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D. VERNON

Topsham, Devon, UK

Height — 1,225 feet / 373 meters

Weight — No weight given

Cost — No cost given

JOHN BATEY

Dublin, Eire

Height — 1,216 feet / 371 meters

Weight — 9,574 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £40,957

H. FIDLER

Chiswick, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 11,500 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £350,000

C. BAILLAIRGE

Quebec, Canada

Height — 1,600 feet / 488 meters

Weight — 14,303 tons

Material — Cast and wrought iron

Cost 1890 — $925,516 (canadian dollars?)

S. FISHER

Eagle Wharf Road, London, UK

Height — 1,250 to 2000 feet / 381 to 610 meters

Weight — 104,289 to 312,550 tons

Material — Cast and wrought iron

Cost 1890 — £1,065,365 to £3,159,500

KINKEL & POHL

Washington, USA

Height — 1,250 feet / 381 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — US $1,687,900

PEARSON & WALLIN

Goteborg, Sweden

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 7,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — No cost given

R. NETTLE

Redruth, UK

Height — 1,500 feet / 457 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — £204,941

F. WILKINS

Poland Street, London, UK

Height — 1,234 feet / 376 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel and glass

Cost 1890 — £107,000

E. S. SHAW

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Height — 1,400 feet / 427 meters

Weight — 17,790 tons

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — £575,933

E. WORRAL & CO.

Liverpool, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — No cost given

THOS. V. TREW

East Dulwich Grove, London, UK

Height — 1,267 feet / 386 meters

Weight — 11,770 tons

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — £260,000 if steel

J. I. THORNYCROFT

Chiswick, London, UK

Height — 1,760 feet / 536 meters

Weight — 16,830 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — No cost given

W. H. WOODCOCK

Victoria Street, London, UK

Height — 1,300 feet / 396 meters

Weight — 12,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £349,250

E. DE VERE BUCKINGHAM

Winchester, UK

Height — 1,700 feet / 518 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £235,603

J. HORTON

Copley, Yorks, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 16,760 tons

Material — Corrugated steel

Cost 1890 — £399,600

J. H. M. HARRISON-VASEY

Sunderland, UK

Height — 1,820 feet / 555 meters

Weight — 30,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £1,000,000

J. W. COUCHMAN

Tottenham, London, UK

Height — 1,900 feet / 579 meters

Weight — 44,118 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £2,250,987

CLARKE, Prof. MAYER & HILDENBRAND

New York & Connecticut, USA

Height — 1,280 feet / 390 meters

Weight — 7,070 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £315,000

JAMES J. ARNOLD

Southampton, UK

Height — 1,320 feet / 402 meters

Weight — 142,207 tons

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — No cost given

HENRY ROSE & EDWARDS

Westminster, London, UK

Height — 1,274 feet / 388 meters

Weight — 16,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £537,800

J. KELLY

Winchmore Hill, London, UK

Height — 2,000 feet / 610 meters

Weight — 25,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £120,000

A.C. CUMMINGS

Kilburn, London, UK

Height — 1,235 feet / 376 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £530,000

C. LEAN

Westminster, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — No cost given

THOMAS & LEWIS

Cardiff, UK

Height — 1,240 feet / 378 meters

Weight — 18,891 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £163,075

P. CAMPANAKIS

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Turkey now

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Iron

Cost 1890 — No cost given

A. BRIAND

Anzin, France

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £218,000

ALBERT BRUNEL

Rouen, France

Height — 2,296 feet / 700 meters

Weight — 196,702 tons

Material — Granite

Cost 1890 — £1,104,325

O. C. D. ROSS

East Dulwich, London, UK

Height — 1,260 feet / 384 meters

Weight — 7,770 tons

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — £209,250

J. C. CHAPMAN

Holloway, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — No weight given

Cost 1890 — No cost given

J. T. BATEMAN

Thornton Heath, London, UK

Height — 1,260 feet / 384 meters

Weight — 9,243 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £285,278

E. DUNCAN

Belsize Park, London, UK

Height — 1,218 feet / 371 meters

Weight — 12,195 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £400,000

W. P. GIBSON

Queen Street, London, UK

Height — 1,232 feet / 376 meters

Weight — 32,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £199,500

PETERNEVOURO

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Turkey now

Height — 1,070 feet / 326 meters

Weight — No weight given

Cost 1890 — No cost given

Sir BRADFORD LESLIE

Willesden Lane, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 30,000 tons

Material — Cast and wrought iron

Cost 1890 — £372,266

STEWART, MACLAREN & DUNN

London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 14,659 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £352,222

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A. F. HILLS

Blackwall, London, UK

Height — 2,007 feet / 612 meters

Weight — 32,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £525,000

JOHN HEATH

Furnival's Inn, London, UK

Height — 1,300 feet / 396 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £500,000

LLEWELYN CAMPBELL

Cannon Street, London, UK

Height — 1,670 feet / 509 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £1,300,000

J. TERTIUS WOOD

Rochdale, UK

Height — 1,225 feet / 373 meters

Weight — 12,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £313,789

PHILIP E. MASEY

Loughborough Road, London, UK

Height — 1,400 feet / 427 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Iron and glass

Cost 1890 — £130,000

"NELOAH"

Stockwell Road, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — No weight given

Cost 1890 — No cost given

FINDLAY, RENDEL & RICARDO

Westminster, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 3,256 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £155,080

THEODORE SINGTON

Manchester, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 9,250 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £330,000

ROBERT WYLIE

Liverpool, UK

Height — 1,470 feet / 448 meters

Weight — 10,260 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £330,000

WALFORD & WORMALD

Buckingham Palace, London, UK

Height — 1,300 feet / 396 meters

Weight — 7,890 tons

Material — Steel and cast iron

Cost 1890 — £279,121

HARPER, HARPER & GRAHAM

Birmingham, UK

Height — 1,300 feet / 396 meters

Weight — 9,264 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £247,450

VAUGHAN & TOMKINS

Broad Street Avenue, London, UK

Height — 1,500 feet / 457 meters

Weight — 16,747 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — No cost given

MAX AM ENDE

Victoria Street, London, UK

Height — 1,550 feet / 472 meters

Weight — 16,053 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £674,592

WEBSTER & HAIGH

Liverpool, UK

Height — 1,300 feet / 396 meters

Weight — 8,820 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £399,638

RENDEL, FINDLAY & RICARDO

Westminster, London, UK

Height — 1,260 feet / 384 meters

Weight — 9,628 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £388,500

FOX & GRAYSON

Liverpool, UK

Height — 1,300 feet / 396 meters

Weight — 10,200 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £300,000

J. SINCLAIR FAIRFAX

Strand, London, UK

Height — 1,296 feet / 395 meters

Weight — 34,200 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £567,880

HENRY DAVEY

.

Westminster, London, UK

Height — 1,250 feet / 381 meters

Weight — 8,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £321,000

W. HEMINGWAY

Walham Green, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 29,891 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £400,554

READ & SHUFFREY

Welbeck Street, London, UK

Height — 1,250 feet / 381 meters

Weight — 7,600 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £390,673

HENRY LAW & SON

Victoria Street, London, UK

Height — 1,475 feet / 450 meters

Weight — 16,418 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £726,752

SMITH & HENMAN

Birmingham, UK

Height — 1,400 feet / 423 meters

Weight — 11,502 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £229,500

H. E. SKETCHLEY

West Kensington, London, UK

Height — 1,264 feet / 385 meters

Weight — 12,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £496,154

PLANT & FLEMING

Gracechurch Street, London, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 6,278 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £234,050

J. MILNE WATT

Glasgow, UK

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — No cost given

GEORGE W. HALPIN

Belsize Square, London, UK

Height — 1,250 feet / 381 meters

Weight — 6,000 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — £114,450

LAMONT YOUNG

Villa Lucia, Naples, Italy

Height — 1,450 feet / 442 meters

Weight — 23,000 tons

Material — Iron

Cost 1890 — No cost given

EDWIN ROUNDTOUR

Helensburgh, UK

Height — 1,236 feet / 377 meters

Weight — 13,935 tons

Material — Steel

Cost 1890 — No cost given

W. FAWCETT

Liverpool, UK

Height — 1,500 feet / 276 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — No cost given

JAMES MAXWELL

Edinburgh, UK

Height — 1,333 feet / 406 meters

Weight — No weight given

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — £370,000

W. H. BREITHAUPT

Kansas City, USA

Height — 1,200 feet / 366 meters

Weight — 6,250 tons

Material — Steel and iron

Cost 1890 — £108,129