Status Complete Antenna spire 199.95 m (656 ft) Height 190 m Construction started 1991 | Completed 2005 Roof 189.89 m (623 ft) Opened 2005 | |
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Type Communications Tower
Telecommunication Tower Location Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine Similar Kharkiv TV Tower, NSS Annapolis, Friedrich Clemens Gerke To, Dudelange Radio Tower, Kiel Transmission Tower | ||
Kherson TV Tower (Ukrainian: Херсонська телевежа "Kherson TV Tower") is a 200 m (656 ft) tall space framed Ukrainian truss communications tower that is made of steel. The building is uniquely built, having been built by using the cross bracing system. The tower is a truss TV tower, specifically, a Vierendeel truss tower, wherein a structure's members are not triangulated but form rectangular openings instead (see Vierendeel Truss). The tower has an antenna that measures 199.95 m (656 ft) and a roof that measures 189.89 m (623 ft). The tower, possessing a total height of 200 m (656 ft), is also considered the tallest structure in the whole oblast (province) of Kherson'ka.
Contents
- Map of Kherson TV Tower Stepana Razina St Kherson Khersonska oblast Ukraine 73000
- History
- Geography
- Kherson
- Kherson Oblast
- References
Map of Kherson TV Tower, Stepana Razina St, Kherson, Khersons'ka oblast, Ukraine, 73000
History
Although the exact date of the commencing of the tower's construction is unknown, construction of the Kherson TV Tower was begun in 1991 and finished after 14 years, to be exact, in 2005, in the city of Kherson, in Ukraine.
Geography
The Kherson TV Tower is situated in the city of Kherson, which in turn, is located in the oblast (province) of Kherson, in Ukraine, thus the name.
Kherson
Kherson (Ukrainian: Херсо́н; Russian: Херсо́н) is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast (province), and is designated as its own separate raion (district) within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry. The current estimated population is 329,000 (as of 2007).
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast (Ukrainian: Херсонська область, translit. Khersons’ka oblast’; also referred to as Khersonshchyna – Ukrainian: Херсонщина) is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 29000 km², its population (as of 1 May 2004) is 1.12 million.