Another View Of Halifax

This is the view over King Cross and Over to wards Emily Moor (Huddersfield)

The Tower at the front is called Wainhouse Tower. The Tower in the distance is Emily Moor TV Mast Build in the 1970 Height - 330m

FACTS ABOUT EMILY MOOR TV MAST
On 19th March 1969 the weight of the ice and the severe winds caused the mast to buckle and collapse resulting in a loss of service to 6 million viewers.

NEW TOWER
Emley Moor is the tallest self-supporting television mast in Britain standing at a height of 330m (1083ft.). The concrete section reaches to 275m (900ft.) and at this level there is an observation room which is reached by a maintenance lift. The lift journey takes 7 minutes to complete!

At the top of the tower is a 55m (180 ft.) steel lattice mast which carries the transmitting aerial panels.

On 21-Jan-1971 the new tower started to broadcast to Yorkshire

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FACTS ABOUT WAINHOUSE TOWER:
Wainhouse Tower, built in the 19th century, is one of the most prominent landmarks in Calderdale. Visitors can you walk up its 403 steps in order to see a magnificent view of the district.
The original concept came from John Edward Wainhouse who owned the Washer Lane Dyeworks, which he had inherited from his uncle in 1854. At the time, Halifax Corporation was urgently trying to implement measures to control the amount of smoke in the atmosphere. As the Dyeworks was contributing to the pollution problem, Wainhouse decided that it would be a good idea to build a chimney, which would be connected to the Dyeworks by an underground flue. Wainhouse had a good appreciation of architecture, and insisted that the chimney be an object of beauty.

The original architect was Isaac Booth. Work commenced in 1871, using locally quarried stone. Following a dispute with Wainhouse, Isaac Booth left the project and Richard Dugdale was appointed to take his place. Dugdale was responsible for the upper section of the Tower with its balcony and elaborate lantern dome. It was completed on the 9th September 1875 at a cost of £15,000.

John Edward Wainhouse died in July 1883 and the Tower was offered for sale by auction. The Tower had been in the ownership of several people when in 1918, the Halifax Courier organised a public subscription in order for Halifax Corporation to purchase the structure. On May 30 1919, the deed of ownership passed to the Council where it has remained ever since.

Because it has never been used for its original purpose, the Tower is sometimes referred to as Wainhouse?s Folly. However, during the Second World War it was used as an observation post. The entrance has also been utilized as a hen cote!

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