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Structure-ID: s0000119
Created on: 11/03/99
Modified on: 22/06/05


Colonius

Completed in: 1981
Status: in use
Location: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Colonius, Cologne
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Structural Type:
Vertical cantilever structure
Function / usage:
Communications tower

Persons involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Erwin Heinle
Engineer Fritz Leonhardt

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Structural engineering Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
tower  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  diameter 5 - 14.9 m
  height 252.5 m
2005: 266 m
  shaft height 219 m

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External LinkWikipedia: Colonius German
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External LinkWikipédia: Colonius French
External LinkWikipédia: Colonius Portuguese

Relevant Literature
* Eckart, Kai   Den Wolken Entgegen (2nd edition), Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3896759027, 1998; pp. 46-47.
* Reimers, K.   Die Stahlkonstruktion für die Kanzel des Fernmeldeturms Köln, in "Bauingenieur", 1980 v. 55 .

 
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