Wharf Cable Tower

Wharf Cable Tower
有線電視大樓

General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office / Industrial^[1]^[2]
Location	Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°22′22.7″N 114°06′25.7″E / 22.372972°N 114.107139°E / 22.372972; 114.107139Coordinates: 22°22′22.7″N 114°06′25.7″E / 22.372972°N 114.107139°E / 22.372972; 114.107139
Opening	1993^[1]
Height
Antenna spire	197 metres (646 ft)^[2]
Roof	186 metres (610 ft)^[2]
Top floor	173 metres (568 ft)^[2]
Technical details
Floor count	41^[1]
Design and construction
Architect	DLN Architects and Engineers^[2]

The Wharf Cable Tower (Chinese: 有線電視大樓) 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.^[2] The skyscraper is also the tallest 'office / industrial' building in the city (though of course many purely commercial properties are much higher).^[1] 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.

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Proposed

The Gateway III Tower

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Wharf Cable Tower

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