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Tower

A tower is a high man-made structure.

The Eiffel Tower.
Larger version

Purposes of the large height (a tower may have multiple purposes):

being impressive and beautiful
saving surface area
for the view
- for tourism
- for guiding: traffic control[?] tower, in particular at an airport
- for security against coming in or getting out: a watch tower[?] at a prison, concentration camp, fortress[?]/castle, border/defensive wall; in some of these cases also to fire from;
- for watching out for fire, especially in a forest: fire tower[?];
for spreading light: light tower[?]
for spreading sound: church tower[?] with church bells[?], minaret of a mosque
antenna tower
for use of the gravity: water tower[?]
as part of a suspension bridge or cable-stayed bridge
for supporting power and signal cables
in a swimming pool for jumping from a height
for fun of climbing in it, for example on a children's playground
the tower of a high slide, for supporting it and with stairs for reaching the starting point
to reach heaven (legendary Tower of Babel)

A tower wagon is a mobile tower for construction work, fire-fighting, rescue work, window cleaning, filming, etc.