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  THE KIEV CENTRAL RADIO TV TOWER
The CN tower is the tallest free standing structure, however it is made of cement.
The central pipe, or core, (where the elevator is located) is 4 meters in diameter and made of pipe that is 12mm thick.
UHF band TV, and new standard FM band (100-108mhz) transmitters are located on two transmitter floors at the 200 meter mark on the tower.
members.lycos.nl /rtvtower/towers1/kiev.html   (473 words)

  
 Armenia 1 TV | the official site of Public Armenian Television
The TV tower, constructed in Yerevan in 1956, which was 180 meter high, naturally, could not satisfy the demand of the rapidly growing television.
It happened so, that two towers were standing side by side on the Nork hill, the old one and the new one, however after six months the transfer of the equipment was over and the old tower was transported to Leninakan (Gyumri), where it works until today.
Depending on the mountainous or valley character of the area, the tower ensures stable broadcast of TV programs on the radius from 35 to 60 kilometers, however, those signals are transmitted over the entire country by means of dozens of retransmitting stations.
www.armtv.com /first/eng/?sub=history&sec=yesterday&par=30   (577 words)

  
 Battered by the airwaves?
The lights on taller towers are thought to lead to bird deaths by confusing the different cues birds use on their journeys to nesting or wintering grounds.
Lit towers disrupt these cues, just as drivers, are cautioned to avoid using their brightest headlights in fog because the light refracts off the airborne water particles, making the view of the road even worse.
Tower owners also could give scientists permission to study bird mortality at their towers, and the FCC could require owners to allow tower research to generate enough national data to evaluate the effectiveness of various prevention methods.
www.wnrmag.com /stories/2000/feb00/birdtower.htm   (4678 words)

  
 Sears Tower Summary
The Sears Tower Skydeck observation deck on the 103rd floor of the tower is 1,353 feet (412 m) above ground and is a famous tourist attraction.
The Sears Tower is the tallest office building in the United States, and it retains the world record when measuring the height from the sidewalk level of the main entrance to the top of the antenna.
The Sears Tower's ZIP Code, 60606, was a catalyst of various apocalypse-related rumors surrounding the date June 6, 2006 (also 06/06/06) - a play on 666, the Number of the Beast.
www.bookrags.com /Sears_Tower   (1926 words)

  
 Tallinn TV Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tower was designed by architects David Baziladze and Juri Sinis.
The tower body is constructed of reinforced concrete rings 50 centimetres thick, weighing a total of 17,000 metric tons, with total weight being approximately 20,000 tons.
The tower survived a fire during the construction stage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tallinn_TV_Tower   (459 words)

  
 Zizkov TV tower - 19-10-2002 - Radio Prague
The TV tower is, at 216 metres, the tallest building in the city, and they say on a clear day it can be seen from a full 100 kilometres away.
Zizkov TV tower stands on the site of a former Jewish cemetery, and many people are under the impression that the cemetery was moved in order to make room for it.
The garish decor in the restaurant at Zizkov TV tower is one reason that many visitors assume the building is from the 1970s, and it has to be said that the restaurant's food is far from spectacular, although the view is breathtaking.
www.radio.cz /en/article/33525   (1387 words)

  
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management, BIRD KILLS AT TOWERS AND OTHER HUMAN-MADE ...
Kills at WALB tower near Doerum, Colquitt County, on 3 nights in fall (365 individuals of 35 species, 56% Red-eyed Vireos; 12-13 September 1959, 7-8 September, and 17-18 October 1962) are compared with kill on same nights at WCTV tower in Leon County, Florida.
Of 7 birds found dead at TV tower in Wagoner County 27 October 1976, 4 were nevadensis race (which breeds in western U.S.), 2 were "intergrades between nevadensis and oblitus" (latter breeding in central Canada), and 1 was "intergrade of mediogriseus toward oblitus" (former breeding in New England).
This tower collapsed in 1973 and was replaced by an even taller structure equipped with strobe lights; for unknown reasons, migrants are "not attracted to the powerful white lights" of the new tower.
www.fws.gov /migratorybirds/issues/tower.html   (6030 words)

  
 TV Tower, Tashkent
The TV Tower is the highest construction in the Central Asia.
The lattice styled tower trunk is supported by three inclined slips, which ensure the building's steadiness and give an impression of lightness.
At the heights of 100 metres and 220 metres the tower is girdled with 5 telecasting stations for 5 television Programmes, radio broadcasting station and a meteorological station.
www.advantour.com /uzbekistan/tashkent/tv_tower.htm   (151 words)

  
 The towers of power
She spoke from inside the fence, amid the towers, the tallest at 400 feet.
Signals from the towers reach 90 to 95 percent of Maricopa County's population, said Robert Reymont, who chairs a technical advisory committee of tower owners and users.
The 46 towers, 41 buildings and 11 microwave dishes transmit signals for TV and radio stations, cellphone providers, two-way radios and even a pair of ham operators.
www.azcentral.com /community/ahwatukee/articles/0719ar-towers19Z14.html   (778 words)

  
 Television Tower, Berlin
Statistics: height (with aerial) 365m/1,200ft, concrete shaft 250 m/820ft, weight of tower 26,000 tons, weight of sphere 4,800 tons (made up of 140 segments with a plastic skin), observation terrace for 200 people at 207m/680ft, diameter of base 32m/105ft, diameter of observation floor 24m/80ft, diameter of Tele-Cafe (accommodation for 200) 29m/95ft.
Work began in August, 1965, and the tower was brought into operation in October, 1969.
The ticket offices are on the upper floor of the hall at the foot of the tower.
www.planetware.com /berlin/television-tower-d-bn-btvt.htm   (247 words)

  
 TheWorldJournal.com - It's Important
Russian TV Tower, which was on fire in August this year, is starting to crack.
Russian TV Tower, which is located in Moscow, has become one of the most popular places for its citizens and tourists.
This tower is the important link to all central TV stations in all Russia.
www.theworldjournal.com /2000/tvtower.htm   (303 words)

  
 Litchfield Tower C
The three towers accommodate 1,860 men and women in air-conditioned singles and doubles.
The lobby of the three towers houses a variety of offices and facilities including Panther Central, the student mail center, a fitness center, laundry facilities, vending machines, and Common Grounds coffee.
Tower C is the smallest of the three Litchfield Towers.
www.pc.pitt.edu /housing/halls/towerc.html   (341 words)

  
 CNN.com - Third body found in fire-ravaged Moscow tower - August 29, 2000
The third victim -- named as Alexander Shepitsyn, a plumber in the tower -- was found on Tuesday as an investigation opened into the cause of the blaze at the world's second-highest tower.
Rescue workers and officials say that the mesh of steel wires forming the skeleton of the tower have been damaged and that the heat from the blaze buckled staircases.
An electrical short-circuit is thought to have been the cause of the fire in the tower, which, until Sunday had beamed Russia's main television networks to almost 10 million homes in Moscow and elsewhere.
edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/08/29/russia.tower/index.html   (555 words)

  
 NOVA Arenas: Sec Taylor Arena   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The central TV tower is 60 feet high and has 150 DP.
In addition there are two jumps near the tower, and are angled at 40 degrees and have 100 DP each.
Located on the obstacles and TV tower are defensive universal turrets, armed with a VMG each.
novacw.com /sec-taylor.htm   (399 words)

  
 Central TV Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tower was built in 1992, and contains broadcasting equipment for China Central Television.
It was set to be superseded by a new headquarters in Chaoyang District, designed by Rem Koolhaas, but construction of the new building was recently halted due to public dissatisfaction over spiralling costs.
A race to the top of the tower is held annually, with two laps of the base followed by a climb of the 1484 steps leading up to the observation deck.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_TV_Tower   (189 words)

  
 MediaChannel.org - OP-ED | TV Towers
In Putin's Chechen war the TV tower in Grozny was recently a Russian target and so were the Baltic TV towers during the events that finally lead to the collapse of Communism.
In Latvia, similar scenes were played live over CNN and on Scandinavian TV stations one or two days later: The people of Riga running through their city in a desperate race to reach the TV tower and surround it before the Russian Black Berets arrived in their vehicles.
In Tallin the armed forces stormed the TV tower and advanced slowly towards the top floor where Estonian TV personnel were barricaded with weapons and food for several days, devoted to defending their TV.
www.mediachannel.org /views/oped/kaca.shtml   (2007 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: )
China's Central Radio and TV Tower is located on Xisanhuan Street in Beijing, close to the 15.4-hectare Yuyuantan Park.
The Central Radio and TV Tower is a modern structure with a distinctive style unique in the country.
The base of the tower accommodates a video and exhibition hall open to the public, as well as a conference room, video games room, a circular movie theatre, a health and entertainment centre along with restaurants and souvenir shops.
www.great-towers.com /eng/towers/bejinghtml.htm   (236 words)

  
 Sofitel Central Plaza Bangkok - Discounting Sofitel Central Plaza Bangkok, Bangkok Hotels Thailand
Sofitel Central Plaza, recently renamed from the Central Grand Plaza in Bangkok is a 26-storey V-shaped tower providing 70% of the guestrooms with a magnificent views of Chatuchak Park, as well as the impressive Bangkok skyline.
The 6-storey central department store, shopping centre, cinema theatres, Bangkok Convention Centre and a 12-storey office building are accessible from the mezzanine floor via a walkway through the 7-storey car park of the Sofitel Central Plaza hotel.
The Sofitel Central Plaza hotel complex in Bangkok is in an ideal location by the Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway, opposite the Railway Golf Course and Picturesque Chatuchak Park.
www.resorthotel.net /thailand/hotels/bangkok/sofitel_central_plaza.htm   (377 words)

  
 Tower Bridge Road Apartments, London, Tower Bridge Road
Tower Bridge Road Apartments are located just a few minutes' walk from Tower Bridge, across the river from the Tower of London.
Being located on Tower Bridge Road, you are also minutes by foot from two of London's most recognisable landmarks, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, just north of the river Thames.
Tower Bridge Road Apartments can be booked in exactly the same way as a hotel: simply complete and submit the secure online booking form.
www.central-london-apartments.com /tower-bridge-road-apartments.php   (867 words)

  
 Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eiffel Tower is the highest structure in Paris, with the second-highest being the Tour Montparnasse.
The Eiffel Tower served as a billboard for Citroën from 1925 to 1934.
Brasilia TV Tower, Brasilia, Brazil — 218 m lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 75 m.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eiffel_tower   (2663 words)

  
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The crew used a vertically-climbing crane mounted on the already constructed portion of the tower to lift each new section of the tower, and finally, the two-section antenna onto the top of the tower.
The design called for a three-legged tower, and as each new section was lifted, it was positioned and bolted onto the previous tower sections, one piece at a time.
During the construction of a major TV tower/antenna, a television station video crew was filming the construction.
ethics.tamu.edu /ethics/tvtower/tv3.htm   (6287 words)

  
 Bell Tower Corporation
Bell Tower Corporation, based in Chelsea, Oklahoma, was established in 1991, as a tower erection company.
Our objective was constructing towers in the growing radio market and the modification and construction of TV towers upgrading for DTV.
Bell Tower is a founding member of the NATE Organization and we comply with the safety regulations of both NATE and OSHA.
www.belltowercorp.com /index.htm   (363 words)

  
 About Allied Tower Company
Allied Tower has been in the business of designing, manufacturing and erecting quality communication towers for forty years.
This central location allows us to minimize shipping costs to all parts of the country using our own delivery trucks.
We supply towers for the cellular industry, TV, FM, AM and CATV Broadcast stations, Two-way and microwave uses as well as offshore flare stacks for the oil industry.
www.alliedtower.com /about.htm   (238 words)

  
 Tower View Apartments by BridgeStreet, London, Tower Bridge
Tower Hill underground station is less than five minutes' walk away and provides access to the Circle and District lines.
Tower Gateway station is also close by, serving the Docklands Light Railway.
Tower View Apartments can be booked in exactly the same way as a hotel: simply complete and submit the secure online booking form.
www.central-london-apartments.com /tower-view-apartments.php   (757 words)

  
 Tashkent TV tower :: Tashkent television tower - the largest broadcasting center in Central Asia
Tashkent TV Tower is the highest structure in Central Asia.
The TV Tower was built over 6 years, beginning in 1978.
Into the silhouette of the city was inserted a TV tower, which became a symbol of the high technical and cultural level of Uzbekistan.
www.orexca.com /tashkent_tv_tower.shtml   (362 words)

  
 World's Tallest Towers — Infoplease.com
A tower differs from a building in that the latter has floors, and is designed for residential, business, or manufacturing use.
The structures listed here are principally telecommunications towers, and while they may have observation decks or restaurants, they do not have floors all the way up.
Towers and buildings are freestanding structures; this list does not include masts supported by guy wires.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0886190.html   (401 words)

  
 Panama's Canopy Tower : THE TOWER
The Canopy Tower is located on top of Semaphore Hill, in a well preserved semideciduous tall forest in the heart of Soberanía National Park.
The flat roof is a great place to watch the canopy, as well as the Panama Canal and, in the distance, the skyline of the city.
The Canopy Tower was featured in the TV documentary, "Panama: Paradise Found?" produced by the National Audubon Society and TBS and hosted by Mariel Hemingway.
www.canopytower.com /tower.html   (474 words)

  
 Tashkent TV Tower - Google Sightseeing
Standing at 375 metres, it’s slightly smaller than yesterday’s Central TV Tower, but it’s the tallest structure in central Asia (whatever that means).
The tower uses a vertical cantilever structure which makes it look like some sort of gargantuan tripod, and also casts a brilliant shadow.
Just like the Central TV Tower, the Tashkent Tower has an observation deck (slightly higher at 318 metres) which allows it too, to be a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
googlesightseeing.com /2005/09/28/tashkent-tv-tower   (615 words)

  
 Central TV Tower, Beijing - Google Sightseeing
Still in Beijing, this is the Central TV Tower, which (including its antennae) is 405 metres tall, and easily the tallest structure in the city.
A race to the top of the tower is held annually, with two laps of the base followed by a climb of the 1484 steps leading up to the 238 metre-high observation deck.
The Central TV Tower is also part of the World Federation of Great Towers, of which several have already featured on GgSs.
googlesightseeing.com /2005/09/28/central-tv-tower-beijing   (776 words)

  
 Clairmont Campus :: Tower Apartments Amenities
There are laundry facilities available to Tower residents, free of charge, on the ground floor of the Tower Apartments building.
Tower residents have access to the parking decks within the Graduate and Undergraduate Residential Centers on Claimont Campus.
A parking space is available for each resident which eliminates the cost of purchasing a central campus parking pass.
www.emory.edu /HOUSING/CLAIRMONT/cc_toweramen.html   (450 words)

  
 Fernsehturm (TV Tower)- Berlin, Germany - VirtualTourist.com
The TV Tower is a spectacular construction, and with a height of 368 metres Germany’s tallest structure.
The Fernsehturm or television tower was built between 1965-9 by the former GDR and is the third tallest structure in Europe.
The tower was finished in 1969, and is 368 m high - the TV tower is still Berlin's tallest structure.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Germany/Land_Berlin/Berlin-75302/Things_To_Do-Berlin-Fernsehturm_TV_Tower-BR-2.html   (1427 words)

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