Niagara Scenic Tower
Bain, Jack (1966) Niagara Scenic Tower. [Image]
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Official URL: https://www.skylon.com/
Abstract
The Skylon Tower, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is an observation tower that overlooks both the American Falls, New York, and the larger Horseshoe Falls, Ontario, from the Canadian side of the Niagara River.
Construction of the Skylon began in May 1964. The tower was opened on October 6, 1965, by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Ontario Premier John Robarts. Costing $7 million at the time of its construction, the Skylon Tower was owned by a private partnership called Niagara International Centre, which was financed by Hershey Foods shareholdings of Charles Richard Reese, former co-owner of the H. B. Reese Candy Company of Hershey, Pennsylvania. Canadian Pacific Hotels was hired to operate the tower restaurants and lounges. (Wikipedia)
Additional Information
| Item Type: | Image | ||
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| Source Media: | 35 mm slide | ||
| Collection: | Bain/O'Gorman | ||
| Sub-Collection Title: | Around the world in 1966 - Canada |
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| Date: | October 1966 | ||
| Keywords: | Canada; Skylon Tower - Ontario - Canada; Towers | ||
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| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2023 06:58 | ||
| Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2023 00:15 | ||
| Copyright Owner: | Queensland University of Technology | ||
| Copyright Statement: | You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute Queensland University of Technology | ||
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| Location | 43.085278, -79.079722 | ||
| URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/7080 | ||
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| Admin: | item control page [repository staff only] |