page_title: National Lift Tower
hierarchical_section_title: National Lift Tower
caption_attribution_description: English: Lift Tower Northampton Built to test lifts by the Express Lift Company, decommissioned when Otis lifts took over. Sold to a house building company who built so close as to prevent any demolition. Concrete cancer was discovered on a routine inspection and it now needs a protective covering. It is alleged that the tower may be used again for its original purpose. An unmissable landmark that regularly features as the Northampton lighthouse in the letters to Terry Wogan on Radio 2. There appears to be communication equipment on top of the building and you certainly get a strong phone signal close by.
context_page_description: The National Lift Tower is a lift-testing tower built by the Express Lift Company off the Weedon Road in Northampton, England. The structure was commissioned in 1978 with construction commencing in 1980, and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 November 1982. It has been a Grade II Listed Building since 1997.
context_section_description: The National Lift Tower (previously called the Express Lift Tower) is a lift-testing tower built by the Express Lift Company (a lifts division of the General Electric Company (GEC)) off the Weedon Road in Northampton, England. The structure was commissioned in 1978 with construction commencing in 1980, and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 November 1982. It has been a Grade II Listed Building since 1997.
caption: The Lift Tower in 2009, surrounded by houses.
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