Gutzlaff Signal Tower

Gutzlaff Signal Tower - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Gutzlaff Signal Tower, also known as the Bund Weather Tower or the Bund Signal Tower (外滩信号台), is a major landmark in Shanghai's Bund. It is a 36.8m tall (49.8m focal height) signal station designed and built by Spanish innovator and industrialist Modesto Marti de Sola, through his company Shanghai Reinforced Concrete Company Co. in the year 1907. It was built in Art Deco style, originally intended to provide weather information to ships on the Huangpu River, in particular typhoon warnings. Read more on Wikipedia

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