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The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Millennium Spire or the Monument of Light [3] (Irish: An Túr Solais), [4] is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument 120 metres (390 ft) in height, [5] located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar (and prior to that a statue of William Blakeney) on O'Connell Street, the main thoroughfare of Dublin, Ireland.
Spire of Dublin: Monument 120 394 2002 [35] [36] 5 Donnybrook transmitter Lattice Tower radio transmitter 109.7 360 [37] [38] 6 Dublin Airport air traffic control tower Air traffic control tower 87.7 288 2020 [39] The Republic of Ireland's tallest occupied structure
Spire of Dublin, 120 m (390 ft) Spire of Hope, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast*, 40 m (130 ft) Gantry Cranes "Samson", Harland and Wolff, Belfast*, 106 m (348 ft) Bridges River Suir Bridge, Waterford, 112 m (367 ft) Boyne River Bridge, 95 m (312 ft) Windmills Kilgarvan Wind Farm (group of 14 wind turbines), 93 m (305 ft) Obelisks
In fact the pew register for this church lists many of the persons prominent in Dublin public life in this century. Around the same time, John Smith (or Smyth) was the architect of an upper gallery for schoolchildren. The tower and spire were added the following year.
Dublin is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. A suburb of Columbus, it falls within the jurisdictions of Franklin, Delaware, and Union counties. [5] The population was 49,328 at the 2020 census. [6] Dublin has the highest concentration of Asians of any Ohio city. The Dublin Irish Festival advertises itself as the largest three-day Irish festival ...
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [6]
The Spire of Dublin, erected in 2003, viewed from Henry Street. On 29 April 1969 the Irish parliament passed the Nelson Pillar Act, terminating the Pillar Trust and vesting ownership of the site in Dublin Corporation. The trustees received £21,170 in compensation for the Pillar's destruction, and a further sum for loss of income. [108]
Between December 2002 and January 2003, the Spire of Dublin was erected on O'Connell Street. A 120 m tall tapered metal pole, it is the tallest structure of Dublin city centre, visible for miles. It was assembled from seven pieces with the largest crane available in Ireland. It replaced Nelson's Pillar which was blown up in 1966.