US-based alloyed steel producer Timken Company has announced the supply of special bar quality steel for use in the construction of the antenna tower for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site in New York City.
Timken steel will be used to build the supporting legs of the 450-foot antenna tower on top of the building. Timken was selected as a supplier for the project by DCM Erectors Inc. of Toronto, Canada, which is the project's steel erector and will build the tower's 12-sided antenna. Tishman Construction Corporation of New York is serving as construction manager for the Freedom Tower.
The Freedom Tower, being built by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, will stand 1,776 feet tall.