Its also associated with an interesting legend.
Wainhouse, who had a good appreciation of architecture, wanted the chimney to be an object of beauty.
Wainhouse Tower in Halifax, England.
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Work on the chimneycommencedin 1871 using locally quarried stone.
The tower was completed in 1875.
Wainhouse had a landowning activist named Sir Henry Edwards for neighbor, with whom he had a long-running feud.
Edwardsobjectedto Wainhouses dye works polluting the atmosphere and campaigned heavily against the operation of the factory.
Because of this conflict it has been suggested that Wainhouse had built the tower just to spite his neighbor.
In response, Wainhouse erected the tall tower which gave him a clear view of Edwards lands.
It stands 253 feet tall and has over four hundred steps to the top.
Aerial view of Wainhouse Tower.
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Base of the Wainhouse Tower.
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