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TK Elevator Test Tower

Coordinates: 48°10′45″N 8°37′31″E / 48.179119°N 8.62518°E / 48.179119; 8.62518
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TK Elevator Test Tower
TK Elevator Testturm
Map
Former namesthyssenkrupp Test Tower (2016-2021)
Alternative namesTower of Light
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeConcrete tower
Town or cityRottweil
CountryGermany
Coordinates48°10′45″N 8°37′31″E / 48.179119°N 8.62518°E / 48.179119; 8.62518
Construction started2014
Completed2017
OwnerTK Elevator
Height
Architectural246 m (807 ft)
Observatory232 m (761 ft)
Website
Website

The TK Elevator Test Tower (TK-Elevator-Testturm) is an elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany. It is owned by TK Elevator, who have their elevator research campus nearby. It stands 246 m (807 ft) tall and was built to test the company's MULTI elevator system. At 232 m (761 ft), the tower contains Germany's tallest observation deck.[1] It was completed in 2017 and was the tallest elevator test tower in the world then,[2][3] as well as the second-largest elevator test chamber after a former mine shaft used by Kone.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Test Tower Website". TK Elevator. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. ^ Dillon, Conor (2015-06-26). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany | DW | 26.06.2015". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  3. ^ There are higher elevator test towers now, see List of elevator test towers.
  4. ^ Dillon, Conor (26 June 2015). "World's tallest elevator tower rises in Rottweil, Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Aufzugstestturm". CTBUH Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 12 May 2021.