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Mar. 22 Sky-High Jim - The Man At the Top: With sure feet and a cool head, Jimmy Wheklan gets down to work - 635-feet up, in crane driver on the new Museum telephone exchange and radio tower off London;s Tottenham Court Road, he has the city's top job. Yesterday he reached the height of success - the toppingout ceremony, which marked the completion of the structural work. For Jimmi, 52-year-old Irishman, it meant the end of a three-year-old job in which he has hoisted up 15, 000-tons of cement, steel and glass. The result is a round tower-built for the Post Office - That is more than 250-feet taller than St. Paul's Cathedral, In one section of the tower there is a reestaurant which slowly revolves, giving the customers a panoramic view across London. Photo shows Jimmy Wheelan waves his hat as he walks along the crane jib 635-feet above the ground

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000-tons 52-year-old Cement Completion Customers Hoisted Irishman Jimmi Meant Reached Result Revolves Slowly Structural Sure Taller Three-year-old Walks Wheelan

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