Freestanding towers built to carry broadcasting antennas, to give views over a city or both, from the iron lattice tower of Paris to the concrete towers of Toronto, Moscow and Tokyo and the Space Needle of Seattle. A structure belongs here when the cited article calls it a tower for observation, television or radio. It excludes office skyscrapers and bell towers. The group follows the use the cited article names. Most are built of steel, iron or reinforced concrete, and the group follows the use the cited article gives and not the height alone.
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Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia
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The Eiffel Tower ( EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France.
CN Tower (Wikipedia)
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The CN Tower is a 553.3-metre-high (1,815.3 ft) communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tokyo Skytree (Wikipedia)
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Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī; [tò̞ó̞.kʲjó̞ó̞ (|) sɯ̥̈.kä́í.t͡sɯ̈́.ɾʲíì, tó̞ó̞.-] ), a.k.a Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.
Wikipedia: Tokyo Tower
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Tokyo Tower (東京タワー, Tōkyō Tawā; pronounced [toːkʲoː taꜜɰᵝaː] ), also known by its official name Japan Radio Tower (日本電波塔, Nippon denpatō) is a communications and observation tower in the district of Shiba-koen in Minato, Tokyo,
Wikipedia: Ostankino Tower
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The Ostankino Tower (Russian: Останкинская телебашня, romanized: Ostankinskaya telebashnya) is a television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia, owned by the Moscow branch of unitary enterprise Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting
Space Needle (Wikipedia)
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The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States.
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