Almaty Tower
| Almaty Tower | |
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Алматы Теледидар Мұнарасы Алма-Ати́нская телебашня | |
 Almaty Tower in Almaty, Kazakhstan | |
  Location within Kazakhstan | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Steel telecommunications and observation tower |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 43°13′44″N 76°58′34″E / 43.22889°N 76.97611°ECoordinates: 43°13′44″N 76°58′34″E / 43.22889°N 76.97611°E |
| Construction started | 1975 |
| Completed | 1983 |
| Opening | 1983 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 372 m (1,220 ft) (rounded-off) |
| Antenna spire | 371.5 m (1,219 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Lifts/elevators | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | N.G. Terziev, A.N. Savchenko (constructors N.K. Akimov, B.V. Ostroumov) |
| References | |
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The Almaty Television Tower, or simply Almaty Tower, is a 371.5-metre-high (1,219 ft) steel television tower built between 1975 and 1983 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The tower is located on high slopes of Kok Tobe mountain (Kazakh: Көктөбе means "blue hill") south-east of downtown Almaty. Unlike other similar TV towers, it is not a concrete, but a steel tubular structure. It is the tallest free-standing tubular steel structure in the world.[1]
The tower is 371.5 m (1219 ft) tall; its 114 m metal aerial reaches 1000 meters above sea level. It has two observation decks at the height of 146 m and 252 m, which are accessible by two high-speed elevators. It is however not open to the public. The tower was built by the architects Terziev, Savchenko, Akimov and Ostroumov.[1] Since Almaty is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes, the TV tower was designed to withstand earthquakes up to a strength of 10 on the Richter scale.
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References
- 1 2 3 "Alma-Ata Television Tower (Almaty, 1983) | Structurae". En.structurae.de. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
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