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Prince of Wales Tower

Canada

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Prince of Wales Tower is the oldest martello tower in North America and is located in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was built in 1796 by Captain James Straton and was used as a redoubt and a powder magazine. Restored, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1943.

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

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