Facts on Canada’s CN Tower

During Torontos building boom in the early 70s, a flagitious problem was developing. People were experiencing poor quality television. The pre-skyscraper transmission towers of Toronto carrys were precisely not high enough bothmore.As office buildings were reaching higher and higher, the word-painting reception and radio signaq got weaker and soon became alomst inpossible to recieve. Signals from Toronto and from Buffalo, New York were bouncing off the buildings. As a result viewers often saw a weaker station superimposed over another. So the were watching two shows at once. It became receptive that they needed a antenna that would not only be taller than any building in the city, but one that would be taller than anything that would probably ever so be built.Today, the microwave receivers which pull in distant signals are roughly 305 metres or 1000 feet up (inside that white donut-like thing), and the top of the transmission antenna is 553.33 metres or 1815 feet 5 inches hig h (thats the very top).Because of this, we enjoy some of the clearest TV and radio reception in North America. An extra little choice morsel you may not have known It wasnt until late in the mark process that the architects decided to turn the loom into a Tourist Attraction.The CN Tower was built by the Canadian National Railway.Opened to the public on June 26, 1976Official opening on October 1, 1976Adjusted cost (1997 dollars) $250 million military issue of construction workers 1,537Total weight of the Tower 117,910 metrical tonnes (130,000 tons)Volume of cover 40,523.8 cubic metres (53,000 cubic yards)Reinforcing steel 4,535 metric tonnes (5,000 tons)Structural steel 544.2 metric tonnes (600 tons)Number of elevators 6 (including 2 which officially opened March 20, 1997) zip up of elevators 6 metres/second (20 feet/second)Slow speed of elevators (in high winds) 1.5 metres/second (5 feet/second)attendance about 1.8 million per yearTotal staff (off season) approximately four hun dredTotal staff (peak season) approximately 550Maximum sway in one hundred ninety km/h winds with 320 km/h gusts (120 mph winds with 200 mph gusts) Antenna 6 ft., 8 in. from spiritSky Pod 3 ft., 4 in. from centreTower Sphere 1 ft., 7 in. from centreThickness of windows Outer sexually transmitted disease 9.5 mm (3/8 inch), inner pane 6.4 mm (1/4 inch)mental ability of 360, The Restaurant at the Tower four hundred peopleTime it takes to revolve once 72 minutesCapacity of Horizons Cafe 500 peopleBroadcast Facilities UHF, VHF Television FM radiocommunication Microwave Transmissions Fixed Mobile SystemsCompanies that broadcast from the Tower blood profile Channel 5 & 25, CFMT 47, CFTO 9, City 57, Global/CIII 41, TV Ontario 19, LOOK communication theory (Digital), CHFI/Rogers, CFNY FM, CHIN FM, CHUM FM, CILQ FM, CJEZ FM, CJRT FM, CKFM FM, Bell Canada, Cantel, Motorola, TTCThickness of The Glass Floor 2 1/2 . Layers, from the top down 3/16 scuff plate (replaced annually) Two 1/2 lay ers of clear tempered glass, laminated unitedly A one inch layer of air (for insulation) Two 1/4 layers of clear tempered glass, laminated together Size of each circuit card 42 by 50 Load tests are performed annually on each panel to ensure safetyToronto certainly does, and we appreciate the meter the following groups and publications recently took to honour the CN TowerThe CN Tower extends congratulations to II by IV Design Associates partners Dan Menchions and Keith Rushbrook in winning the following formulate awards from the Assocation of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO)Designers of the Year, GOLD for earthly concern and Institutional Spaces CN Tower Public Circulation Space, bullion for Retail Spaces CN Tower Market Place Retail Centre, SILVER for Restaurants and Bars CN Tower Market Place CafeCity Parent, A Metroland Newsmagazine For City Families chose us as the Best Tourist Attraction in Toronto in the Fourth Annual Readers Selection accoladesVoted t he Best Place to impart Out-Of-Towners by Eye MagazineAmerican Society of Civil Engineers, who legitimate us as being one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern WorldGuinness take hold of World Records changed our status to Worlds Tallest Building and Free Standing Structure and highlighted us on the cover of their 1996 EditionNOW Magazine Best Place to hit Out-of-Town VisitorsToronto Sun Readers Choice Awards Favourite Toronto AttractionInternational draw of Amusement Parks and Attractions Brass Ring Award 1 Radio Campaign for AttractionsWorld Wildlife Fund of Canada Bird Friendly Building AwardFederal Energy Innovator Award for recognition of innovative leading in the pursuit of energy management opportunitiesToronto tourism Award Ontario SuperHost for staff Training & EducationInternational Digital Media Awards Gold for Best stand/Installation for EcoDekEnvironment Canada Great Lakes Raptor Recovery PlaqueTourism Toronto Award Best Attraction, 1995.