Orlando Towers

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Orlando Towers is a pair of brightly painted, decommissioned cooling towers in Soweto, South Africa, now used as a prominent tourist attraction and extreme sports site.

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Label Occurrences
Orlando Towers canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf extreme sports site ⓘ
former industrial facility ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
access guided access for activities ⓘ
artForm public art ⓘ
color brightly painted ⓘ
convertedTo recreational and adventure sports venue ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
economicRole supports local tourism economy ⓘ
hasActivity rap jumping ⓘ
scad freefall ⓘ
tower swing ⓘ
hasPart eastern cooling tower ⓘ
western cooling tower ⓘ
height approximately 100 metres ⓘ
heritage symbol of Soweto urban landscape ⓘ
inception mid-20th century as part of Orlando Power Station ⓘ
locatedIn Gauteng ⓘ
Johannesburg ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Soweto ⓘ
material reinforced concrete ⓘ
near Orlando East ⓘ
Orlando West ⓘ
notableFor large-scale murals ⓘ
world’s first bungee jump between cooling towers ⓘ
ownershipType privately operated adventure facility ⓘ
partOf Orlando Power Station ⓘ
safetyEquipment harness systems ⓘ
safety nets ⓘ
significance iconic feature of Soweto skyline ⓘ
status decommissioned cooling towers ⓘ
theme South African cultural imagery ⓘ
commercial advertising ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
urban tourism ⓘ
usedFor abseiling ⓘ
advertising murals ⓘ
base jumping ⓘ
bungee jumping ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
paintball ⓘ
viewing platform ⓘ
view panoramic views of Soweto and Johannesburg ⓘ
visitorType international tourists ⓘ
local tourists ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soweto → hasLandmark → Orlando Towers ⓘ
Orlando → hasLandmark → Orlando Towers ⓘ
Orlando Power Station → hasPart → Orlando Towers ⓘ
Orlando Power Station → knownFor → Orlando Towers ⓘ
Orlando Power Station → hasLandmark → Orlando Towers ⓘ