Ulsan Industrial Center Monument Explained

울산공업센터 건립 기념탑
蔚山工業Center建立記念塔
Ulsan Industrial Center Monument
Alternate Names:공업탑 (工業塔)
Gongeoptap (Industrial Tower, Industry Tower)
Status:complete
Start Date:1962
Completion Date:1967 (Tower)
1974 (Garden)
Building Type:Monument, Traffic circle
Location:Ulsan
Map Type:South Korea Ulsan
Coordinates:35.5323°N 129.3075°W

Ulsan Industrial Center Monument (Korean: 울산공업센터 건립 기념탑), widely known as Gongeoptap (Korean: 공업탑, Industrial Tower), is a monumental tower located in Gongeoptap Rotary, Namgu, Ulsan.

History

2010 monument globe rust issue

There are 4 epigraphs around the tower: 2 of them are written by dictator and then chairman of Supreme Council for National Reconstruction Park Chung-hee in 1962 and one is written by the monument construct committee in 1967, while the other is written by the city government in 2012.

Second Declaration For the Leap Of Ulsan

Gongeoptap Rotary

Gongeoptap Rotary (Korean: 공업탑 로터리, Industrial Tower Rotary Intersection) is a traffic circle that the monument is located. Like the monument's number of pillars, it contains 5 exits (from North and counterclockwise Bongwol-ro, Munsu-ro, Duwang-ro, Suam-ro, Samsan-ro) and is egg-like asymmetric because of this. As it is the most 'rushing' intersection in Ulsan,[1] the rotary has been functioning as de facto bus transfer center, which is in fact not available in the city yet.

List of bus stops named after Gongeoptap

There are 4 city bus stops and 2 intercity bus stops which use 'Gongeoptap' name around the rotary, listed in Bus Information System. The stops are:

References

  1. Web site: 공업탑로터리 퇴근시간 최악 정체구간. Kyungsang Ilbo. 12 May 2011.