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  2. Bailong Elevator - Wikipedia

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    The Bailong Elevator, 2009. The Bailong Elevator (Chinese: 百龙电梯; literally Hundred Dragons Elevator) is a glass double-deck elevator built onto the side of a cliff in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, China, an area noted for more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of the site, many over 200 metres (660 ft) in height.

  3. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park - Wikipedia

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    Bailong Elevator. The Bailong Elevator, literally "hundred dragons sky lift", was opened to the public in 2002. At 326 m (1,070 ft), it is the world's tallest outdoor lift. It can transport visitors to the top from its foot in less than two minutes. The structure is composed of three separate glass elevators, each of which can carry up to 50 ...

  4. Double-deck elevator - Wikipedia

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    Double-deck elevators at Midland Square, Nagoya, Japan The Bailong Elevator Symbol seen within the upper cabin of the elevator in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower Double lobby ("lower lobby" and "upper lobby") to enter the elevators in Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. A double-deck elevator or double-deck lift is an elevator where one cab is stacked on top ...

  5. List of elevator test towers - Wikipedia

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    This gives the structure a total testing height of 944 ft (288 m), height above ground is 879 ft (268 m) 4 Zhongshan TK Elevator Laboratory Tower [6] TK Elevator: Zhongshan, China: 813 ft (248 m) 2018 5 TK Elevator Test Tower Rottweil [7] TK Elevator: Rottweil, Germany: 807 ft (246 m) 2017 Became the tallest elevator test tower upon completion ...

  6. List of tallest freestanding structures - Wikipedia

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    Due to erosion today it stands at the height of 138.8 metres (455 ft). Lincoln Cathedral: 159.7 524 1311–1549 (238 years) Church England Lincoln: Spire collapsed in 1549; today, stands at a height of 83 metres (272 ft). St. Mary's Church: 151 500 1549–1569 (20 years) Church Germany Stralsund: Beauvais Cathedral: 153 502 1569–1573 (4 years ...

  7. Hypsometer - Wikipedia

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    Calculation from this value will eventually give the height h, from the eye-line of the observer to the top of the object whose height is to be determined. Similarly as in step 2 of the illustration, a sighting is taken on the base of the object whose height is to be determined, and the reading on the horizontal scale, d', recorded.

  8. Height restriction laws - Wikipedia

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    A skyscraper called Torre Eurosky (Eurosky Tower), built in 2012 in EUR neighbourhood (outside the ban area) exceeds this limit being 155 m (509 ft) high. There is however a height restriction for new onshore wind turbines in the European Union, which set their total height to 200 m (660 ft). [12] [citation needed]

  9. TK Elevator Test Tower - Wikipedia

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    It stands 246 m (807 ft) tall and was built to test the company's MULTI elevator system. At 232 m (761 ft), the tower contains Germany's tallest observation deck . [ 1 ] It was completed in 2017 and was the tallest elevator test tower in the world then, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] as well as the second-largest elevator test chamber after a former mine shaft ...