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2. Willis Tower - Wikipedia

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   The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest ...

3. WKBT-DT - Wikipedia

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   Galesville WKBT tower WKBT's transmitter, in Galesville, is located about 30 miles (48 km) north of the channel 8 studios in order to provide a clear signal to the entire market. If put up next to Chicago's Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower), the WKBT transmitter would surpass the upper roof and fall just about 100 feet (30 m ...

4. List of tallest structures in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The replacement tower is 160 m (about 500 ft) shorter than the original. KXVO and KPTM in Omaha (which are co-owned) have an FCC construction permit to build a taller tower that would put their antennas 577 m (roughly 1,900 ft) up. There was also a 2,000 ft (610 m) tall mast at Hemingford, which collapsed in 2002

5. Willis Tower Fast Facts - AOL

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   Read Fast Facts from CNN about Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, located in Chicago. ... Height with the two antennas - 1,730 feet. Height of Skydeck/103rd floor - 1,353 feet.

6. One World Trade Center: 15 years of rebuilding a landmark - AOL

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   The nearly-identical buildings were the tallest in the world until being surpassed by Chicago's Sears Tower in 1973. The north tower stood just six feet taller than its counterpart.

7. List of tallest buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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   Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) was the highest in the final category: the greatest height to top of antenna of any building in the world at 527 m (1,729 ft). Burj Khalifa broke the height record in all four categories for completed buildings.

8. It's Sears' tower no more - AOL

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   The Sears Tower is now officially the Willis Tower. Willis is a British-based insurance agency that bought the naming rights some months The iconic skyscraper that it once called home.

9. John Hancock Center - Wikipedia

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   In 2002, the eastern antenna tower was extended to a height of 378 feet (115 metres) in order to enable WBBM-TV to add new digital antenna equipment at a height greater than the roof height of the Sears Tower (Willis Tower). Subsequently, the western antenna tower was reduced to a height of 285 feet (87 metres). [70] For a long time, the ...