Photography — 1969-08
Post office tower
View from the ground looking up at the Post Office Tower, now known as the BT Tower. The tower was built to provide support for ariels which transmitted and received radio, television and telephone signals in and out of London. The tower is located near to Tottenham Court Road and was officially opened in 1966. Architects Eric Bedford and G. R. Yeats designed the 177m tower which accommodated a further 39m of ariel. For many years it was one of the tallest buildings in London.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG2395/68
- Object name:
- Post office tower
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- 1969-08
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
London Museum
- Image credit:
© Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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