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Watkin's Tower

partially completed iron lattice tower in London, England
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Watkin's Tower
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Watkin's Tower

Summary

Watkin's Tower is an observation tower[1]. It draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #21 of 79).[2]

Key Facts

  • Watkin's Tower is located in London[3].
  • Watkin's Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Watkin's Tower's image is recorded as Watkin tower first stage.jpg[5].
  • Watkin's Tower's instance of is recorded as observation tower[6].
  • Watkin's Tower's instance of is recorded as unfinished building[7].
  • Watkin's Tower's architect is recorded as Benjamin Baker[8].
  • Watkin's Tower's commissioned by is recorded as Edward Watkin[9].
  • Watkin's Tower's Commons category is recorded as Watkin's Tower[10].
  • Watkin's Tower's Emporis building ID is recorded as 138720[11].
  • +1894-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Watkin's Tower[12].
  • Watkin's Tower was dissolved in +1907-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Watkin's Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.555555555556, 'lon': -0.27944444444444}[14].
  • Watkin's Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026c_p[15].
  • Watkin's Tower's significant event is recorded as start of construction[16].
  • Watkin's Tower's GeoNames ID is recorded as 8030114[17].
  • Watkin's Tower's SkyscraperPage building ID is recorded as 9233[18].
  • Watkin's Tower's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Watkin's Tower"}[19].
  • Watkin's Tower's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as site-of-the-watkin-tower[20].
  • Watkin's Tower's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[21].

Body

Geography

Watkin's Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in London[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include observation tower[6] and unfinished building[7].

History and Context

+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Watkin's Tower[12].

Why It Matters

Watkin's Tower draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #21 of 79).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved → —
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1907-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Architect → Benjamin Baker
    Inception → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "WatkinsTower::3wfc6"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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