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Hillbrow Tower. Hillbrow Tower (right) with the Ponte Apartment building and the skyline of Hillbrow. The Hillbrow Tower (formerly JG Strijdom Tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m (883 ft), it was the tallest structure and tower in Africa for 50 years, until it was surpassed in 2021 by ...
A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes ...
The tower clock of Norwich Cathedral constructed c. 1273 (reference to a payment for a mechanical clock dated to this year) is the earliest such large clock known. The clock has not survived. [95] The first clock known to strike regularly on the hour, a clock with a verge and foliot mechanism, is recorded in Milan in 1336. [96]
RadWagon 4 Electric Cargo Bike. This powerful e-cargo has enough power and throttle, it can give you a scooter-like ride when you want it. It's got 22-inch-high, 3-inch-wide tires for smooth ...
Carlton Centre. The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres (732 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. It is today the continent's fifth tallest building after The Leonardo (also in ...
Aylesbury (/ ˈ eɪ l z b ər i / AYLZ-bər-ee) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, South East England.It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and the Waterside Theatre. [4] [5] It is located in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milton Keynes.
The Tower of the Winds in Athens, built c. 50 BC during Roman Greece Clock Tower, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. The use of clock towers dates back to antiquity. The earliest clock tower was the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which featured eight sundials and was created in the 1st century BC during the period of Roman Greece.
BikeTown Africa ( BTA) is a charity founded in 2006 by two cyclist friends, David B. and Steve M. [citation needed] Between 2006 and 2012, BikeTown Africa delivered more than 2,000 new, custom-made bicycles to healthcare workers in Sub-Saharan Africa. [citation needed] The charity has operated largely as a partnership between Bicycling Magazine ...