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National Lift Tower

Northampton, United Kingdom

The 159th tallest tower in the world

127.5 m · 418 ft

The National Lift Tower (previously called the Express Lift Tower) is a lift-testing tower built by the Express Lift Company (a lifts division of the General Electric Company) off Weedon Road in Northampton, England. The structure was commissioned in 1978 with construction commencing in 1980 and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 November 1982. It has been a Grade II Listed Building since 1997. The tower can be viewed from Arbury Hill, the highest point in Northamptonshire.

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

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