Owen Williams (engineer)
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Sir Evan Owen Williams was a British engineer and architect, known for being the principal engineer for the original Wembley Stadium, and later Gravelly Hill Interchange as well as a number of key mod
Boots D10 Building in Nottingham, built 1930–32 (Grade I listed in 1971)
Express Building, Manchester, built 1936–39, considered Williams finest architectural work (Grade II* listed in 1974)
Palace of Industry Building in London, first major public building in Britain where concrete was used for the exterior
Watkin's Tower
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Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, Middlesex, England. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre -high visitor attraction in Wembley Par
The first and only completed stage of Watkin's Wembley Tower, c. 1900
A caricature of Watkin by "Ape," published in Vanity Fair in 1875.
The winning design of Watkin's Tower (proposal number 37), later scrapped in favour of a four-legged design
The final four-legged design of Watkin's Tower (Eiffel Tower on the right for comparison)