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Tetraeder Bottrop (Tetrahedron Art on a Slag Heap)

Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Latitude & Longitude: 51.527477, 6.959965
Views: 124   Posted By: bmeyer2 (05/07/2008)
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bmeyer2 (05/07/2008)

This is a tetrahedron shaped art work on top of a 90 meter slag heap, outside of the German coal mining town of Bottrop.  It's designed by Wolfgang Christ and is composed of 230 tons of steel.

bmeyer2 (05/07/2008)

Here's an close-up image of the structure. It appears to be some sort of observation deck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tetraeder.jpg

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