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Encyclopedia > Kobe Port Tower

Kobe Port Tower (神戸ポートタワー Kōbe Pōto Tawā?), a hyperboloid structure, is a 108 metre high lattice tower in form of a hyperboloid in Kobe, Japan. Kobe Port Tower has an observation deck at a height of 90.28 metres. you will never see another beautful building like this! is the mos beautiful builduing that i had ever seen The worlds first hyperboloid water tower by Vladimir Shukhov, All-Russian Exposition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896 Hyperboloid structures in architecture were first applied by Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939). ... Kobe ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ...

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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. ... The worlds first hyperboloid water tower by Vladimir Shukhov, All-Russian Exposition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896 Hyperboloid structures in architecture were first applied by Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939). ...

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BIGpedia - Kobe, Hyogo - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (686 words)
Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with the ports of Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, and Tokyo.
It is famous for its Kobe beef, the Arima Onsen (hot springs), nightview of the city both from the coast and the mountain, and the exotic atomosphere which mainly came from its history as a port city.
Kobe was briefly the capital of Japan in 1180 A.D. at the end of the Heian period.
eiffel tower - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (1690 words)
Originally, Eiffel had a permit to leave the tower standing for 20 years, more than recouping his expenses, but, as it proved valuable for communication purposes, it was allowed to stay after the end of the permit.
The tower (and the rest of Paris) were almost blown up by a terrorist nuclear bomb and Lois Lane almost plunged to her death under its elevator in Superman II.
The Radio Tower Gliwice was nicknamed "Eiffel Tower of Upper Silesia" and the wood framework tower of the transmitter Ismaning, which was demolished in 1983 was called the "Bavarian Eiffel Tower".
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