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Post Office Tower (now BT Tower), 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London: a lounge in the tower
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NOTES: Eric Bedford was the Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Works (MOPBW) responsible for the design of the tower.
Post Office Underground Railway (Rail Mail), Paddington District Office, London
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NOTES: The Post Office (London) Railway Bill was passed by a Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1913 which reccommended the construction of an electric railway with driverless trains to connect the West and East ends of London. Construction of the tunnels began in 1914 and was completed in 1917. The operating equipment was not installed until after World War I and the railway finally opened on 5 December 1927 with parcels traffic running between Paddington and Mount Pleasant. The line was extended to Liverpool Street on 2 January 1928.
Communications towers, 101 (centre left) and 120 Collins Street (centre), Melbourne, Victoria
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NOTES: Denton Corker Marshall designed the tower at 101 Collins Street which replaced the Consolidated Zinc Building, and Daryl Jackson designed the one at 120 Collins Street.
BT Tower (formerly the Post Office Tower), 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, at dusk
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NOTES: Eric Bedford was the Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Works (MOPBW) responsible for the design of the tower.
Royal Festival Hall and the Shot Tower, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London: the riverside facade
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NOTES: The Shot Tower, designed by David Riddal Roper, was built for Thomas Maltby & Company in 1826 and remained in use for the production of lead shot balls until 1949, after which it was incorporated into the scheme for the 1951 Festival of Britain on the South Bank of the River Thames. In 1950 the top of the tower was removed and a steel-framed superstructure was added instead, providing a radio beacon for the duration of the Festival. It was demolished after the Festival to make way for the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which opened in 1967.
TV Tower, Eixo Monumental, Brasilia
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NOTES: The city of Brasilia was planned and developed in 1956 with Lucio Costa as chief urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer as principal architect. It formally became the capital of Brazil in 1960 and is the seat of all three branches of the Brazilian government. This telecommunications tower was designed by Lucio Costa.
BT Tower (formerly the Post Office Tower), 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, seen from Mortimer Street after the demolition of the Middlesex Hospital
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NOTES: Eric Bedford was the Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Works (MOPBW) responsible for the design of the tower.
Telecommunications tower, Montjuic, Barcelona
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NOTES: This steel tower was built in 1989-1992 for Telefonica to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona.