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Mar. 27 SKY-HIGH JIM - THE MAN AT THE TOP: With sure feet and a cool head, Jimmy Wheelan gets down to work - 635-feet up. As crane driver on the new Museum telephone exchange and radio tower off London Tottenham Court Road, he has the City's top job. Yesterday he reached the height of success - the topping out ceremony, which marked the completion of the structural work. For Jimmy, 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 restaurant which slowly revolves, giving the customers a panoramic view across London. Photo shows Jimmy Wheelan walks along the crane jib 15-feet above the 620-feet tall tower getting a commanding view of London

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