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November 11th, 2008, 08:44 PM
Tortoise Mountain TV Tower
Wuhan, China
HEIGHT: 311m
FLOORS: 5 floors
COMPLETION: ?
ARCHITECT: ?
Tortoise Mountain TV Tower(Guishan TV tower) is a 311.4-metre high TV Tower at Wuhan, China. It is a concrete tower equipped with an observation deck in a height of 210 metres. It does not stand directly upon the hill, which is occupied by an ancient temple(Three kingdoms era of ancient China). Guishan TV Tower is China's first self-developed TV tower. You can find rows of sculptures of ancient warriors on the hill with detailed introduction. The two hills of Turtle Hill and Snake Hill (with the Yellow Crane Tower) face each other across the Yangtze river; each has many historic ruins.
difficult to find good pics:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/WuhanTVTower.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/YCPViewAcrossYangtze.jpg
http://www.jimmysie.com/tp/images/15.jpg
Wuhan, China
HEIGHT: 311m
FLOORS: 5 floors
COMPLETION: ?
ARCHITECT: ?
Tortoise Mountain TV Tower(Guishan TV tower) is a 311.4-metre high TV Tower at Wuhan, China. It is a concrete tower equipped with an observation deck in a height of 210 metres. It does not stand directly upon the hill, which is occupied by an ancient temple(Three kingdoms era of ancient China). Guishan TV Tower is China's first self-developed TV tower. You can find rows of sculptures of ancient warriors on the hill with detailed introduction. The two hills of Turtle Hill and Snake Hill (with the Yellow Crane Tower) face each other across the Yangtze river; each has many historic ruins.
difficult to find good pics:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/WuhanTVTower.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/YCPViewAcrossYangtze.jpg
http://www.jimmysie.com/tp/images/15.jpg