- AquaDom
The AquaDom in
Berlin ,Germany , is a 25 meter tall cylindricalacrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparentelevator . It is located at the Radisson SAS Hotel inBerlin-Mitte . The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and theaquarium Sea Life Center.The AquaDom was opened in
December 2003 . It cost about 12.8 millioneuro s. The acrylic glass cylinder was constructed by the U.S. company [http://www.reynoldspolymer.com] Reynolds Polymer Technology. It was later operated by a Reynolds subsidiary ICM and Hydrosight [http://www.hydrosight.com] . It is now the main attaction of the Berlin Sea Live Center.The outside cylinder was manufactured on-site from four pieces; the inside cylinder for the elevator was delivered in one piece. The Aquadom is the largest acrylic glass cylinder in the world, with a diameter of over 11 meters, built on a 9 meters tall concrete foundation. Filled with about 900,000 liters of seawater, it contains some 2600 fish of 56 species. The feeding of the fish and the cleaning of the fish tank is performed daily by a pair of full-time divers.
External links
* [http://www.domaquaree.de/ CityQuartier "DomAquarée"]
* [http://www.fundistraction.com/2007/06/aquadom-worlds-largest-cylindrical.html AquaDom, the world's largest cylindrical aquarium]
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