CN Tower
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- This article is about the CN Tower in Toronto. For the CN Tower in Edmonton, see CN Tower (Edmonton).
The CN Tower is a communications and tourist tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is 553.33 metres (1,815.39 ft) tall.[1] It became taller than the Ostankino Tower in Moscow while it was still being built in 1975, becoming the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world. On September 12, 2007, after holding the record for 32 years, the CN tower passed in height by the still-under-construction Burj Dubai.[2] It is an important icon of Toronto and has more than two million visitors every year.[3]
Construction of the tower started on February 6, 1973. It opened to the public for the first time on June 26, 1976.
[change] Name
The "CN" in the tower's name came from the Canadian National Railway, the railway company that built the tower. In 1995, the railway sold the tower to the Canada Lands Company (CLC). Local residents wanted to keep the name CN Tower, though, so the abbreviation is now a shortened form of Canada's National Tower instead of the original Canadian National Tower. Neither of these names are commonly used, though; the tower is usually called the CN Tower.[4]
[change] See also
[change] References
- ↑ CN Tower web site. Retrieved on 26 September 2007.
- ↑ CBC News Story
- ↑ (2005). "Facts at a Glance" (PDF). CN Tower.
- ↑ "Canada's Wonder of the World". CN Tower: Plan Your Visit > Who We Are. CN Tower - Canada Lands Company.
