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  2. Tower Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge [1] in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. [2] It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and ...

  3. Tower Heist - Wikipedia

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    Tower Heist. Tower Heist is a 2011 American heist comedy film directed by Brett Ratner, written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson, based on a story by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper and Griffin and starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy with Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Judd Hirsch, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, and Gabourey Sidibe in ...

  4. Devils Tower - Wikipedia

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    It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (264 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,558 m) above sea level. Devils Tower National Monument was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. [9]

  5. One World Trade Center - Wikipedia

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    One World Trade Center. /  40.71306°N 74.01333°W  / 40.71306; -74.01333. One World Trade Center, also known as One World Trade, One WTC, and formerly called the Freedom Tower during initial planning stages, [note 1] is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

  6. Alton Towers - Wikipedia

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    www.AltonTowers.com. Alton Towers Resort ( UK: / ˈɒltən / ⓘ OL-tən) (often referred to as Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. [3] The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park, water park, mini golf and hotel complex.

  7. Water tower - Wikipedia

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    Water tower cellular around the neck in Barrington, Illinois. A water tower is an elevated structure [1] supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection. [2] Water towers often operate in conjunction with underground or surface ...

  8. Surfside condominium collapse - Wikipedia

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    On June 24, 2021, at approximately 1:22 a.m. EDT, [a] Champlain Towers South, a 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, United States, partially collapsed, causing the deaths of 98 people. Four people were rescued from the rubble, but one died of injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital. [9]

  9. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

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    The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m). [2] [3] [4] The 104-story [A] skyscraper also stands as the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest building in the world. [2] [3] At 1,550 feet (472 m), Central Park Tower is the ...