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Articles: Travelogue | pushpavilAsaM - kenaDA
- Mr. VIRABHADRA SASTRI KALANADHABHATTA
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Original cost: $63 million
Adjusted cost (1999 dollars): $260 million
Construction started on February 6, 1973
Total construction time: 40 months
Tower sphere construction (middle portion) started on August 1974
Antenna construction started on March 1975
Construction of The Tower was completed on February 22, 1974, and the antenna was completed on April 2, 1975
Total weight of the Tower: 117,910 metric tonnes (130,000 tons)
Volume of concrete: 40,523.8 cubic metres (53,000 cubic yards)
Tensioned steel: 128.7km (80 miles)
Reinforcing steel: 4,535 metric tonnes (5,000 tons)
Structural steel: 544.2 metric tonnes (600 tons)
Number of elevators: 6 (including 2 which officially opened March 20, 1997 )
Speed of elevators: 6 metres/second (20 feet/second)
Slow speed of elevators (in high winds): 1.5 metres/second (5 feet/second)
Attendance: about 2 million per year
Total staff (off season): approximately 400
Total staff (peak season): approximately 550
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