Watkin's Tower
19th-century architecture in the United KingdomBuildings and structures completed in 1894Buildings and structures demolished in 1907Demolished buildings and structures in LondonFolly towers in England ... and 4 more
Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of BrentHistory of MiddlesexTowers in LondonWembley
Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, London, England (then in Middlesex). 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, and it was part of Wembley Park's emergence as a recreational place. 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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Atlantic Crescent, London
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Wembley Stadium
Atlantic Crescent
HA9 0PQ London (London Borough of Brent)
England, United Kingdom
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