TK Elevator Test Tower

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]

TK Elevator Test Tower
TK Elevator Testturm
Former namesthyssenkrupp Test Tower (2016-2021)
Alternative namesTower of Light
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeConcrete tower
Town or cityRottweil
CountryGermany
Coordinates48.179119°N 8.62518°E / 48.179119; 8.62518
Construction started2014
Completed2017
OwnerTK Elevator
Height
Architectural246 m (807 ft)
Observatory232 m (761 ft)
Website
Website

References

  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.
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