Skylon Tower - - Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
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N 43° 05.110 W 079° 04.817
17T E 656258 N 4772061
The Skylon Tower is located at 5200 Robinson Street, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMXH5H
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/13/2018
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The Skylon Tower dominates the skyline of Niagara Falls during the day and when lighted at night. It is a 560' observation tower that has a rotating restaurant at the top. Construction of the $7,000,000 tower began in May 1964 and opened on October 6, 1965. It was designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects in the Googie style of architecture and Pigott Construction Company was the main contractor.
On the outside of each of the three sides of the tower a yellow elevator can carry passengers to the top of the tower. The distance is covered in 52 seconds. At the top of the tower there is a revolving restaurants that seats 276 people and rotates once per hour. Above is a this restaurant is the smaller Summit Suite Buffet restaurant. An observation deck sits at the tower's summit.