A statue of Poseidon stood atop the tower during the Roman period.

The ruling class among the mediaeval townsfolk were rich merchant families whose houses stood right near the castle tower and were surrounded by the first town wall once it was built.

The tower stood half-vacant for a decade as a surplus of office space was erected in Chicago in the 1980s.

Based on the ideas of Le Corbusier and using new skyscraper-building techniques, the modernist city stood for the elimination of disorder, congestion, and the small scale, replacing them with preplanned and widely spaced freeways and tower blocks set within gardens.

When Elizabeth arrived, time stood literally still, as the great tower clock of the castle was stopped for the time of her visit.

Upon completion in 1382 the tower stood 109 metres tall.

Significant changes to the cathedral were made by the architect James Wyatt in 1790, including replacement of the original rood screen and demolition of the bell tower which stood about 320 feet ( 100 m ) north west of the main building.

The tower is often known as the " Angel Steeple ", after a gilded angel that one stood on on of its pinnacles.

Among his creations were a battering ram long, requiring 1000 men to operate it ; and a wheeled siege tower named " Helepolis " ( or " Taker of Cities ") which stood tall and wide, weighing 360, 000 pounds.

The temple of Q ' uq ' umatz once stood between the Temple of Tohil ( tower at middle left ) and the Temple of Awilix ( at back ).

As a result of this tragedy, a water tower was erected on Main Street near the present day Sheriff's Annex, where it stood until Hurricane Betsy destroyed it in 1965.

A castle stood in IJsselstein from 1300 to 1888 ; the tower survives.

: ".. rising black, blacker and darker than the vast shades amid which it stood, the cruel pinnacles and iron crown of the topmost tower of Barad-dûr ..."

# The castle from which arrows were shot at those who would enter the Wicket Gate is the stand-alone tower, the remnant of an abbey that stood beside the church.

Epsom Clock Tower was built in 1847, replacing the watchhouse which stood from the 17th century, and was built to 70 feet of red and suffolk brick, with heraldic lions of Caen Stone at the four corners of the tower base.

It originally stood at Canewdon but was reassembled in Chelmsford in 1959 and is the only Chain Home tower still in its original unmodified form in the UK.

Church records indicate that Jan Wnęk launched from a special ramp on top of the Odporyszów church tower ; The tower stood 45 m high and was located on top of a 50 m hill, making a 95 m ( 311 ft ) high launch above the valley below.

* A large wooden Chinese pagoda tower that once stood at a monastery in this sector of the city, which held the supposed ' Buddha's teeth ' brought by a pilgrim monk who traveled from India.

After it was built in 611 by Emperor Yang of Sui, the tower stood at a height of tall ( 90 ft. taller than the brick-constructed Giant Wild Goose Pagoda ) and 120 paces in circumference ; unfortunately it no longer stands.

The tower is to be located in the northeast corner of the World Trade Center site, where the former 5 World Trade Center stood, with the original 2 WTC offset to the southwest.

Marsh, the 380-ft tower stood empty for five years after its completion in 1967.

An interlocking tower ( WX ) stood here.

`` There's a tower and a steeple on the church a million feet high.

The slow tapping of a cane on the stone steps coming up to the tower interrupted his reverie.

The tower is decorated with monograms of Jesus ( JHS ), Maria ( M with the ducal crown ) and Joseph ( JHP ), made ​​ of ceramic pieces that stand out golden on the green background that covers the facade.

The city fell on 18 December, and the forces of Alfonso occupied the Azuda, the government tower.

Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

Little remains of the claustral buildings of the Abbey except for the impressive gatehouse, which stretches between the south-west corner of the church and a defensive tower on the High Street, and the still complete Abbot's House, a building of the 13th, 15th and 16th centuries, which is the best-preserved of its type in Scotland.

This came as no surprise, since Abdallah had already demonstrated his affection for his grandson in many ways, namely by allowing him to live in his own tower ( something he did not allow for any of his sons ), and allowing him to sit on the throne on some festive occasions.

The first was a radio receiver, such as the Icom PCR-1000, that could tune into the Reverse Channel, which is the frequency that the phones transmit data to the tower on.

On a 30 metre high tower, this turbine can provide enough power to supplement solar power on cloudy days.

It is the only observation tower which stands on insulators, and has a restaurant and an observation deck above ground, which is reachable by a windowed elevator.

* The Cardinalis tower was constructed in the 14th century as a bell tower for the Dominican convent, which was founded on the bequest of Hugh of Saint-Cher.

A tower house was built on the estate by the Gordons.

Twelve men survived the sinking of the submarine: the crews of her two deck guns and those who had been on the conning tower.

The tower which remains from the original Norman church and stands on the north side of the church ( the upper part is 15th century ) was, until the loss of its spire in 1699, 150 ft high.

The blue tower in the centre, the Basler Messeturm | Messeturm, was Switzerland's tallest building 2003-10 ; the bridge on the extreme right is the Wettsteinbrücke, Basel's second oldest bridge but recently replaced by a new structure.

Its importance was instead conveyed by the height of the tower ( prasat ) rising above it, by its location at the centre of the temple, and by the greater decoration on its walls.

Clockwise from top left: The central street of Dubrovnik, the Stradun ( street ) | Stradun, in ruins during the Siege of Dubrovnik ; the damaged Vukovar water tower, a symbol of the early conflict, flying the Flag of Croatia | Croatian tricolour ; soldiers of the Croatian Army getting ready to destroy a Republic of Serbian Krajina | Serbian tank ; the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery ; a Serbian T-55 tank destroyed on the road to Drniš

Since the Byzantine army was still holding on after this defeat the sultan thought it was time to set up his secret weapon, a huge mobile tower.

* Conning tower, a raised platform on a ship or submarine

Another common feature is the spire, a tall tower on the " west " end of the church or over the crossing.