Kherson TV Tower


Kherson TV Tower is a tall space framed Ukrainian truss communications tower that is made of steel. The building is uniquely built, having been built by using the cross bracing system. The tower is a truss TV tower, specifically, a Vierendeel truss tower, wherein a structure's members are not triangulated but form rectangular openings instead. The tower has an antenna that measures and a roof that measures. The tower, possessing a total height of, is also considered the tallest structure in the whole oblast of Kherson'ka.

History

Although the exact date of the commencing of the tower's construction is unknown, construction of the Kherson TV Tower was begun in 1991 and finished after 14 years, to be exact, in 2005, in the city of Kherson, in Ukraine.

Geography

The Kherson TV Tower is situated in the city of Kherson, which in turn, is located in the oblast of Kherson, in Ukraine, thus the name.

Kherson

Kherson is a city in southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast, and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry. The current estimated population is 329,000.

Kherson Oblast

Kherson Oblast is an oblast in southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 29000 km², its population is 1.12 million.