Zhuzhou Television Tower is a 293-metre (961-foot) tall [1] free standing telecommunications tower in Zhuzhou, China. [2] It is the ninth tallest tower in China, and the second tallest steel tower. [3] It features a revolving restaurant and open-air observation deck. It broadcasts five television and two radio channels. [4]
It was completed in 1999 after three years of construction. [4] The cost of construction was over US$13 million. [5]
The immediate vicinity of the tower has since been redeveloped as a tourist attraction and renamed "Shennong City", and as part of the project the tower was renamed the "Shennong Tower". [6] [5]
Some redevelopment was carried out in 2006 to improve fire safety and add a ballroom to the lobby. [3]
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