Watkin's Tower

Watkin's Tower
The first and only completed stage of Watkin's Wembley Tower, c. 1900
General information
Status	Never completed
Type	Observation tower
Location	Wembley Park, London, England
Coordinates	51°33′20″N 0°16′46″W / 51.55556°N 0.27944°W / 51.55556; -0.27944
Construction started	1891
Completed	1894
Opening	May 1896
Demolished	1907
Height
Antenna spire	Original: 358 m (1,175 ft) Finally: ~47 m (154 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Sir Benjamin Baker
Developer	Stewart, MacLaren and Dunn
Main contractor	Metropolitan Tower Construction Company
References
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Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, London, England. 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.