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<p>An <b>observation tower</b> is a tower used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct <a href="Long_distance_observations" title="Long distance observations">long distance observations</a>. Observation towers are usually at least 20 metres (66 ft) tall and are made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as TV towers, restaurants, or churches. The towers first appeared in the ancient world, as long ago as the Babylonian Empire.

</p><p>Observation towers that are used as guard posts or <a href="Observation_post" title="Observation post">observation posts</a> over an extended period to overlook an area are commonly called <a href="Watchtower" title="Watchtower">watchtowers</a> instead.

</p><p>Similar instances of observation towers are recognised as <a href="Crow's_nest" title="Crow's nest">crow's nests</a>, <a href="Observatory" title="Observatory">observatories</a>, <a href="Viewing_platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Viewing platform">viewing platforms</a>, etc.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_usage">Construction and usage</h2></div>

<p>Observation towers are an easily visible sight on the countryside, as they must rise over trees and other obstacles to ensure clear vision. Older control rooms have often been likened to medieval chambers. The heavy use of stone, iron, and wood in their construction helps to create this illusion. Modern towers frequently have <a href="Observation_deck" title="Observation deck">observation decks</a> or terraces with restaurants or on the roof of mountain stations of an aerial ropeway. Frequently observation towers are used also as location of radio services within the <a href="Ultra_high_frequency" title="Ultra high frequency">UHF</a>/<a href="Very_high_frequency" title="Very high frequency">VHF</a> range (<a href="FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM sound broadcasting</a>, TV, public rural broadcasting service, and portable radio service). In some cases this usage of the tower is at least as important as its use as an observation tower. Such towers are usually called <a href="Radio_masts_and_towers" title="Radio masts and towers">TV towers</a> or telecommunication towers. Many towers are also equipped with a tower restaurant and allow visitors access via elevators. Also common is the usage of <a href="Water_towers" class="mw-redirect" title="Water towers">water towers</a> as observation towers. As in the case of TV towers the visitor will usually reach the observation deck by elevator, which is usually at a lower height above ground The typical height of the observation deck of water towers is 20 metres up to 50 metres, while the typical height of the platform of TV towers is from 80 metres up to 200 metres. Finally, some church towers may have observation decks, albeit often without an elevator. Many other buildings may have towers which allow for observation.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dedicated_observation_towers">Dedicated observation towers</h3></div>

<p>In particular prior to World War I <a href="Ramblers" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramblers">rambler</a> associations, and some municipalities, built observation towers on numerous summits. Usually these towers were built of stone, however sometimes wood or iron was also used. At nearly all these towers access to the <a href="Observation_deck" title="Observation deck">observation deck</a>, usually at a height of between 5 and 40 metres, is only possible by way of stairs. Most of these towers are used only for tourism, however some of these towers might also be used, at times of high forest fire risk, as <a href="Fire_lookout_tower" title="Fire lookout tower">fire observation posts</a> or in times of war as <a href="Watchtower" title="Watchtower">military observation posts</a> with <a href="Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> positions placed beside it. Further uses were not intended at most of these buildings, although some of these towers today now carry antennas for police/fire engine radios, portable radio or low power FM- and TV-transmitters. Older observation towers frequently have a flag pole at its top.

</p><p>Some of these towers are permanently accessible, either free or with the payment of an admission fee. Others are accessible only at certain times, in most cases only with the payment of an admission fee. At these towers the platform is usually open, with some having a restaurant in the basement. There are also towers with a much more extensive use; for example. the observation tower on Rossberg mountains in Reutlingen contains a hotel within its structure.

</p><p>Although most of these towers were initially built <a href="Belle_%C3%89poque" title="Belle Époque">before World War I</a>, such structures are still being built, in particular as attractions at <a href="Horticulture" title="Horticulture">horticultural shows</a>. Modern observation towers are in most cases no longer built of brick, but concrete, steel and wood are used as the preferred building materials.

</p><p>Permanent observation towers are also sometimes found in <a href="Amusement_park" title="Amusement park">amusement parks</a>, however in parks where each attraction is not separately paid for, panorama rides are preferred.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Watch_towers">Watch towers</h3></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Watchtower" title="Watchtower">Watchtower</a></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="Fire_lookout_tower" title="Fire lookout tower">Fire lookout tower</a></div>

<p>Watch towers are observation towers, on which persons supervise a larger area. Strictly speaking, <a href="Control_tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Control tower">control towers</a> also fall into this category, although surveillance from these structures is mostly done in a non-optical way using <a href="Radar" title="Radar">Radar</a>. Watch towers usually have a closed pulpit to protect the observer against bad weather. Watch towers do not have an elevator as a rule, since these buildings are mostly not higher than 20 metres. Active watch towers are not as a rule accessible to the public, since they usually serve for the monitoring of sensitive ranges. However watch towers can be quite ordered for forest fire monitoring a platform accessible for the public or be used during times without forest fire risk as observation towers. Shut down watch towers can however be easily converted to observation towers.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_towers">Radio towers</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Radio_masts_and_towers" title="Radio masts and towers">Radio masts and towers</a></div>

<p>Also some radio towers were so built that they can be used apart from their function as transmitting tower also as observation tower. A condition for this is a sufficiently stable construction, which permits a permanent safe visitor entrance without interruption of the transmission services. This is the case for towers for radio services in the UHF/VHF-range the case, not however for most types of radio towers for long and medium wave, why a use of these structures as observation tower is impossible in most cases. That the use of a tower as radio tower for medium wave and observation tower not well fits, showed up in <a href="Funkturm_Berlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Funkturm Berlin">Radio Tower Berlin</a>, which originally carried together with an 80 metres high mast a t-antenna for medium wave and stands on insulators. However one notices at the first experimental transmissions that at the tower voltages would arise, which would have unpleasant consequences for visitors and so the tower was grounded by the elevator shaft. However this shifted direction of main beam of transmitter away from actual supply area, the city of Berlin. As before World War II nearly whole radio traffic took place in the long -, medium and shortwave range, first after World War II with introduction of radio services in UHF/VHF-range required towers only acting as antenna carriers, radio towers with observation decks built. For this the closed reinforced concrete construction way was nearly always used. Radio towers with observation decks often serve for TV transmission or for radio relay link services and are called therefore usually TV tower or telecommunication tower. As a rule an elevator is available in these buildings for the visitors of the observation deck, as the observation deck lies usually very highly (mostly within the range between 50 and 200 metres, at some towers also more highly). Many of these towers have also a tower restaurant, which can be designed as revolving restaurant. While tower restaurants for the protection of the restaurant guests from the wind are in closed rooms, the prospect platform can be open or in a closed room. An open platform is more favourable for photographing, since no reflexes at the disk arise, while closed platforms are for many visitors more pleasant. Prospect outlooks on TV towers are opened only at certain times and their entrance is possible only under payment of an admission fee.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highrise_buildings">Highrise buildings</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="High-rise" class="mw-redirect" title="High-rise">High-rise</a></div>

<p>Also numerous highrise buildings have <a href="Observation_deck" title="Observation deck">observation decks</a>, sometimes even a restaurant. The height of these platforms, which can be glassed or open-air depending on the height of the building, where they are most common on the topmost floor. As a rule access usually requires the payment of an admission fee, is possible by elevator only at dedicated opening times.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_towers">Water towers</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Water_tower" title="Water tower">Water tower</a></div>

<p>Also numerous water towers have, a usually open-air observation deck opened for public traffic, whose height is mostly as the height of older observation towers in the height range between 10 and 50 metres. It can be reached depending upon tower by stairs or by an elevator. Some water towers have also a tower restaurant. Prospect platforms of water towers are nearly only accessible under payment during the opening times, which are different for each tower.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Church_towers">Church towers</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Steeple_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steeple (architecture)">Steeple (architecture)</a></div>

<p>Also some church towers possess observation decks. However elevators are only available in rare cases. The entrance of this platform is in contrast to the entrance of the church usually only possible under payment an admission fee at the opening times of the church. The height of the observation decks is usually in the range between 20 and 50 metres. The platform is nearly always open-air.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lighthouses">Lighthouses</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Lighthouse" title="Lighthouse">Lighthouse</a></div>

<p>Some lighthouses have an observation deck open to the public. Access is usually by stairs. An admission fee is often charged and hours may be limited. The observation deck of a lighthouse is usually between 10 and 50 metres high, and is almost always open air.

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<p>Some sports facilities have high buildings with observation decks. This is often the case at ski jumps, as these have a tower and are usually unused in the summer. In addition, there are other sports facilities with observation decks, like the inclined tower of the Montreal Olympic stadium. Access to the platform of nearly all sports facilities with observation deck is only possible during opening times after paying an admission fee. Depending upon the building the access can be done by an elevator and/or a stairway. The platforms can be vitreous or open. The height above ground lies usually between 10 and 50 metres.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fire_lookout_towers">Fire lookout towers</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="List_of_fire_lookout_towers" title="List of fire lookout towers">List of fire lookout towers</a></div>

<p><a href="Fire_lookout_towers" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire lookout towers">Fire lookout towers</a> have been used widely in Australia, Canada, and the United States to hoist <a href="Fire_lookouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire lookouts">fire lookout persons</a> to heights where they can identify and report new wildfires. In the United States, there once were over 5,000 fire lookout towers.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bird_observation_towers">Bird observation towers</h3></div>

<p>Areas where birdlife congregates are often associated with bird observation towers to assist with viewing.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hyperboloid_structures">Hyperboloid structures</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="List_of_hyperboloid_structures" title="List of hyperboloid structures">List of hyperboloid structures</a></div>

<p><a href="Hyperboloid_structure" title="Hyperboloid structure">Hyperboloid structures</a> have a <a href="Hyperboloid" title="Hyperboloid">hyperboloid</a> shape that is usually <a href="Lattice_tower" title="Lattice tower">lattice</a> framework and an <a href="Observation_deck" title="Observation deck">observation deck</a> on top.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_towers">Other towers</h3></div>

<p>There are also some very different observation towers, which don't fit into other categories. Examples for this are the <a href="Henninger_Turm" title="Henninger Turm">Henninger Turm</a>, a grain silo with tower restaurant and observation deck in Frankfurt, the <a href="Bell_Tower_of_Berlin_Olympic_Stadium" title="Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium">bell tower of Berlin Olympic stadium</a>, whose platform is accessible by an elevator, the winding tower of the mining industry museum in Bochum, which has an open-air observation deck to which an elevator runs or a wind turbine in Holtriem wind park, which is equipped with a closed platform accessible over stairs. Also aerial tramway support towers, which serve as observation tower (and aerial tramway station), were realized, like <a href="Torre_Jaume_I" title="Torre Jaume I">Torre Jaume I</a> in Barcelona. Even on the pylons of suspension bridges were already observation decks installed, as the example of <a href="Nov%C3%BD_Most" class="mw-redirect" title="Nový Most">Nový Most</a> in Bratislava shows. A very unusual observation tower is <a href="Pont_basculant_de_la_Seyne-sur-Mer" title="Pont basculant de la Seyne-sur-Mer">Pont basculant de la Seyne-sur-Mer</a>. It was once a bascule bridge, now permanently put upright and used as observation tower.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3></div>

<p>In Germany, observation towers first appeared on the countryside at the end of the 18th century. These early towers were often built by wealthy <a href="Aristocracy_(class)" title="Aristocracy (class)">aristocrats</a>. It was not until the mid-19th century that citizens took control of the construction of such towers. In Austria and Switzerland many observation towers were established by alpine and tourist associations, and continue to be cared for by them. In the Waldigen Mountains, many citizen committees were active. Because of the long reign of emperor <a href="Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria" title="Franz Joseph I of Austria">Franz Joseph</a>, many observation decks carry the name "anniversary observation platform". The invention of the elevator in the late 19th century made taller observation decks possible. Most notably, the <a href="Eiffel_Tower" title="Eiffel Tower">Eiffel Tower</a> and the <a href="Blackpool_Tower" title="Blackpool Tower">Blackpool Tower</a> were built in this era. Radio towers developed as combined sending and observation tower between 1924 and 1926 in the city of <a href="Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>. After <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, a great need for tall observation towers arose, due to their dual usage as television and radio transmitters. In large cities, the desire existed to provide these towers with a tower restaurant and an observation deck, in order to make the building of towers more economical via admission fees and increased notability. Several water towers were also built with this in mind, but many have not survived to the modern day.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Deck_(building)" title="Deck (building)">Deck (building)</a></li>

<li><a href="Dubai_Creek_Tower" title="Dubai Creek Tower">Dubai Creek Tower</a> - Proposed <a href="Guy-wire" title="Guy-wire">guy-wire</a> observation tower</li>

<li><a href="Gyro_tower" title="Gyro tower">Gyro tower</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_tallest_towers_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest towers in the world">List of tallest towers in the world</a></li>

<li><a href="Observation_car" title="Observation car">Observation car</a></li>

<li><a href="Observation_deck" title="Observation deck">Observation deck</a></li>

<li><a href="Observation_wheel" class="mw-redirect" title="Observation wheel">Observation wheel</a></li></ul>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFKleinmanns1999" class="citation book cs1">Kleinmanns, Joachim (1999). <i>Schau ins Land. Aussichtstürme</i>. Marburg: Jonas-Verlag. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>3-89445-252-8</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>

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