Wonders3 - CN Tower

Title

CN Tower

Latitude

43.64247

Longitude

-79.38712

Place

Toronto, Canada

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found no matches.

World_Time

Modern

Image_Url

/thumbnails/CNTower.png

Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower

Brief

Since its completion in 1976, it has been the world's tallest free-standing structure on land; however, its status as the world's tallest building is contentious. It is considered the signature icon of the city, attracting more than two million internatio

Year_Constructed

1976

Description

CN originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company's privatization in 1995, the CN Tower was transferred to the Canada Lan

Description_2

The CN Tower consists of several substructures. The main portion of the Tower consists of a hollow concrete hexagonal pillar containing the elevators, stairwells and power and plumbing connections.

Tooltips

<img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/CNTower.png'> CN Tower Type: Modern Location: Toronto, Canada Built: 1976

Details

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 CN Tower</td>
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 Modern</td>
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 CN originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company's privatization in 1995, the CN Tower was transferred to the Canada Lan</td>
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 The CN Tower consists of several substructures. The main portion of the Tower consists of a hollow concrete hexagonal pillar containing the elevators, stairwells and power and plumbing connections.</td>
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<td><a target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower'>
 Wikipedia</a>
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LargeImage

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Attachments

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