Zhuzhou TV Tower

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhuzhou TV Tower
Image of the object
TV tower 2010
Basic data
Place: Zhuzhou - Tianyuan
Province: Hunan
Country: People's Republic of China
Altitude : 79  m
Coordinates: 27 ° 49 '18.3 "  N , 113 ° 6' 48.4"  E
Use: TV tower , radio transmitter , observation tower
Accessibility: TV tower open to the public
Tower data
Construction time : 1999
Building material : steel
Operating time: since 1999
Total height : 293  m
Viewing platforms: 70  m , 200 m
Data on the transmission system
Waveband : FM transmitter
Radio : VHF broadcasting
Position map
Zhuzhou TV Tower (China)
Zhuzhou TV Tower
Zhuzhou TV Tower

The Zhuzhou Television Tower , sometimes called East Shenlong Tower , is a 293-meter high TV tower of lattice steel in the Chinese Zhuzhou . It represents an important supply unit in the region for the transmission of radio and television programs and is also accessible to the public as a lookout tower.

The spherical tower cage at a height of 200 meters has a ring element protruding outwards, so that the structure is reminiscent of the planet Saturn . The tower construction, which tapers towards the top, has a 70-meter platform above which oversized analog clocks point in all four directions.

Individual evidence

  1. China tourist attractions: Zhuzhou tower  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / china-tourist-attractions.net