TK Elevator Test Tower
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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°10′45″N 8°37′31″E / 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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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]
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- ^ "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.CTBUH Skyscraper Center&rft.atitle=Aufzugstestturm&rft_id=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/wd/16617&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:TK Elevator Test Tower" class="Z3988">