Mumbai Television Tower
| Mumbai Television Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Steel lattice television tower |
| Location | Mumbai |
| Coordinates | 19°00′26″N 72°49′12″E / 19.00722°N 72.82000°E |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Height | 300 m (984 ft) |
The Mumbai Television Tower, also known as the Worli Doordarshan Tower, is the television tower owned by Doordarshan, the public-broadcaster located in the city of Mumbai in India. It stands at 300 metres (984 feet)[1] and is the fourth-tallest man-made structure in the Indian subcontinent. The red and white tower is an open latticework structure. The tower, located at Worli, can be seen from most parts of South Mumbai.
A 32-minute documentary titled Tale of a Tower was produced by the Films Division of India featuring footage of the tower topped out in 1972.[2]
See also
[edit]- Lattice tower
- List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
- List of tallest freestanding steel structures
References
[edit]- ^ "Mumbai TV Tower - The Skyscraper Center".
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (4 October 2013). "For the record - This is Aakashvani". Mint. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Information on the completed 300m Mumbai TV Tower at Emporis.com[usurped]
- Drawings of Mumbai TV Tower - SkyscraperPage.com
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