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Gutzlaff Signal Tower
The Gutzlaff Signal Tower, also known as the Bund Weather Tower or Bund Signal Tower, is a landmark on the Shanghai Bund. It is a 36.8 m tall signal station (49.8 m focal height) designed and built by the Spanish innovator and industrialist Modesto Marti de Sola through his company, the Shanghai Reinforced Concrete Company Co., in 1907. Beaux-Arts in style, it was originally intended to provide weather information to ships on the Huangpu River, particularly typhoon warnings. Today, the ground floor houses a museum on the history of the Bund, and the first floor a café. The tower broadcast weather reports five times a day and gave emergency flag signals in the event of a typhoon or sudden bad weather; it stopped operating in 1956. The building was moved 22.4 m to its current location in 1993 and rebuilt in 1999.
Add it to your trip on Wanloria →Things to do at Gutzlaff Signal Tower: 2 missions
- Visit the Gutzlaff Signal TowerVisit the Gutzlaff Signal Tower in Huangpu and recognise the site in person.
- Explore the Bund history museumVisit the Bund history museum on the ground floor.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to visit Gutzlaff Signal Tower?
Visiting Gutzlaff Signal Tower is free.
How much time do you need for Gutzlaff Signal Tower?
Allow about 30 min for the visit.
What is there to do at Gutzlaff Signal Tower?
Visit the Gutzlaff Signal Tower and Explore the Bund history museum.
What is there to see near Gutzlaff Signal Tower?
El Bund (348 m), HSBC Building (372 m) and Customs House (435 m).
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