In the base of the tower there are reception rooms where videos explaining the tower's ideological importance are sometimes shown.

In October 2005, Key Bank installed four 15-foot ( 4. 6 m ) long illuminated logos at the base of the tower's crowning pyramid.

When the stream of high speed projectiles reaches the bottom of the tower it is then bent through 90 degrees by a magnet at the tower's base so that it is traveling parallel to Earth's surface, through a large circular underground tunnel similar to a particle accelerator.

The downward force from the weight of the tower is transmitted solely by the stream of projectiles to the bending magnet at the tower's base, and so no materials with extraordinary compressive strength are needed to support the tower itself.

" and his likeness now graces the wall around the tower's base.

Commemorative plaque at the tower's base

File: Path 65 P0002019. jpg | The slender tower's base tapers down to a single point that is bolted to a concrete anchor

In the tower's base is an inscribed stone sent from St. Giles ' as a gift to Yale.

It was also thought that open space near the base of the tower might not be desirable, due to the tower's " wind tunnel " effect.

The tower's walls are between 3. 3 metres and 6. 7 metres thick at the base and 2. 7 metres thick at the top.

At its base, the mast is usually mounted on a thick ceramic insulator, which has the compressive strength to support the tower's weight and the dielectric strength to withstand the high RF voltage applied by the transmitter.

An axial corridor leads from the dwellings to the lighthouse tower's base.

Mercury vapor lighting allowed the installation of a switch at each tower's base.

The base of the tower has a structure similar to a tripod ; from a height of about and above, the tower's structure is cylindrical to offer panoramic views of the river and the city.

Ambrosius was rumoured to be such a child, but when brought before the king, he revealed the real reason for the tower's collapse: below the foundation was a lake containing two dragons who destroyed the tower by fighting.

The tower's tilt began during construction, caused by an inadequate foundation on ground too soft on one side to properly support the structure's weight.

To protect the foundation and manage settlement in the sub-soil, a series of long steel tubes was installed horizontally around and beneath the clock tower's thick foundation.

The hill was renamed Albert Mount and a year later the tower's foundation was laid.

The tower's foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1997.

Demolition of parts of the site commenced in August 1981, and by August 1983 construction had completed on the tower's foundation and three levels of underground parking.

Due to the uneven settling of the tower's foundation to one side by several inches, and the resulting un-alignment of the tower's elevator rails, the grand opening for the complex was delayed until February 1987.

The kinetic energy stored inside the circulating loop of projectiles is vastly greater than the amount lost to inefficiencies, so it would take many hours or even days for the velocity of the projectiles to drop enough to cause problems in supporting the tower's mass.

A gyro tower's observation deck is not simply raised to provide its passengers a spectacular view, it is also rotated around the supporting mast, either once in the raised position or while traveling up and down the center mast.

The frame was constructed from poured-in-place reinforced concrete and employed post-tensioned girders to distribute the weight of each floor to the tower's exterior columns and central core, allowing for a column-free interior.

However, a French court ruled, in June 1990, that a special lighting display on the tower in 1989, for the tower's 100th anniversary, was an " original visual creation " protected by copyright.

Two German churches have challenged the tower's status as the world's most lop-sided building: the 15th-century square Leaning Tower of Suurhusen and the 14th century bell tower in the town of Bad Frankenhausen.

Accompanied by a 40-year-old civilian named Allen Crum — whom the trio encountered as they ran towards the tower — McCoy, Ramirez and Day were the first individuals to reach the tower's observation deck.

Its large circular tower is known as the Tour de Velfaux after the tower's owner, Guillaume de Velfaux, who sold it to Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, the father of Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle.

The tower also boasts an exclusive fitness club and swimming pool situated on the tower's carpark annex roof.

The fire caused the tower's upper spire to tilt slightly, triggering fears the tower might collapse.

Sometimes locally referred to as the Taj McColl after then North Carolina National Bank ( NCNB ) chairman Hugh McColl who was responsible for the tower's construction, on a clear day the tower is visible to the naked eye from away.

The tower's height is roughly equal to that of the Eiffel tower in Paris, which stands approximately 300 metres tall, less its 24-metre television antenna.

Even if all of the tower's power sources failed simultaneously, it would still take a long time for the tower to begin suffering.

The tower now broadcasts Free-to-air terrestrial television and radio stations that use the tower's antenna include:

When construction on the stadium's tower resumed after the 1976 Olympics, a multi-story observatory was added to the plan, accessible via a funicular that travels 266 metres along the curved tower's spine.

There is a theatre which provides a video, produced shortly after the tower opened, on the tower's design and construction.

In 1892 the original Grimsby tower's function was replaced by a smaller weighted accumulator on an adjacent dock, although the tower remains to this day as a well-known landmark.

Advances in the manufacture of ammunition led to the tower's eventual sale and repurposing as a watch tower for the nearby lumberyard.

The tower is tall, from the ground to the tower's cast iron spiral staircase.

The tower is owned by Sutro Tower, Inc., which in turn is owned by a consortium of the four major television broadcasters in San Francisco: KTVU ( owned by Cox Enterprises ), KRON-TV ( owned by the San Francisco Chronicle at the time of the tower's completion, now owned by Young Broadcasting ), KPIX ( a former Group W property, now owned by CBS Corporation ) and KGO-TV ( an ABC-owned station ).

On the night of 10 March 2011 a fire broke out at the clock tower of the castle, causing the tower's roof and second floor collapse into the first floor.

This unit was combined into a portion of the tower's mechanical and storage space above it ( similar to the top floor unit in the north tower ), creating a triplex with over of interior space, multiple terraces and 360-degree views from all floors.

The tower's south-west side blew down in a storm in the early 18th century, but the remaining sections can be accessed via the circular staircase built into one corner of the tower.