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This is where the grand
Crystal Palace stood until the fire of 1936. All that is left are the ruined
terraces. The amazing water towers designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel were
demolished in the war as it was believed they were being used by the Luftwaffe
to get their bearings when bombing London.
We do have the tallest
structure in London and England's tallest self supporting tower. The tower
itself is 196m but standing on top of a hill can be seen from all over London
and large parts of Surrey & Kent. It is also the most powerful TV
transmitter in the UK pumping out 1000Kw. The transmitter was built and managed
by the BBCand now managed by Crown Castle.
About a mile south of
here is another smaller TV transmitter built to carry the original ITV
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