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The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets within the city's CBD, it is 328 metres (1,076 ft) tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere and the 27th tallest tower in the world. It has become an iconic landmark in Auckland's skyline due to its height and unique design. The tower is part of the Sky City Auckland casino complex, originally built in 1994–1997 for Harrah's Entertainment. Several upper levels are accessible to the public, attracting an average of 1,150 visitors per day (over 415,000 per year)
This tower is the headquarters of the State's telecommunications company.
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The Kaknäs tower (Swedish: Kaknästornet) is a telecommunications tower. It was finished in 1967. The height is 155 metres (509 ft) or 170 metres (560 ft) with the top antenna included. For a few years Kaknästornet was the tallest building in the Nordic countries.
Architects: Hans Borgström and Bengt Lindroos,
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The tower is situated in the world’s first National City Park.
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Stuttgart (Swabian: Schduagert) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 609,219, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.7 million people live in the city's administrative region and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.
Since the 6th millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320. The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918. Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II. However, by 1952, the city had bounced back and it became the major economic, industrial, tourism and publishing centre it is today.
Stuttgart is also a transport junction, and possesses the sixth-largest airport in Germany. Several major companies are headquartered in Stuttgart, including Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG, and Dinkelacker.
Stuttgart is unusual in the scheme of German cities. It is spread across a variety of hills (some of them covered in vineyards), valleys (especially around the Neckar river and the Stuttgart basin) and parks. This often surprises visitors who associate the city with its reputation as the "cradle of the automobile". The city's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart offers more". Under current plans to improve transport links to the international infrastructure (as part of the Stuttgart 21 project), the city unveiled a new logo and slogan in March 2008 describing itself as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new Heart of Europe"). For business, it describes itself as "Where business meets the future". In July 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new city logo, designed to entice more business people to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.
Stuttgart is a city with a high number of immigrants. According to Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, "In the city of Stuttgart, every third inhabitant is a foreigner." 40% of Stuttgart's residents, and 64% of the population below the age of five, are of immigrant background.
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Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.
Pre Internet; evolving technology with TV and telecommunications. (Communication Design project while at ESAD, 1979.)
Narrandera, NSW
"A memorial to the telecommunications "J" trunk route and the men who built it. Construction commenced in 1950 and was completed in 1956. The section passing through Narrandera stretched from Blayney to Echuca. It formed part of an Eastern Australian network linking the capital cities and provincial cities and towns. Overseas experts recognised it as one of the best, if not the best, telecommunications aerial pole route in the world. It was finally overtaken by technology in the form of co-axial cable and dismantled in 1986/87."
(Memorial cairn and plaque)
A European telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed while in orbit has been placed on board a rocket ready for launch on 30 July.
Developed under an ESA Partnership Project with satellite operator Eutelsat and prime manufacturer Airbus, Eutelsat Quantum is the first commercial fully flexible software-defined satellite in the world.
Because it can be reprogrammed in orbit, it can respond to changing demands for data transmission and secure communications during its 15-year lifetime.
Its beams can be redirected to move in almost real time to provide information to passengers on board moving ships or planes. The beams also can be easily adjusted to deliver more data when demand surges.
The satellite can detect and characterise any rogue emissions, enabling it to respond dynamically to accidental interference or intentional jamming.
Eutelsat Quantum is the outcome of an ESA Partnership Project. It is a UK flagship project with most of the satellite developed and manufactured by British industry. Airbus was the prime contractor and was responsible for manufacturing the satellite’s payload, while Surry Satellite Technology Ltd manufactured the new platform.
The satellite will be launched on board an Ariane 5 rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
ESA Partnership Projects develop sustainable end-to-end systems, right up to in-orbit validation.
Credits: ESA/ArianeGroup/Arianespace/CNES
"Argentina's telecommunications industry dates back to the year 1881, when a Swiss company laid the first telephone lines in downtown Buenos Aires. Towards the middle of the century, however, a local subsidiary of The International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT), the American-owned Unión Telefónica del Rió de La Plata, was operating the service until Juan D. Perón declared its nationalization. A newborn state company, ENTel (Empresa National de Telecomunicacione), was created as a symbol of the Peronist government's nationalization process, which also included the railroads, mail service, and energy. From that point, ENTel managed to secure a legal monopoly throughout most of Argentina.' No licenses were granted to private enterprises. The only other companies operating (on a very small
scale) were CAT (Compañía Argentina de Teléfonos S.A.) and a number of small “cooperative” structures, all in regions where ENTel was not present." — Law and Business Review of the Americas - Privatization and Deregulation of the Argentine Telephone Service 1990-2000
Hernan L. Bentolila, Privatization & (and) Deregulation of the Argentine Telephone Service 1990-2000, 6 Law & Bus. Rev. Am. 557 (2000)
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Stuttgart (Swabian: Schduagert) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 609,219, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.7 million people live in the city's administrative region and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.
Since the 6th millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320. The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918. Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II. However, by 1952, the city had bounced back and it became the major economic, industrial, tourism and publishing centre it is today.
Stuttgart is also a transport junction, and possesses the sixth-largest airport in Germany. Several major companies are headquartered in Stuttgart, including Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG, and Dinkelacker.
Stuttgart is unusual in the scheme of German cities. It is spread across a variety of hills (some of them covered in vineyards), valleys (especially around the Neckar river and the Stuttgart basin) and parks. This often surprises visitors who associate the city with its reputation as the "cradle of the automobile". The city's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart offers more". Under current plans to improve transport links to the international infrastructure (as part of the Stuttgart 21 project), the city unveiled a new logo and slogan in March 2008 describing itself as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new Heart of Europe"). For business, it describes itself as "Where business meets the future". In July 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new city logo, designed to entice more business people to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.
Stuttgart is a city with a high number of immigrants. According to Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, "In the city of Stuttgart, every third inhabitant is a foreigner." 40% of Stuttgart's residents, and 64% of the population below the age of five, are of immigrant background.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Stuttgart
Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.
The Liberation Tower - Kuwait
Photographer Khalid Almasoud © All rights reserved
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The Liberation Tower is the second tallest structure in Kuwait. Construction of the tower commenced before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. It was meant to be called The Kuwait Telecommunications Tower.
When the invasion took place, construction, which was almost half-way complete, was put on hold. However, the structure received no damage, and construction resumed after Saddam Hussein's forces were expelled on February 27, 1991. Upon completion in 1993, the tower was renamed the Liberation Tower, symbolizing Kuwait's liberation from Iraq.
The tower contains a revolving restaurant and observation platform (in the first disc-shaped pod; now closed to the public for security reasons), and also houses radio and other telecommunications offices. The structure stands at 372 meters high (1,220 ft) at its pinnacle. The roof of the second pod on the tower is 308 meters high (1,010 ft). It is similar to the CN Tower since both contain a revolving restaurant, observation platform, telecommunications equipment and similar architecture.
This photo was taken on April 20, 2009 using a Canon EOS 50D
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A reflection of the Belgacom Towers located in Brussels. The buildings take their name from the leading telecommunications company. They are among the tallest skyscrapers in Belgium.
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Belgacom Up Up Towers
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Belgacom up up towers
Thru the open sky
Mirror glass empowers
To reach tomorrow’s high
Every hour in waking
Thru the life below
Telecommunications making
In their goals go
Yesteryears were different
Within other ways
Now it’s steel glass bent
With the sunshine days
Clear up on and going
Gathering futures revere
In all its glassy glowing
Thru its day and year
Dreams of fresh prospect
Giving more of hope
With innovative intellect
And holding to strong rope
Inside their days of living
More to offer to new
Together to future giving
Making dreams come true
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Pulse of Brussels
A poem by Katie Gabrielle
The soul of Brussels
Reflections of a world
Mirror what we see
And what really is
Imagine what minds
Have passed through these
Steps and to the top
Gazing upon this city
Dreaming grand dreams
Hoping for a better world
And creating one
With each wave of the flag
The pulse of Brussels
Soars to the skies
Reflecting pride, spirit
and love
Telstra Tower is a telecommunications tower and lookout that is situated above the summit of Black Mountain in Australia's capital city of Canberra.
Built for Project Telstar experiments. View shows Control Building and 210 foot Radome.
Postmarked September 17, 1965
Interesting history of this here: www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/658/slideshow/386/di...
The Brisbane GPO was built in 1872 to replace a temporary post office that operated elsewhere in Queen Street. A central tower, southern Telegraph Wing and clock were added in 1879. The complex held Brisbane’s first telephone exchange (1880) and was the telegram central distribution centre. A replacement clock was installed in 1908, when a three-storey building facing Elizabeth Street was added. Minor extensions occurred in 1911, 1943 -1944, 1957, and 1975. During World War II, its front was used as a saluting dais for military parades. A replacement clock was installed in 1982. In 1983, a postal and telecommunications museum was included within the GPO.
The major components of this Post & Telegraph complex were constructed between 1872 and 1910.
A postal service operated in Moreton Bay from convict times. After free settlement, various part-time post masters distributed mail from premises in Queen Street. The first full-time Post Master, John Barney, was appointed in 1852. When he died in 1855, his wife Elsie succeeded to the position and she managed the distribution of mail to a growing population which by 1859 numbered 30 000.
By 1863, the new Post Master General Thomas Murray-Prior regarded the Queen Street site as inadequate. He nominated the present site, then containing the former Female Factory, as the most appropriate location for a new General Post Office. Plans were prepared by the Colonial Architect Charles Tiffin, but a severe financial crisis in 1866 halted any further progress. In 1871 tenders were called on a new design prepared by Tiffin's successor FDG Stanley and the contract was awarded to John Petrie. Petrie drew on local materials and expertise in the erection of the new building, using porphyry (probably from Kangaroo Point), sandstone from Murphy's Creek and Breakfast Creek and iron from Smellie & Co for the upper floor colunms and railings. By the end of September 1872, the building was complete - at a cost of £7450. A clock for the pediment was to come from England and some interior fittings were to be finished. Stanley's design, like Tiffin's earlier one, made provision for large shaded outside areas to accommodate the hundreds of clients who had to wait for their mail.
Another communication service, the telegraph, had been in existence in Queensland since 1861 when Brisbane was linked with Ipswich, the Darling Downs and with New South Wales via Annidale. Thereafter telegraph lines were erected throughout the colony – by 1872 Brisbane was linked with the Gulf of Carpentaria. The growth of telegraph services strained accommodation at the first Telegraph Office in an old church in William Street and by the late 1870s a decision was made to relocate the Telegraph Office to the GPO site. By 1877 plans for a twin to the GPO were drawn up and, once again, John Petrie's tender was successful. Construction of the new Telegraph Wing proceeded and by November 1879 the new building was complete. The two wings were linked by an arcade and a tower - the latter was never finished. A two-storeyed building behind the Telegraph Wing, facing Elizabeth Street was built in the same year.
Rapidly developing technology and an expanding Queensland population created accommodation pressure on the site and by the time the Telegraph Wing was completed, extensions had already been constructed on the GPO wing. In late 1880 the government assumed responsibility for another communication service, the telephone. The first telephone exchange was installed in the Telegraph Wing. By 1889, the exchange occupied a new floor on top of the 1879 Elizabeth Street building.
Accommodation continued to prove inadequate and, despite piecemeal extensions, by the 1890s there were calls for an entirely new building on the whole site. Early in 1900 a design competition was announced, attracting entries from architects throughout the colonies. With Federation however, Post & Telegraph affairs became the responsibility of the Commonwealth Government and although designs for a new building were sent to Head Office in Melbourne, the plan lapsed.
In 1908, plans were made to rationalise space on the site which had become cluttered with buildings. On the Post Office side a large extension was erected behind the GPO and a new brick building with basement and three floors, designed by Thomas Pye, was constructed facing Elizabeth Street. A two-storeyed building was erected behind the Telegraph Wing and the whole complex was fitted with an electrical system, including an electric lift .
Since 1911 various extensions have been erected above and between existing buildings. In 1927 the southern colonnade and stairs of the Telegraph Wing were demolished. In the 1930s there was another call for a new building but plans were delayed and then lapsed. The 1970s saw a $700 000 restoration program including the installation of a new clock in the Post Office pediment and the opening of a Post and Technology Museum in the Telegraph Wing. The interior of the GPO was remodelled in 1989.
Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage Register.
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Stuttgart (Swabian: Schduagert) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 609,219, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.7 million people live in the city's administrative region and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.
Since the 6th millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320. The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918. Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II. However, by 1952, the city had bounced back and it became the major economic, industrial, tourism and publishing centre it is today.
Stuttgart is also a transport junction, and possesses the sixth-largest airport in Germany. Several major companies are headquartered in Stuttgart, including Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG, and Dinkelacker.
Stuttgart is unusual in the scheme of German cities. It is spread across a variety of hills (some of them covered in vineyards), valleys (especially around the Neckar river and the Stuttgart basin) and parks. This often surprises visitors who associate the city with its reputation as the "cradle of the automobile". The city's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart offers more". Under current plans to improve transport links to the international infrastructure (as part of the Stuttgart 21 project), the city unveiled a new logo and slogan in March 2008 describing itself as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new Heart of Europe"). For business, it describes itself as "Where business meets the future". In July 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new city logo, designed to entice more business people to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.
Stuttgart is a city with a high number of immigrants. According to Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, "In the city of Stuttgart, every third inhabitant is a foreigner." 40% of Stuttgart's residents, and 64% of the population below the age of five, are of immigrant background.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Stuttgart
Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.
Telecommunications tower in the Mundy Regional Park, Kalamunda, Western Australia.
We were walking the park as part of Ibu Anne’s training to complete the Oxfam Trailwalker 50km.
**New note 15.7.2020
Have just discovered the telecommunications installation is only the pipes and whistles on the balls. The balls contain Meningie's water supply. Extra lights and aerials at the top are lit up whenever a helicopter is expected to use the helipad located between this site and the hospital because there is very little space between the two.
Meningie was established on the banks of Lake Albert in 1866.
It was a staging point for paddle steamers plying the waters and horse-drawn coaches taking the coastal route between Adelaide and Melbourne.
Meningie is part of the traditional land of the Ngarrindjeri people.
The lake was named after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, and is fed by water of the Murray River.
An orange pouch and a yellow cable are paving the way for missions to the Moon. By monitoring space radiation and enabling faster communications, the Dosis-3D experiment and the Columbus Ka-band or ColKa terminal, respectively, are providing the insights needed to enable safer missions father out in space.
Orange Dosis-3D pouches are everywhere in the Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station. A series of active and passive dosimeters, they measure space radiation inside the module as well as how it penetrates the Space Station’s walls.
Radiation levels in space are up to 15 times higher than on Earth. As soon as humans leave the protective shield that is Earth’s atmosphere, space radiation becomes a serious concern.
The Columbus module is monitored by 11 passive dosimeters. The dosimeters are about the size of a pack of playing cards and attach to the walls of Columbus with Velcro. The detectors record how much radiation has been absorbed in total during the period they are in space.
This experiment has been monitoring radiation levels for a number of years and after each six-month crew rotation, the detectors are replaced to record changes in radiation.
In addition to the passive detectors, Dosis-3D uses active dosimeters that measure fluctuations in radiation levels over time. Data from all Station partners is shared to create as complete a picture of space radiation as possible.
Dosimeters will also be flown on the Gateway, the next human habitat to be built in the vicinity of the Moon, to generate a more accurate assessment of radiation in lunar orbit.
Meanwhile, the ColKa communications terminal visible in this image, will connect the Columbus module to the European Data Relay System satellites in geostationary orbit that transfer data via European ground stations. ColKa was installed during a recent spacewalk and began commissioning this week. It will enable faster uplink and downlink speeds between the European segment of the Space Station and European researchers on the ground.
The know-how gained from designing, building and running ColKa could potentially be used in exploring farther from Earth in the Gateway around the Moon. ESA will supply the ESPRIT module for communications, scientific experiments, and refuelling for the international lunar outpost.
These ambitious plans require reliable navigation and telecommunication capabilities to succeed. Building these independently would be costly, complex and inefficient.
If this work were outsourced to a consortium of space companies that could put a constellation of satellites around the Moon, each individual mission would become more cost-efficient.
As part of an initiative called Moonlight, ESA is now conducting deep analyses of the planned lunar missions and further developing possible solutions, both technical and business-related, to provide telecommunications and navigation services for the Moon.
Credits: ESA/NASA
Auckland's telecommunications and observation Sky Tower is New Zealand's tallest building at 328m. The cables from the platform are part of the bungy-jumping apparatus. It was very disconcerting to suddenly see a jumper dive past the window of the rotating restaurant!
At this moment I thought: "I want a 28 mm camera! Aaaaaaaahh!!!" :¬P
The new Museum of Telecommunications was inaugurated in 01/2007 and occupies part of the area of the old museum, of 1918. The two buildings mesclam itselfs, forming only one, a mixture of old and contemporary. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The incorporeal representation of the thematic of the communication was one of the premises of the project. When we think on what it is communication, instinctively we relate the images, as telephone wires, great servers of computer, or satellites. But the choice of one of these images discloses, after all, that the space of the communication is well more abstract. Not it is an object, nor happens in one definitive place, and yes if it configures in the physical absence of something. Thus thinking, we arrive at the conclusion of that the communication happens in the inexistence of a real space.
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An interesting post-mounted binder produced by the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Branch of what was then the Post Office's Telecommunications Department. It is intended to show, pictorially, how work taking place on or adjacent to the pavement or roadway should be signed and marked so as to ensure safe working for both PO staff and the public. The contents, as it includes the use of mandatory road signs, had been agreed with the Ministry of Transport.
It was designed by Reg Flood and the illustrations are by the Post Office Illustration Studio.
1Z23 0930 Bristol Kingsland Road Signalling & Telecommunications Engineer's Sidings to Derby RTC Serco
One quintessential component to any effective military is simply communication. The presence of a robust telecommunications network ensures nearly any armed force is able to mobilize units effectively and therein able to counter the efforts of the enemy. Indeed nearly every element of NATO's order of battle is able to send and receive data in real-time, therein giving the alliance a three-dimensional impression of the battlefield. This ability to rapidly map the combat space has given Western armies a leg up in almost every campaign they've been involved with, including their stabilization efforts in the Balkans and Eastern Europe more broadly.
Lacking the funds and diverse domestic electronics industry to create parity with the West's fine-tuned command and control network, Yugoslavia instead focused on manufacturing select technologies to mute NATO's constant data transmissions. The M-104 is one iteration of this effort as it was designed as a terrestrial electronic warfare suite capable of intercepting or otherwise corrupting wireless transmissions from UAVs, radios, and so forth. In effect, NATO's Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Eastern Europe has often found its ISR operations interfered with by unidentifiable sources. For nearly two years the organization was unaware that Yugoslavia possessed the means to inflict such localized information blackouts. After a bout of FININT, however, it was discovered the JNA had shadily purchased rights to West Russian EW technology. This purchase was laundered extensively, so it's no wonder it took some time before NATO was able to discover it.
Regardless, the JNA--or more accurately, the Black Cross terror organization--has utilized the Ozhwiena to great effect. During the hotter spells of the conflict in Ukraine, dozens of donated UAVs had their relay components fried and several sorties by piloted SFOR aircraft had to be written off after "substantial external interference compromised targeting and transmission modules" aboard the offending jets. Although NATO has committed a considerable number of clandestine and overt assets to counter the threat to their battlefield information monopoly, the operators of the M-104 are often highly trained and are able to avoid getting blasted thanks to the conservative use of the EW systems and rapid deployment times. It's very uncommon for the same truck to linger in an area for more than a day and even then it often has some sort of anti-aircraft coverage lingering nearby to bite back against confident pilots. If electronic warfare technologies like those found in the Ozhwiena are allowed to proliferate in Eastern Europe--and indeed East Asia as well--then NATO and its allies are likely going to need to re-train themselves in more primitive information conveyance methods. Perhaps the carrier pigeon isn't totally outmoded after all.
The telecommunications tower, standing at 108.35 meters today, was originally constructed in 1966 as a standard tower with a height of 70.35 meters for the German Federal Post. The extension took place in 1990.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart
Stuttgart (Swabian: Schduagert) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 609,219, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.7 million people live in the city's administrative region and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.
Since the 6th millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320. The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918. Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II. However, by 1952, the city had bounced back and it became the major economic, industrial, tourism and publishing centre it is today.
Stuttgart is also a transport junction, and possesses the sixth-largest airport in Germany. Several major companies are headquartered in Stuttgart, including Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG, and Dinkelacker.
Stuttgart is unusual in the scheme of German cities. It is spread across a variety of hills (some of them covered in vineyards), valleys (especially around the Neckar river and the Stuttgart basin) and parks. This often surprises visitors who associate the city with its reputation as the "cradle of the automobile". The city's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart offers more". Under current plans to improve transport links to the international infrastructure (as part of the Stuttgart 21 project), the city unveiled a new logo and slogan in March 2008 describing itself as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new Heart of Europe"). For business, it describes itself as "Where business meets the future". In July 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new city logo, designed to entice more business people to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.
Stuttgart is a city with a high number of immigrants. According to Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, "In the city of Stuttgart, every third inhabitant is a foreigner." 40% of Stuttgart's residents, and 64% of the population below the age of five, are of immigrant background.
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Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.
This photograph captures a nighttime panorama of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The dominant feature is the Tashkent Tower (also known as the Toshkent Tower or Tashkent Tower), a tall telecommunications tower, brightly lit and standing prominently against the dark sky. A wide, multi-lane street stretches into the distance, filled with moving vehicles, their headlights and taillights creating streaks of red and white light. Surrounding the street are several apartment buildings, their windows illuminated, adding to the urban atmosphere. The overall impression is one of a vibrant, modern city at night.
My 360° Tashkent Video on youtube
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart
Stuttgart (Swabian: Schduagert) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Its urban area has a population of 609,219, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.7 million people live in the city's administrative region and another 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living, innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey.
Since the 6th millennium BC, the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley. The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt, making it the most important regional centre for several centuries. Stuttgart's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, as a stud farm for his warhorses. Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320. The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918. Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II. However, by 1952, the city had bounced back and it became the major economic, industrial, tourism and publishing centre it is today.
Stuttgart is also a transport junction, and possesses the sixth-largest airport in Germany. Several major companies are headquartered in Stuttgart, including Porsche, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler AG, and Dinkelacker.
Stuttgart is unusual in the scheme of German cities. It is spread across a variety of hills (some of them covered in vineyards), valleys (especially around the Neckar river and the Stuttgart basin) and parks. This often surprises visitors who associate the city with its reputation as the "cradle of the automobile". The city's tourism slogan is "Stuttgart offers more". Under current plans to improve transport links to the international infrastructure (as part of the Stuttgart 21 project), the city unveiled a new logo and slogan in March 2008 describing itself as "Das neue Herz Europas" ("The new Heart of Europe"). For business, it describes itself as "Where business meets the future". In July 2010, Stuttgart unveiled a new city logo, designed to entice more business people to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.
Stuttgart is a city with a high number of immigrants. According to Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Travel Guide to Germany, "In the city of Stuttgart, every third inhabitant is a foreigner." 40% of Stuttgart's residents, and 64% of the population below the age of five, are of immigrant background.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Stuttgart
Fernsehturm Stuttgart (English: Stuttgart TV Tower) is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.
kurz vor Sonnenuntergang
Media Harbour just before sunset
Rheinturm and Neuer Zollhof (New Zollhof)
The Rheinturm (Rhine Tower) is a 240.5 metre high concrete telecommunications tower in Düsseldorf, capital of the federal state (Bundesland) of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Construction commenced in 1979 and finished in 1981. The Rheinturm carries aerials for directional radio, FM and TV transmitters. It stands 174.5 metres high and houses a revolving restaurant and an observation deck at a height of 170 metres. It is the tallest building in Düsseldorf.
The Rheinturm was inaugurated on 1 December 1981. It contains 7,500 cubic metres of concrete and weighs 22,500 tons. Before October 15, 2004, when an aerial antenna for DVB-T was mounted, it was 234.2 metres high.
The observation deck is open to public, daily from 10:00 AM to 11:30 PM. As a special attraction, a light sculpture on its shaft works as a clock. This sculpture was designed by Horst H. Baumann and is called Lichtzeitpegel (light time level). The light sculpture on the Rheinturm is the largest digital clock in the world.
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Neuer Zollhof or Der Neue Zollhof (The New Zollhof), located at Neuer Zollhof 2-6, Unterbilk, is a prominent landmark of Düsseldorf-Hafen, part of the redeveloped port of Düsseldorf, Germany.
The building complex consisting of three separate buildings, was designed by American architect Frank O. Gehry and completed in 1998. Floorplans and facades of all three buildings curve and lean, reason for them being likened to leaning towers. The tallest building is 14 stories high and just under 50 m tall. Each building has a different facade cladding - the outer two in white plaster and red brick respectively; the central building's stainless steel facade reflects material and shapes of its two neighbour buildings.
The buildings have a total gross floor area of 29.000 square metres. A previous architectural design competition for the site was won by British architect Zaha Hadid during the early 1990s, however never commissioned.
The buildings are also popular with tourists who visit the region.
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Der Rheinturm ist ein Fernsehturm in Düsseldorf. Mit 240,50 Metern ist er das höchste Bauwerk der Stadt und der zehnthöchste Fernsehturm in Deutschland. Der von 1978 bis 1982 erbaute Rheinturm dient sowohl als Träger von Antennen für Richtfunk, DVB-T-Fernsehen und UKW-Funkdienste als auch als Aussichtsturm. Der direkt am Rhein stehende Turm trägt als Besonderheit an seiner der Altstadt zugewandten Seite eine sogenannte Lichtskulptur, die als größte digitale Uhr der Welt gilt. Der Rheinturm ist für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich, prägt das Stadtbild von Düsseldorf und ist eines seiner Wahrzeichen. Jährlich besuchen etwa 300.000 Menschen den Rheinturm.
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Der Neue Zollhof ist ein Gebäudeensemble im Düsseldorfer Medienhafen, das am 19. Oktober 1999 eingeweiht wurde. Die Gebäude sind nach ihrem Architekten und Designer Frank Gehry auch als Gehry-Bauten bekannt.
Anfang 1990 wurde ein Wettbewerb für einen Neubau auf dem Gelände des abzubrechenden Zollhofes ausgeschrieben, den Zaha Hadid zwar gewann, deren „dekonstruktiver Entwurf“ schließlich aber nicht ausgeführt wurde.
Von 1996 bis 1998 wurden stattdessen nach Entwürfen von Frank Gehry und Beucker, Maschlanka und Partner drei dekonstruktivistische Bauten errichtet. Die drei Gebäude zeigen weder Gesimse noch Sockel. Auffallend ist die Krümmung der Fassade mit einer „fließenden, gewellten Oberfläche“. Die Aufteilung auf drei Baukörper und die Freihaltung von fußläufigen Zwischenräumen war bei dem Projekt dem Ziel geschuldet, für das angrenzende Wohnquartier einen Zugang zum Hafen freizuhalten.
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