Tokyo Tower
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Steel truss tower (free standing)
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| Function / usage: |
Communications tower
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| Built: | 1957 - 1958 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Minato, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Asia |
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| Address: | Shiba-koen 4-2-8 |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 333 m | |
| height to platform (1) | 150 m | |
| height to platform (2) | 250 m |
Materials
| tower |
steel
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Notes
Inspired by the Eiffel Tower.
Participants
Design
Architecture
Construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 76-77
- Seismic Retrofit of Tokyo Tower, presented at IABSE Symposium, Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, 22-24 September 2010.
- La nouvelle tour de télévision de Tokyo (Japon), in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", November 1959 v. 24
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000080 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 21/05/2013 |