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Calgary Tower

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The Calgary Tower is a 190.8-metre free-standing observation tower in downtown Calgary, Alberta, designed by the local firm W.G. Milne and A. Dale and Associates and opened on June 30, 1968, originally under the name Husky Tower. It was built jointly by Marathon Realty Company and Husky Oil as part of an urban renewal project marking the approaching centennial of Canadian Confederation, and it briefly stood as the tallest structure in Canada outside Toronto. Roughly sixty percent of the tower's weight of about 10,884 tonnes lies below ground, anchoring its slender reinforced-concrete shaft, which was renamed the Calgary Tower in 1971. The tower carries an observation deck and revolving restaurant near its top and was a founding member of the World Federation of Great Towers when that organization formed in 1989.

Facts
Building Type
Observation Tower 1
Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1
Completed Year
1968 2
Height (m)
190.8 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Tower 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Tower, Concepts

In Style

Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Calgary Tower - Wikipedia

Uses Element

Concrete, Elements and Materials
Source Calgary Tower - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Located In

Canada

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Sources
1. Calgary Tower - Wikipedia
  • History section, opening
    The Husky Tower officially opened on June 28-30, 1968, in three separate ceremonies.
  • Lead section
    The Calgary Tower is a 190.8-metre (626 ft) free-standing observation tower in the downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Infobox, address
    101 9 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta
  • Infobox: building_type
    Observation tower, Attraction
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Modernist architecture in Canada
  • Uses Element: Concrete, Article text
    The column of the tower was built from an unprecedented continual pour of concrete.
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2. Wikidata: Calgary Tower
  • Wikidata Q1026689, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q1026689, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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