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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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rdfs:label	Watkin’s Tower (de) Watkin's Tower (it) Tour de Watkin (fr) Watkin’s Tower (pl) Watkin's Tower (en) 沃特金塔 (zh)
rdfs:comment	Watkin’s Tower (auch Wembley Tower) war ein Turmbauvorhaben in London, das nach seinem Bauherrn Sir Edward Watkin benannt und nie vollendet wurde. Der in den Jahren 1892–1894 nach dem Vorbild des Eiffelturms errichtete, 47 Meter hohe Turmstumpf wurde infolge von finanziellen und baulichen Schwierigkeiten 1907 abgerissen. Das unfertige Bauwerk war einige Jahre lang für den Publikumsverkehr geöffnet. Geplant war eine Höhe von 350,5 Metern, womit der Turm bei seiner Fertigstellung das höchste Bauwerk der Erde gewesen wäre. Auf dem Baugrund der Fundamente des ehemaligen Watkin’s Tower wurde 1922/1923 das Wembley-Stadion errichtet. (de) La tour de Watkin (anglais : Watkin's Tower) est un bâtiment inachevé de Londres, également connu sous les noms de « Folie de Watkin » (Watkin's Folly) et de « Moignon de Londres » (London Stump). Elle avait été présentée à l'époque comme la « Grande Tour de Londres ». (fr) La Watkin's Tower, anche conosciuta come Watkin's Folly, era una torre di ferro mai completata e collocata nel distretto di (allora Middlesex) a Londra, in Inghilterra. Primo di una serie di edifici ispirati alla Torre Eiffel costruiti nel Regno Unito, la Watkin's Tower avrebbe dovuto superare in altezza l'edificio francese raggiungendo i 358 metri di altezza in risposta al capolavoro ingegneristico di Gustave Eiffel. Tuttavia, dopo essere iniziata nel 1893, la torre non fu mai completata e venne abbattuta nel 1907, anno in cui raggiunse i 47 metri di altezza. Oggi l'area su cui fu eretta la torre è occupata dal Wembley Stadium. (it) 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. (en) Watkin’s Tower – nieukończona stalowa wieża kratownicowa w Londynie. Krótko po zbudowaniu wieży Eiffla członek brytyjskiego parlamentu sir zaproponował wzniesienie w wieży o 46 metrów wyższej. Rozpisany został konkurs i przedstawiono wiele projektów. Zwycięski projekt przewidywał wieżę opartą na sześciu nogach, lecz wkrótce zdecydowano się go zmienić na czteropodporowy, zbliżony do wieży Eiffla. (pl)
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location	London Wembley Park
dcterms:subject	History of Middlesex Wembley Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Brent Demolished buildings and structures in London Folly towers in England Buildings and structures demolished in 1907 Towers in London Towers completed in 1894 19th-century architecture in the United Kingdom
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