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Albert Tower

Isle of Man

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Albert Tower on the Isle of Man is a historic monument which is one of Isle of Man's Registered Buildings. It was registered on 27 January 2003 as number 214. The 45 feet (14 m) high slate and granite tower was built in 1848 to commemorate the visit of Albert, Prince Consort to the spot in the previous year. It was used as a lookout in World War II and has been closed since.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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