Cn Tower

The CN Tower

Abby Cherry & Reyna Richards

Location: Toronto, Canada

Height: 1,815.4 ft.

Built in: 1976

Built by: Canadian National, Railway Company

Historical importance: Tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere

Interesting and Fun Facts about CN Tower

* The CN Tower is a communications and tourist tower.

* While still under construction, it became the tallest free-standing structure in the world in 1975.

* The building held the record for 31 years till in 2007 it was surpassed by Burj Dubai..

* CN originally referred to Canadian National Tower but is now known as Canada's National Tower.

* In 1995, the CN Tower was declared as one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

* CN Tower also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers.

* The construction of CN Tower began on February 6, 1973.

* For the foundation, 56,000 tons of dirt and shale were removed to a depth of 15 meters (49.2 ft.) in the center.

* The base of the Tower comprises of 7,000 cubic meters of concrete with 450 tons of rebar and 36 tons of steel cable.

* The Tower was opened for public on June 26, 1976.

* The construction cost of the Tower was approximately CDN$63 million, which was repaid in fifteen years.

* The main portion of The Tower is a hollow concrete hexagonal pillar, containing six elevators.

* Above the pillar there is a 102 m metal broadcast antenna, which is used for carrying TV and radio signals.

* The tourist areas comprise of the main deck level and the higher Sky Pod.

* The main deck level consists of seven stories, some of which are open to public.

* A revolving restaurant, the 360 Restaurant is located at 351 meters (1,151.6 ft.). It completes a full rotation once in every 72 minutes.

* The Sky Pod is the second highest public observation deck in the world.

* A metal staircase reaches the main deck level...