The entries for the tower planned by Sir Edward Watkins in the 1890s. The winning entry was partially built but eventually demolished in 1907.

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  1. 18 and 28 are “This is totally not Eiffel Tower, I changed some things!”

    And 6 is “Let’s build the Tower of Babel, that worked great last time!”

  3. They got a Nelson Column, we need one.

    They got an Eiffel Tower, we need one.

    They got a London Eye, we need one.

    *Anglo-French relationship through the ages*

  7. Something about the Tower of Babel, no 6, seems wrong to me. The spiral ramps leading up one floor seem to take about a quarter of the circumference if they are drawn and half the circumference if they are hidden by the main structure.

  9. I can see why they would want something like the Tower of Babel, because in a way it represents a biblical era in which all people were United by one language but then again, the tower is not a symbol of stability.

  11. Number 3 from the left, top row (tower number 28) looks like the Eifel Tower, but built by the Fire Nation

    And no. 21 like a shitty Orthanc

  15. The second one is actually pretty cool.

    Also No.35: still calls Istanbul Constantinople, a nice window into the past.

  22. So two people were like „Lets make the Eifeltower, but better“ and one was like „Fuck that giant Duckcock it is!“

  25. #16 looks like something that Eiffel would’ve built if he had to build the Tower using current materials and technology. It honestly looks like a steel-and-window skyscraper…

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