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Tower of the Americas

Completed in: 1968
Status: in use
Address: 600 HemisFair Park / 701 W Bowie St
Location: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Tower of the Americas.
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Structural Type:
Vertical cantilever structure
Function / usage:
Observation tower

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  diameter 13.80 m
  height 228.6 m
  diameter at platform 36 m

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Relevant Literature
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 245.

 
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