The Euromast
Wednesday, 28th September 2005 by Alex Turnbull
Sticking with members of the World Federation of Great Towers, this is Rotterdam's 186 metre-high Euromast. Apparently the tower is built on a concrete block weighing 1,900,000 kilos!
You can see the view from the 100 metre-high restaurant on the official site, and Hans points out that the red structure on the water just to the south is another floating Chinese restaurant!
Thanks to Alessandro Lo-Presti (Agilo), Aar Clay and Hans.
I was going to ask why you hadn’t posted another member of the World Confederation of Great Towers a little closer to your home, also known as Blackpool Tower. However, I then realized Blackpool isn’t exactly high-res yet. Oops. (I think Blackpool Tower is the smallest tower amongst the World Conferation’s members. Tehehehe.)
Talking of towers, this is the Northampton Lift tower in England. Not quite on the same scale as the others but interesting non the less.
View Placemark
Find out more here.
The myth is that if you shot a bullet off the top of the tower in a westerly direction (and presuming it didn’t lose any height – this is a myth after all!) it wouldn’t hit anything until well past Moscow.
Something got lost in cyberspace – the link should be:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Express_Lift_Tower
Oh i give up. google it!