3 m |
| 1240 | 1311 | Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral | United Kingdom | London | 150 m |
| 1311 | 1549 | Tower of Lincoln Cathedral | United Kingdom | Lincoln | 159.7 m |
| 1549 | 1625 | Tower of St. Olaf | Estonia | Tallinn | 159 m |
| 1625 | 1647 | Tower of St Mary's church | Germany | Stralsund | 151 m |
| 1647 | 1874 | Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral | France | Strasbourg | 142 m |
| 1874 | 1876 | Tower of St. Nikolai | Germany | Hamburg | 147 m |
| 1876 | 1880 | Tower of Rouen Cathedral | France | Rouen | 151 m |
| 1880 | 1889 | Tower of Cologne Cathedral | Germany | Cologne | 157.38 m |
| 1889 | 1958 | Eiffel Tower | France | Paris | 312.3 m |
| 1958 | 1967 | Tokyo Tower | Japan | Tokyo | 332.6 m |
| 1967 | 1976 | Ostankino Tower | Russia | Moscow | 540.1 m |
| 1976 | 2010 | CN Tower | Canada | Toronto | 553.33 m |
| 2010 | 2011 | Guangzhou TV Tower | China | Guangzhou | 600 m |
| 2011 | present (as of 2012) | Tokyo Skytree | Japan | Tokyo | 634 m |
Read more about this topic: List Of Tallest Towers In The World
Famous quotes containing the words tallest and/or tower:
“But not the tallest there, ‘tis said,
Could fathom to this pond’s black bed.”
—Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)
“Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building—like Tower Bridge—or a classical front put on a steel frame—like the Daily Telegraph building in Fleet Street. Culture, if it is to be a real thing and a holy thing, must be the product of what we actually do for a living—not something added, like sugar on a pill.”
—Eric Gill (1882–1940)