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Structure-ID: s0000279
Created on: 21/05/99
Modified on: 23/08/09


Ostankino Tower

Built: 1959 - 1967
Status: in use
Location: Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia
Ostankino Tower, Moscow
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Structural Type:
Vertical cantilever structure
Function / usage:
Communications tower

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Engineer Nikolai Vassiljevich Nikitine
Consulting engineer Fritz Leonhardt

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
shaft  prestressed concrete
reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  height 537.44 m
observation deck   height to observation deck 360 m

Chronology
27 August 2000
Fire erupts at the top of the tower. At least 4 people die.
28 August 2000
Concerns over the stability of the structure arise. Area around the tower is declared off-limits.
End of 2003
Installation of a new broadcast antenna without any height increase.

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External LinkBBC News: In pictures: TV tower fire (27.08.2000) English
External LinkBBC News: Moscow tower blaze 'under control' (28.08.2000) English
External LinkiCivilEngineer: Failure Watch: Ostankino Tower English
External LinkMain Television and Broadcasting Center Russian English
External LinkWikipédia: Tour Ostankino French

Relevant Literature
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 240.
* Reina, Peter   Moscow Tower's Future Unknown, in "Engineering News Record", 4 September 2000 .

 
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