King George VI called the tower a 'remarkable achievement' 😮
In a period at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Glasgow was home to countless exhibitions from the 1880's to the end of the 1930's. This was an opportunity for Glasgow to construct some of its many architectural masterpieces which would be showcased on the world stage.
It is reported that the skyscraper gave views for up to 600 people at a time and gave views of over 60 miles which was branded a "remarkable achievement" by none other than King George VI at the time of his reign of the United Kingdom. The exhibition covered a massive 175 acres of land and featured 200,000 plants with 10 miles of road but that is not all as the demonstration of architecture was finished off with many other entities.
Sign up to our Glasgow Live nostalgia newsletters for more local history and heritage content straight to your inboxNow, in recent times there has been calls from local politicians to rebuild 'Tate's Tower' to be reconstructed to its former glory.
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