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	BT Tower on DigiLondon - The London visitor resource
		The BT Tower in London, England, previously the Post Office Tower and also the London Telecom Tower, is a tall cylindrical building at 60 Cleveland Street in Fitzrovia.
		The tower was commissioned by the General Post Office (GPO).
		The tower was designed by the architects of the Ministry of Public Building and Works: the chief architects were Eric Bedford and G. Yeats.
	digilondon.com /location/bt-tower (417 words)

	BT Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The BT Tower in London, England, previously the Post Office Tower and also the London Telecom Tower, is a tall cylindrical building at 60 Cleveland Street in Fitzrovia.
		The tower was officially opened to the public on May 16, 1966 by Tony Benn and Billy Butlin.
		According to the novelization, the tower is headquarters for the "Eye", or the visual surveillance division of the government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Post_Office_Tower (1076 words)

	BT Tower
		The BT Tower, previously the Post Office Tower, is a strikingly tall cylindrical building in London, at 60 Cleveland Street W1.
		An IRA bomb exploded at the tower on October 31, 1971 and it was subsequently closed to the public for security reasons.
		The restaurant has been re-opened, and is now used by BT for corporate entertainment: since the re-discovery of spare parts for the mechanism, they even rotate it occasionally.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bt/BT_Tower.html (435 words)

	BT Tower in London
		BT Tower - still called the Post Office tower by many - was built in the 1960s as an aerial tower for microwave communications (these days largely redundant)
		Regarded as of strategic importance, the tower did not appear on maps until relatively recently and even taking a photograph of it was technically illegal.
		The lifts in the tower are some of the fastest in Europe taking just over 20 seconds to reach the top.
	www.streetsensation.co.uk /sights/bt_tower.htm (124 words)

	Pur Down BT Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pur Down BT Tower was built in 1970 and is located on a hill just north of the city centre of Bristol, UK (National Grid Reference: ST610764).
		It is one of twelve reinforced concrete towers owned by BT in the UK.
		It is one of the few telecommunication towers in the UK built of reinforced concrete.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pur_Down_BT_Tower (170 words)

	BT Tower - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The BT Tower in London, previously the Post Office Tower and also the London Telecom Tower, is a strikingly tall cylindrical building at 60 Cleveland Street, W1.
		The tower is toppled over and later eaten by Twinkle the giant kitten in The Goodies episode Kitten Kong.
		The tower is destroyed through sabotage in the Alan Moore graphic novel (soon to be a movie) V for Vendetta.
	voyager.in /Post_Office_Tower (732 words)

	BT Tower - London W1
		The BT Tower in London's West End, previously the Post Office Tower, is a strikingly tall cylindrical building at 60 Cleveland Street, W1.
		The tower was commissioned by the GPO when it was responsible for both post and phones in the 1960s.
		The primary purpose of the tower was to support the microwave aerials then used to carry telecommunications traffic from London to the rest of the country.
	wwp.londonw1.com /cleveland-street/bt-tower (570 words)

	BT Today: Birmingham’s BT Tower is 40
		The 498ft tall tower was officially opened in 1967 – two years after the BT Tower in London was opened - but building work was completed in 1966.
		The tower’s former manager Eric Foster, now an Openreach manager, outlined why the tower was built and he explained its function and shared some of his personal memories of working there.
		BT senior media relations manager Emma Tennant, who organised the anniversary event, said: "Although other tall buildings have grown up over the years, and others, even taller are planned, the Birmingham tower is still the tallest building in the city - and possibly in the Midlands, so it's of great local interest.
	www.btplc.com /today/art59049.html (354 words)

	British Telecom - BT TOWER - London
		The tower was built by the GPO (General Post Office) between 1961 and 1965 as a major radio and telephony link station.
		There is a revolving restaurant near the top of the tower which is now closed to the public due to the threat of a terrorist bombing in 1971.
		The tower is 189 meters tall and is now known as The BT Tower since the GPO was split up in the 1980's and the telecommunications part of the organisation privatised to form British Telecom.
	www.arar93.dsl.pipex.com /mds975/masts/bt_tower.html (233 words)

	Post Office Tower
		The Tower was opened to the Public at 3 pm on 19th May 1966 by Tony Benn and Billy Butlin.
		The latest BT logo (connected world) is displayed on either side of the entrance, while the notice reminds us that...
		Developed for BT by Wolff Ollins, the "connected world" globe was originally used exclusively as the logo for BT Openworld.
	www.lightstraw.co.uk /ate/main/postofficetower (1203 words)

	BT Tower, London
		The BT Tower was topped out on 15th July 1964, became operational on 8th October 1965 and received its public opening on 19th May 1966, conducted by Anthony Wedgwood Benn (Tony Benn) who was the Postmaster General.
		BT Tower's cylindrical design allows for a precise 360 degree placement of telecommunications apparatus and its minimal sway is intended to minimise disruption to these instruments.
		The BT Tower (formerly Post Office Tower) was London's second tallest structure until the completion of One Canada Square in 1991.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=110690 (794 words)

	PB Network \| Issue 60 \| Building Our Future
		BT Stadium House in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, and the BT Radio Tower in the centre of Birmingham, England’s second largest city, are high-profile design projects.
		With the addition of a roof mounted “skylon” and carousel structure that hides all of the telecommunications equipment, the 120-m (400-foot) BT tower is now the tallest in Wales and is a positive addition to the image of BT for the city of Cardiff.
		BT Stadium House in Cardiff was completed in January 2004 and it is now known to the local people of Cardiff as “The Doughnut”a term of affection in contrast to the city’s previous ambivalence to the tower.
	www.pbworld.com /news_events/publications/network/tools/print_article.asp?referrer=/news_events/publications/network/issue_60/60_04_Speechly.asp (1640 words)

	BT TOWER -- ELEVATOR WORLD FEBRUARY 2000
		The BT Tower (or Post Office Tower as it was originally known) in the heart of London, England is one such building.
		The modernisation of the tower's two high-speed lifts was obviously a key element in the project.
		This is not an easy task to perform in high towers, as the building is always moving and flexing, so the final setup of the guides has to be performed on a single calm day over the rail's total length.
	www.elevator-world.com /magazine/archive01/0002-001.html-ssi (2057 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - BT Tower celebrates 40th birthday (Site not responding. Last check: )
		BT Tower, one of London's most famous landmarks, is due to celebrate its 40th birthday with a special party for workers and guests.
		BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland said: "BT Tower is an iconic London symbol, viewed with great affection by the general public.
		The Tower has had its fair share of dramatic events, including a bomb explosion on the 31st floor in 1971, which led to security being tightened and the building largely closed to the public.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=2052642005 (413 words)

	Definition of BT Tower
		5:...of the transmission antenna is at the apex of the tower.
		1:...in [[London]], and the [[Kremlin towersSpasskaya Tower]] of the [[Moscow Kremlin]].
		The tower was initially known as the JG Strijdom Tower after [[JG Strijdom]], the South African [[Prime...
	www.wordiq.com /search/BT_Tower.html (746 words)

	BT Tower preserved for the nation
		BT Tower in central London - recently bathed in green light to launch a rival directory enquiries service - has been listed by the Government.
		The move means that the tower can't be demolished, and should ensure that any proposed alterations should respect the particular character and interest of the building.
		The tower - formerly the Post Office Tower, before Margaret Thatcher split telecommunications away from snailmail - has been closed to the public for more than 30 years, after a terrorist bomb led to the closure of the observation galleries in 1971.
	forum.treweeke.com /index.php?topic=468.0 (330 words)

	BT tests gigabit routers
		BT is piloting gigabit routers at its facilities in BT Tower, London, and Martelsham.
		BT is testing the Cisco GSR 12000, the Lucent Packetstar 6400 and the Juniper M40, which is supplied by Ericsson.
		BT is installing synchronous digital hierachy (SDH) equipment on its existing infrastructure to enable the network to transmit data at up to 124Gbps.
	www.computing.co.uk /articles/print/2103838 (319 words)

	GCHQ Sigint Tower
		The tower was craftily erected between two BT microwave radio towers carrying telephone traffic.
		The ETF tower was operated by personnel from an RAF unit based in Malvern, Worcestershire.
		BT refused to say whether this had been done with their knowledge and consent.
	cryptome.sabotage.org /gchq-etf.htm (1575 words)

	The Filter^: The BT (or Post Office) Tower
		BT still owns the tower, obviously, and large swathes of the fixed-line network are still owned and managed by BT whether or not the data being carried on it is destined for one of its customers.
		On the contrary, it is in the modernity and cultural ambition explicit in a telecoms-mast-made-skyscraper that gives the BT Tower its authenticity, its integrity and its aesthetic value.
		The BT tower needs virtually no signage (indeed it could be improved by the removal of some of it), and neither does the Lloyds building.
	thefilter.blogs.com /thefilter/2005/10/the_bt_or_post_.html (1371 words)

	BT Tower among icons of technology \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		The BT Tower, a monument to Harold Wilson's vision of a Britain shimmering in the "white heat of technology", was yesterday awarded listed building status by the government - along with a telescope, a 20th century concrete lighthouse, a satellite antenna, and a radar training centre.
		The Post Office tower, renamed the BT Tower in the 1980s, has been an unmissable feature of the London skyline since 1961, variously regarded as a wonder, an eyesore, a useful landmark and a blatant temptation to terrorists.
		The original purpose of the tower, designed and built by the Ministry of Public Building and Works, was to transmit high frequency radio waves, to allow a rapid expansion of the telephone network without the crippling ex pense of tunnelling under the capital to lay cables.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,922626,00.html (387 words)

	BT Today: BT Tower in pollution study
		BT Tower in London is being used in a major study to help improve the air quality in the capital – with the aim of reducing serious effects on human health.
		A consortium of universities and environmental experts has installed monitoring equipment at the top of the 170-metre BT Tower to measure high-level pollutants over London.
		BT environment manager Simon Paul said: "As well as its height, the BT Tower is ideally situated in central London and its round shape is also helpful in avoiding air turbulence.
	www.btplc.com /today/art60460.html (208 words)

	Post Office Tower
		The Tower was opened to the Public at 3 pm on 19th May 1966 by Tony Benn and Billy Butlin.
		The latest BT logo (connected world) is displayed on either side of the entrance, while the notice reminds us that...
		Developed for BT by Wolff Ollins, the "connected world" globe was originally used exclusively as the logo for BT Openworld.
	lightstraw.co.uk /ate/main/postofficetower (1203 words)

	BT Tower - Places to Go - London Logue
		The BT Tower was built in the early 1960s as a telecommunications tower, it opened in 1964 and the public first had access in 1966.
		It’s 620ft(188m) high and was built in its cylindrical shape because in high winds(up to 95mph) the tower would only move about 10 inches and the microwave signals it was built to recieve were better picked up with less movement.
		In the mad British way with secrecy the tower didn’t officially exist until the mid-1990s and wasn’t on maps, and it was against the Official Secrets Act to photograph it.
	www.londonlogue.com /places-to-go/bt-tower.html (460 words)

	BT ChildLine Awards 2004
		The BT ChildLine Award 2004 winners, Wayne Barham, Melrose (Mel) Diack, Marilyn Holness and Tony Thornton, were chosen from hundreds of nominations — made by children across the UK — as ‘everyday superheroes’ whose commitment to changing the lives of children and young people shone through their heart-warming success stories.
		A special BT ChildLine Award was also presented today to the pioneering children’s author Jacqueline Wilson OBE, who was nominated by the BT ChildLine Awards’ young judges, in recognition of the way her writing has given millions of children and young people a unique insight into challenging subjects.
		BT Group plc is the holding company for an integrated group of communications businesses and is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
	www.childline.org.uk /BTChildLineAwards2004.asp (2351 words)

	Sky News - Milestone For BT Tower
		The BT Tower, one of London's most famous landmarks, is celebrating its 40th birthday with a special party for workers and guests.
		BT chairman Sir Christopher Bland said: "BT Tower is an iconic London symbol, viewed with great affection by the general public.
		The Tower has had its fair share of drama, including a bomb explosion on the 31st floor in 1971.
	news.sky.com /skynews/article/0,,30100-13448049,00.html?f=rss (188 words)

	Department for Culture Media and Sport - Once Wilson's "White Heat", Now History: Tessa Blackstone Lists Bt Tower
		Structures like the BT Tower and the ntl Broadcasting Tower are cultural and architectural icons of Harold Wilson's 'white heat of technology'.
		BT Tower, Cleveland Mews, London –; Grade II The BT Tower, once known as the Post Office Tower, has adorned the London skyline since it was built by the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1961-65.
		The first purpose-built tower to transmit high frequency radio waves it was designed to allow for the rapid expansion of telephone communications and to overcome the difficulty of laying cables in London.
	www.culture.gov.uk /Reference_library/Press_notices/archive_2003/dcms37_2003.htm (1121 words)

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