- Beppu Tower
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building_name = Beppu Tower
別府タワー
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groundbreaking =
location = 3-10-2 Kitahama,
Beppu, Ōita
constructed = 1956-57
opening = May 10, 1957
cost = ¥280 millioncite web|url=http://bussan.taiho.biz/tower/corpinfo.htm |title=会社概要:別府タワー |accessdate=2008-08-19 |language=Japanese]
($777,777 in 1956)
use =Communications tower Observation tower
floor_area =
antenna_spire = convert|100|m|ft|0
engineer =
architect =Tachū Naitō
contractor =
developer =
owner =nihongo|Beppu Tower|別府タワー|Beppu Tawā is a 100-metre-tall (328 ft)
lattice tower located inBeppu, Ōita ,Japan .cite web|url=http://bussan.taiho.biz/tower/history.htm |title=別府タワーの歴史:別府タワー |accessdate=2008-08-19 |language=Japanese] Initially built to help boost tourism in the area, today the tower is primarily used as TV transmission tower. It has an observation deck at a height of convert|55|m|ft|0.History
Beppu Tower was built in two years, from 1956 to 57 and was originally planned to open the Beppu Tourism Exhibition, held from March 20 through May 20, 1957. Construction was slightly delayed, however, and the tower was not completed until May 10, ten days before the exhibition ended. Its original name was nihongo|Sightseeing Center TV Tower|観光センターテレビ塔|Kankō-sentā-terebitō until 1961 when it was officially changed to Beppu Tower.
The tower first displayed advertising for National. Currently, it displays eight neon Asahi signs — four in English, four in Japanese.
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List of towers References
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