Kiev TV Tower, 385 m

Local nameКиївська телевежа, 385 м
LocationShevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine

The Kyiv TV Tower is a 385 m-high lattice steel tower built in 1973 in Kyiv, Ukraine, for radio and television broadcasting. It is the second tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world after the Tokyo Sky Tree. The tower in Oranzhereina Street is not open to the public.

Construction began in 1968 and finished in 1973 at a cost of approximately $12 million. Made of steel pipe of various diameters and thicknesses, the structure weighs 2,700 metric tons. The central pipe, or core, where the elevator is located, is 4 meters in diameter and made of pipe that is 12 mm thick. It sits on a four-legged base that is about 100 meters meters tall. Atop the base is an enclosed level which houses microwave transmitting and receiving equipment. At about 200 meters is a second enclosed level that houses television and FM transmitters, as well as a control and maintenance shop. This second level is the elevator's terminus.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_TV_Tower

Address (Unnamed Road), Київ, Ukraine

Coordinates 50°28'16.257" N 30°27'12.488" E

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