TK Elevator Test Tower
The TK Elevator Test Tower (TK-Elevator-Testturm) is an elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany. It is owned by TK Elevator, who have their elevator research campus nearby. It stands 246 m (807 ft) tall and was built to test the company's MULTI elevator system. At 232 m (761 ft), the tower contains Germany's tallest observation deck.[1] It was completed in 2017 and was the tallest elevator test tower in the world then,[2][3] as well as the second-largest elevator test chamber after a former mine shaft used by Kone.[4][5]
| TK Elevator Test Tower | |
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TK Elevator Testturm | |
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| Former names | thyssenkrupp Test Tower (2016-2021) |
| Alternative names | Tower of Light |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Concrete tower |
| Town or city | Rottweil |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48.179119°N 8.62518°E |
| Construction started | 2014 |
| Completed | 2017 |
| Owner | TK Elevator |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 246 m (807 ft) |
| Observatory | 232 m (761 ft) |
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to TK-Elevator-Testturm.
- "Test Tower Website". TK Elevator. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- Dillon, Conor (2015-06-26). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany | DW | 26.06.2015". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- There are higher elevator test towers now, see List of elevator test towers.
- Dillon, Conor (26 June 2015). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- "Aufzugstestturm". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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