General Information
| Other name(s): | Tour du Millénaire |
|---|---|
| Completion: | 5 July 2012 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Observation tower |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Timber tower |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| weight | 82 t | |
| total height | 60 m | |
| observation deck 1 | height to platform | 15 m |
| observation deck 2 | height to platform | 30 m |
| observation deck 3 | height to platform | 45 m |
| shaft | diameter | 3.3 m |
| height | 47.6 m | |
| wood structure | height | 45 m |
Cost
| construction cost (without tax) | Euro 625 000 |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The tour du millénaire (French for tower of the millennium) was a vantage point built in 2001 in Gedinne, Belgium just meters away from the French border.
The tower consisted of two tripods fitted together (one upright, one upside down) with three different viewing platforms (at 15 m, 30 m and 45 m). The total height of the tower (including the spire) was 60 m. The legs of the tripods were the stems of Douglas-fir trees found in the surrounding forest, held together by a steel construction.
It topped the plateau of the Croix-Scaille, a forest of around 90 square kilometres that was used by the Resistance during World War II. The plateau is at 503 m the highest point in the Ardennes (excluding the High Fens which is sometimes defined as being in the Ardennes) and the fourth highest summit in Belgium.
It was dismantled due to woodrot on July 7, 2008.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Tour du Millénaire" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2010): Laurent Ney - Shaping Forces. Bozar Books - A+ Editions, Brussels (Belgium), ISBN 9789490814007, pp. 191.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20011035 - Published on:
17/12/2003 - Last updated on:
29/10/2023
