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THE POST OFFICE TOWER, LONDON

The Tower itself is 580 feet, with a 40-foot lattice mast above it. It weighs 13,000 tons and contains 780 tons of steel. The two lifts travel at 1000 feet a minute and the Revolving Restaurant near the top of the Tower makes between 2 and 3 revolutions each hour.