page_title: Tower Bends
hierarchical_section_title: Tower Bends
caption_attribution_description: English: The Albert Tower - Isle of Man near town of Ramsey. Photographed from the Gooseneck on the Mountain Road, with the Bride hills in the distance. The tower is made of granite and rises 45 feet (14 m) high. The tower commemorates the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the 20th of September 1847. Whilst the Queen stayed on board the Royal Yacht, Albert came ashore and climbed to the top of the hill. Deutsch: Albert Tower auf der britischen Insel Isle of Man nahe der Stadt Ramsey. Der Turm besteht aus Granit und ist 14 m hoch. Er wurde 1848 in Erinnerung an den Besuch von Prinz Albert ein Jahr zuvor erbaut. Auch der Hügel auf dem er steht wurde daraufhin in Albert Mount umbenannt. Prinz Albert erklomm den Hügel am 20. September 1847. Er machte hier Station während einer Seereise mit Königin Victoria.
context_page_description: Tower Bends is a point on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the Snaefell Mountain Road, designated A18, in the parish of Maughold in the Isle of Man.
  Following soon after Waterworks and continuing the climb out of Ramsey town in the direction taken by race competitors, it is a sequence of bends at an elevation of 400 feet above sea level at the 25th Milestone road-side marker on the 37+ mile circuitous-course, measured from the startline at the TT Grandstand. After Tower Bends, the climb continues to the Gooseneck and thereafter the start of the Snaefell Mountain section.
  The S-bend corners at Tower Bends were part of the Highland Course and the Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races held between 1904 and 1922. Tower Bends is now part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the TT and 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races.
context_section_description: Tower Bends (in Manx: Ballastowell – the farm of McStoile) is a point on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the Snaefell Mountain Road, designated A18, in the parish of Maughold in the Isle of Man.
  Following soon after Waterworks and continuing the climb out of Ramsey town in the direction taken by race competitors, it is a sequence of bends at an elevation of 400 feet (122 metres)  above sea level at the 25th Milestone road-side marker on the 37+ mile circuitous-course, measured from the startline at the TT Grandstand. After Tower Bends, the climb continues to the Gooseneck and thereafter the start of the Snaefell Mountain section.
  The S-bend corners at Tower Bends were part of the Highland Course and the Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races held between 1904 and 1922. Tower Bends is now part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the TT  and 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races.
caption: Albert Tower seen from the Gooseneck with Ramsey bay and Bride hills in background
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