Cabot Tower (St. John's)

This article is about the Cabot Tower in Canada. For the tower of the same name in Bristol England, see Cabot Tower (Bristol).
Cabot Tower
Cabot Tower (St. John's) is located in Newfoundland
Cabot Tower (St. John's)
General information
Architectural styleGothic Revival
LocationSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
CountryCanada
Coordinates47°34′12.05″N 52°40′54.38″W / 47.5700139°N 52.6817722°W / 47.5700139; -52.6817722
Groundbreaking1898
Completed1900
Height50 feet (15 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)William Howe Greene
Main contractorHenry J Thomas[citation needed]

Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill. Construction of the tower began in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's landing in Newfoundland, and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic wireless message at a position near the tower, the letter "S" in Morse Code sent from Poldhu, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Cabot Tower is now the centre of the Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada,[1] with walking trails and an interpretation centre.

  1. ^ Signal Hill. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 6 August 2012.