NEW TOWER OF BABEL
FRENCH ENGINEER’S SCHEME. “LIGHTHOUSE OF WORLD.” (Received 16, 10.10 a.m.) Paris, March 15. M. Freysinnet, a well-known engineer, has prepared plans of a tower in reinforced concrete, twice the height of the Eiffel Tower, 2300 feet, to be ready for the Exhibition in 1937, hoping to repeat the sensations M. Eiffel caused at the Exhibition in 1899. The estimated cost is £440,000 to £550,000. The first platform, at 1640 feet, will be reached by motor cars and charabancs by means of inclined ways. The second platform, at 1968 feet, will be reached by special cars. At the very summit will be a solarium, where a sun-cure will be possible, also a gigantic beacon. M. Freysinnet suggests that the new tower of Babel be called the lighthouse of the world
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 80, 16 March 1933, Page 7
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