Dragon Tower

Dragon Tower
龙塔
Location within China
Alternative names	Long Ta Heilongjiang Tower[1]
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Steel lattice television and observation tower
Location	Harbin, Heilongjiang,  China
Coordinates	45°44′45.55″N 126°40′28″E / 45.7459861°N 126.67444°E / 45.7459861; 126.67444
Construction started	1999
Completed	2000
Height
Antenna spire	335.89 m (1,102 ft)
Top floor	216.10 m (709 ft)
References
[1][2][3]

Dragon Tower, also known as Long Ta (Chinese: 龙塔; pinyin: lóng tǎ) or Heilongjiang Tower^[1] (Chinese: 黑龙江塔), is a 336 m (1,102 ft) tall multi-purpose Chinese steel lattice television and observation tower. The Long Ta is used for television broadcasting; telecommunication, transmitting FM-/TV-broadcasting throughout the province of Heilongjiang; for observation, providing a view of the surrounding areas of city. The tower has observation decks and buffet restaurants. It has a AAAA rating.^[1][2][3]

Dragon Tower is 336 m (1,102 ft) and is the fourth tallest freestanding lattice tower in the world, the second tallest in Asia, and tallest in China. The tower has an antenna at 335.89 m (1,102 ft) and a top floor at 216.10 m (709 ft).^[1][2][3]

See also

• Lattice tower
• List of tallest towers in the world
• List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
• List of tallest freestanding steel structures
• Long Bei Jing, Dragon Scenery, the television station group that is in this tower
• Long Guang, Dragon Broadcast, the radio station group that is in this tower
• Harbin
• Heilongjiang

References

External links

• Chinese: Official Website
• Dragon Tower, Harbin - SkyscraperPage.com
• Dragon Tower Harbin, Harbin Long Ta Tower with Plentiful Pictures :: Tour-Beijing.com
• Official website from HLJTV