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Wharf Cable Tower

People's Republic of China

The 1019th tallest building in the world

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The Cable TV Tower is a skyscraper located in Tsuen Wan in Hong Kong which was completed in 1993. The large building stands 197 metres (646 ft) tall with 41 floors of office and industrial space situated between Hoi Shing Road and Chai Wan Kok Street. The skyscraper is also the tallest 'office / industrial' building in the city (though many purely commercial properties are much higher). Attached to the southeast side of the building is an intermodal container (shipping container) elevator capable of lifting 40-foot containers to thirty floors up.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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