Lattice tower
Encyclopedia
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding framework
tower
. They can be used as electricity pylon
s especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts, as a radio tower (a self-radiating tower or as a carrier for aerials) or as an observation tower
.
Before 1940 they were used as transmission towers especially for short and medium wave, occasionally lattice towers consisting of wood were utilized. The tallest wooden lattice tower was at Mühlacker. It had a height of 190 metres and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945.
Most wood lattice towers were demolished before 1960. In Germany the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the Golm transmitter
and the transmitter Ismaning
. They were demolished in 1979 and 1983 respectively.
The tallest lattice tower is the Kiev TV Tower
, with a height of 385 meters.
Latticework
Latticework is a framework consisting of a criss-crossed pattern of strips of building material, typically wood or metal. The design is created by crossing the strips to form a network...
tower
Tower
A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires....
. They can be used as electricity pylon
Electricity pylon
A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes...
s especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts, as a radio tower (a self-radiating tower or as a carrier for aerials) or as an observation tower
Observation tower
An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision. They are usually at least tall and made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as TV towers, restaurants, or churches...
.
Before 1940 they were used as transmission towers especially for short and medium wave, occasionally lattice towers consisting of wood were utilized. The tallest wooden lattice tower was at Mühlacker. It had a height of 190 metres and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945.
Most wood lattice towers were demolished before 1960. In Germany the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the Golm transmitter
Golm transmitter
Golm transmitter was a mediumwave broadcasting facility on the area of a former military high school at Golm near Potsdam. It was inaugurated in 1948 as central transmitter for Brandenburg state....
and the transmitter Ismaning
Transmitter Ismaning
The Transmitter Ismaning was a large radio station inaugurated in 1932. From 1932 to 1934 this transmitter, which replaced the transmitter in Munich-Stadelheim, used a T-antenna as transmitting antenna, which was hung up two 115-meter-high freestanding wood framework towers...
. They were demolished in 1979 and 1983 respectively.
The tallest lattice tower is the Kiev TV Tower
Kiev TV Tower
The Kiev TV Tower is a 385-metre lattice steel tower built in 1973 in Kiev, Ukraine, for radio and television broadcasting. It is the tallest freestanding lattice steel construction in the world. The tower is not open to the public....
, with a height of 385 meters.
Existing towers
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Tower Gliwice | 1935 | Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
Gliwice | 118 m | Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts |
| Radio Tower Rottenbuch Radio Tower Rottenbuch The Rottenbuch Radio Tower is a transmitting tower of the Vodafone company in Rottenbuch, a part of the municipality of Peiting near Schongau in Germany.... |
2002 | Germany | Peiting | 62.5 m | Tower for directional radio and mobile phone services |
| Tour du Millénaire Tour du Millénaire The tour du millénaire is a vantage point built in 2001 in Gedinne, Belgium just meters away from the French border.... |
2001 | Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Gedinne | 60 m | interesting design |
| Aalborgtårnet Aalborgtårnet Aalborg Tårnet is a 54.9 metre tall observation tower built of lattice steel in Aalborg, Denmark. The tower is built on a hill, providing a total height of 105 metre above sea level. The tower has a restaurant on the top... |
1933 | Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
Aalborg | 54.9 m | observation tower |
| Aerial test facility Brück | 1963 | Germany | Brück | 54 m | Two towers of different design |
| Linsentower | 2005 | Germany | Linsengericht | 45 m | observation tower |
| Observation Tower Blumenthal Observation Tower Blumenthal The Blumenthal Observation Tower is a 45 metre tall observation tower built of wood in Blumenthal, part of the municipality Heiligengrabe, Brandenburg, Germany.... |
2004 | Germany | Blumenthal | 45 m | observation tower |
| Copenhagen Zoo Tower | 1905 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 43.5 | observation tower |
| Goethe Tower Goethe Tower The Goethe Tower is a 43-metre high tower built entirely out of wood on the northern edge of the woods of Sachsenhausen near Frankfurt am Main... |
1931 | Germany | Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen | 43 m | observation tower |
| Chuderhüsi Tower Chuderhüsi Tower Chuderhüsi Tower is a 42 metre observation tower built of wood at Röthenbach im Emmental, Switzerland. The tower was built in 1998, burnt down in 2001 and was rebuilt in 2002.-External links:*... |
2001 | Switzerland | Röthenbach | 42 m | observation tower |
| Teltschik Tower Teltschik Tower Teltschik Tower is a 41 metre high observation tower built of wood near Wilhelmsfeld, Germany.The tower was built by Dr. Walter Teltschik a citizen of Wilhelmsfeld in remember of his origins in the "Kuhländchen" near Brünn, a part of de former Sudetenland... |
2001 | Germany | Wilhelmsfeld | 41 m | observation tower |
| Veitsch Oil Mountain Pilgrim Cross Veitsch Oil Mountain Pilgrim Cross Veitsch Oil Mountain Pilgrim Cross, situated near Veitsch in Austria, is the world's largest pilgrim cross. The cross was built in 2004; it is made of wood and is 40.6 metres tall, with crossarms spanning 32.20 metres.... |
2004 | Austria | Veitsch | 40.6 m | observation tower |
| Wil Tower Wil Tower The Wil Tower is a wooden observation tower which was built in the forest of Wil in Switzerland. The tower site is located some 747 meters above sea level. It was opened for public use on 8 July 2006.-Construction:... |
2006 | Switzerland | Wil | 38 m | observation tower |
| Raiffeisen Observation Tower | 1990 | Germany | Aldorf | 35 m | observation tower |
| Oberpfalz Tower | 2000 | Germany | Platte Platte (Steinwald) At the Platte is the highest mountain in the Steinwald, a forest in the Fichtelgebirge mountain range in central Germany.The Platte is a popular walking destination, not least because of the Upper Palatinate Tower, which is located on its summit... |
35 m | observation tower |
| Loorenkopf Loorenkopf Loorenkopf tower is a high freestanding wood lattice tower on Adlisberg, north of Witikon in Zürich, Switzerland. It was built in 1954. The tower is owned by Zürich city and it is open to the public.... Observation Tower |
1954 | Switzerland | Zurich | 33 m | observation tower |
| Eugen-Keidel Tower Eugen-Keidel Tower Eugen-Keidel Tower is a 31 metre-high observation tower location on the Schauinsland mountain near Freiburg, Germany. It was built in 1981. The Eugen-Keidel Tower has an extraordinary design with a triangular cross section.-External links:*... |
1981 | Germany | Schauinsland mountain | 31 m | observation tower |
| Atzelberg Tower | 1980 | Germany | Kelkheim | 30.39 m | observation tower |
| Fire observation Tower Rennbeck Fire observation Tower Rennbeck The Fire observation Tower Rennbeck is a tall observation tower built of wood on the Rennberg near Oer in Germany.It is built in an unusual triangular cross section.... |
? | Germany | Oer | 30 m | fire observation tower |
| Idarkopfturm | 1980 | Germany | Idarkopf | 28 m | observation tower |
| Wood Mountain Tower | 2004–2005 | Germany | Wood Mountain | 28 m | observation tower |
| Höhbeck Observation Tower | 2008 | Germany | Höhbeck | 26 m | observation tower |
| Loth Tower | 2003 | Switzerland | Magglingen | 25 m | observation tower |
| Salzkopfturm | 1975 | Germany | Salzkopf | 24 m | observation tower |
| Observation Tower Burgstall Observation Tower Burgstall The Observation Tower Burgstall is a 24 metre tall observation tower on the Burgstall mountain near the village Kirchberg at the Danube River in Austria. The tower has an unusual pentangular cross section.-External links:*... |
2000 | Austria | Kirchberg/Donau | 24 m | observation tower |
| Krawutschke Tower Krawutschke Tower The Krawutschke Tower is a 13 metre tall observation tower in the Hürtgenwald municipality in Germany, about one kilometer east of the village center of Bergstein, approximately 10 km south of Düren. The Krawutschke Tower is 400.5 m above sea level, situated on the Burgberg The... |
1972 | Germany | Burgberg | 13 m | observation tower |
Destroyed towers
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | Date of demolition | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transmission Tower Mühlacker Transmitter Muehlacker The Mühlacker Broadcasting Transmission Facility is a radio transmission facility near Mühlacker, Germany, first put into service in 1930. It uses two guyed steel tube masts as aerials and one guyed steel framework mast, which are insulated against ground. It has two transmission aerials for... |
1934 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Mühlacker | 190 m | April 6, 1945 | |
| Transmitter Berlin-Tegel Transmitter Berlin-Tegel The Transmitter Berlin-Tegel was a broadcasting facility for medium wave in Berlin-Tegel, Germany It was built in 1933 and used as an aerial wire hung up in a 165 metre high tower of wood framework. In 1940, the height of the tower was reduced to 86 metres... |
1933 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Berlin | 165 m | December 16, 1948 | |
| Sendeturm Ismaning Transmitter Ismaning The Transmitter Ismaning was a large radio station inaugurated in 1932. From 1932 to 1934 this transmitter, which replaced the transmitter in Munich-Stadelheim, used a T-antenna as transmitting antenna, which was hung up two 115-meter-high freestanding wood framework towers... |
1932 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Ismaning | 163 m | March 16, 1983 | |
| Sendeturm Langenberg Sender Langenberg The Langenberg transmission tower is a broadcasting station that transmits MW, FM and TV signals. It is located in Langenberg, Velbert, Germany and has had a very turbulent history since its inauguration... |
1934 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Velbert-Langenberg | 160 m | October 10, 1935 | destroyed by a tornado |
| Sendeturm Wiederau Wiederau transmitter The Wiederau transmitter is the oldest broadcasting facility in Saxony. It is located near Wiederau, a village which is part of the municipality of Pegau, and is used for medium-wave, FM and Television broadcasting.... |
1935 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Wiederau | 150 m | October 27, 1953 | |
| Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt The Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt is a broadcasting facility in Hamburg-Billstedt, established in 1934. It is owned and operated by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting service, but open to competitors, too.... |
1934 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Hamburg | 145 m | September 1949 | |
| Transmitter Żórawina Transmitter Zórawina The Żórawina radio transmitter is a facility for FM transmission at Żórawina, south of Wrocław. It was established in 1932 as "Reichssender Breslau" and used as an antenna tower. Originally it was a 140 metre tall free-standing lattice tower built of wood, on which a wire antenna was hung up... |
1932 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Żórawina, Poland | 140 m | Fall 1990 | |
| Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth The Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth was a broadcasting facility for medium-wave. It was founded in 1927 in Nuremberg-Kleinreuth at the former Broadcast Street 24, now Sigmund Street 181, in order to supply the northern areas of Bavaria with broadcast programs in the medium-wave band.Between 1927... |
1935 | Germany | Nuremberg | 124 m | July 12, 1961 | |
| Transmitter Heilsberg Transmitter Heilsberg The transmitter Heilsberg was a large transmitter in the former East Prussia, approximately 3 kilometers northwest of Lidzbark Warmiński at the road from Heilsberg to Preussisch Eylau... |
1935 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 115 m | 1940 | |
| Freiburg-Lehen transmitter | 1933 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Freiburg | 107 m | April 21, 1945 | |
| Transmitter Koblenz Transmitter Koblenz Transmitter Koblenz was a medium wave transmitter broadcasting in the Koblenz-Luetzel area. Until 1965, Transmitter Koblenz used a 107 metre tall wood tower, which was erected between 2 October 1934 and 15 November 1934... |
1934 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Koblenz | 107 m | 1965 | |
| Transmitter Trier Transmitter Trier The Transmitter Trier went in service in 1932. It was situated at the Ruwerer Street 16, Trier, Germany and used from its inauguration on February 19, 1933 until the year 1935 as transmitting antenna a vertical cage aerial, which hung from a hemp rope, which was strung between two 60 metres high... |
1935 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Trier | 107 m | 1948 | |
| Transmitter Heilsberg Transmitter Heilsberg The transmitter Heilsberg was a large transmitter in the former East Prussia, approximately 3 kilometers northwest of Lidzbark Warmiński at the road from Heilsberg to Preussisch Eylau... |
1930 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 102 m | 1935 | Two towers |
| Golm transmitter Golm transmitter Golm transmitter was a mediumwave broadcasting facility on the area of a former military high school at Golm near Potsdam. It was inaugurated in 1948 as central transmitter for Brandenburg state.... |
1948 | Germany | Golm | 100 m | October 25, 1979 | |
| Stettin Radio Tower | 1934 | Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... |
93 m | 1945 | |
| Utbremen Radio Tower | 1933 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... |
90 m | 1939 | destroyed by lightning |
| Flensburg Radio Tower Flensburg-Engelsby transmitter Flensburg-Engelsby transmitter is a facility of NDR for mediumwave, FM and TV-broadcasting at Flensburg, Germany. It uses as antenna mast a tall grounded guyed mast, built of lattice steel, on which a cage antenna is mounted for mediumwave broadcasting.... |
1928 | Germany | Flensburg | 90 m | demolished in 1957 | |
| Pillar of Mittersill Mittersill Mittersill is a city in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, in the Pinzgau region of the Alps. It is located on the Salzach River. It had a population of 5,464 in 2005.- Geography :... goods aerial tramway |
194? | Austria | Mittersill | 80 m | Aerial tramway support pillar of goods aerial tramway, which never went in service. Demolished in the 1950s. | |
| Stadelheim Transmitter Stadelheim Transmitter Stadelheim Transmitter was a medium-wave broadcast transmitter in Munich-Stadelheim, built in 1926 in the neighbourhood of the famous prison. As antenna this transmitter, which took up its experimental operation on March 1, 1926 and on April 1, 1926 its final operation, a t-antenna hung up on two... |
1926 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Munich-Stadelheim | 75 m | 1930s | Two towers |
| Chain Home Chain Home Chain Home was the codename for the ring of coastal Early Warning radar stations built by the British before and during the Second World War. The system otherwise known as AMES Type 1 consisted of radar fixed on top of a radio tower mast, called a 'station' to provide long-range detection of... Reception Towers |
1939 | UK | multiple locations | 73.15 m | demolished after World War II | |
| Wood Transmitting Tower Zeesen | 1931 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Zeesen | 70 m | 1939 | |
| Reception Tower Utlandshörn Reception Tower Utlandshörn The Reception Tower Utlandshörn was a 65 metre high wood framework tower built of oak wood on the area of the radio reception station Utlandshoern, a part of Norddeich Radio coastal station .... |
1935 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Utlandshörn | 65 m | 1977 | |
| Towers of South Wellfleet Marconi Wireless Station | 1902 | USA | South Wellfleet, Massachusetts | 64 m | 1920 | 4 towers http://www.stormfax.com/wireless.htm |
| Wardenclyffe Tower Wardenclyffe Tower Wardenclyffe Tower also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early wireless telecommunications tower designed by Nikola Tesla and intended for commercial trans-Atlantic wireless telephony, broadcasting, and to demonstrate the transmission of power without interconnecting wires... |
1899 | USA | Shoreham | 57 m | 1917 | |
| Wiesbaden Bismarck Tower Wiesbaden Bismarck Tower The Wiesbaden Bismarck Tower was one of approximately 240 monuments built in honour of Bismarck. Wiesbaden's Bismarck Tower was the tallest Bismarck memorial with a height of 50m. The wooden tower was built in 1910 close to the former watch tower on the Height of Bierstadt. It was planned only as... |
1910 | Germany | Wiesbaden | 50 m | demolished in 1918 | |
| Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station was a facility of Elbe-Weser Radio in Sahlenburg, an urban part of Cuxhaven, Germany, for marine radio service in short- and mediumwave range... |
1937 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Cuxhaven | 50 m | 1937 | Three towers, two demolished in 1967, third tower demolished in 1970 |
| Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra ----Jelenia Góra is a city in Lower Silesia, south-western Poland. The name of the city means "deer mountain" in Polish, Czech and German. It is close to the Krkonoše mountain range running along the Polish-Czech border – ski resorts such as Karpacz and Szklarska Poręba can be found... transmitter |
1957 | Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
Jelenia Góra | 47 m | 1967 | |
| Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg Sender Langenberg The Langenberg transmission tower is a broadcasting station that transmits MW, FM and TV signals. It is located in Langenberg, Velbert, Germany and has had a very turbulent history since its inauguration... |
1935 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Velbert-Langenberg | 45 m | April 12, 1945 | Three towers |
| Heusweiler Mast 1 Transmitter Heusweiler The Heusweiler transmitter is a facility for medium wave broadcasting near Heusweiler, Germany, which originally went into service on 23 December 1935. On 19 June 1946 transmitter Heusweiler went in service again.- Original transmitter :... |
1935 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Heusweiler | 35 m | March 17, 1945 | |
| Heusweiler Mast 2 Transmitter Heusweiler The Heusweiler transmitter is a facility for medium wave broadcasting near Heusweiler, Germany, which originally went into service on 23 December 1935. On 19 June 1946 transmitter Heusweiler went in service again.- Original transmitter :... |
1935 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Heusweiler | 31 m | March 17, 1945 |
Radio towers with observation decks and observation towers
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tashkent Tower Tashkent Tower The Tashkent Television Tower is a high tower, located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Construction started in 1978 and it began operation 6 years later, on 15 January 1985. It was the 3rd tallest tower in the world from 1985 to 1991.... |
1985 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 374.9 m | |
| Dragon Tower | 2000 | China | Harbin | 336 m | |
| Tokyo Tower Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At , it is the second tallest artificial structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.Built in... |
1957 | Japan | Tokyo | 333 m | |
| Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world... |
1889 | France | Paris | 324 m | |
| Shijiazhuang TV-tower | 1998 | China | Shijiazhuang | 280 m | |
| Qingdao TV Tower Qingdao TV Tower Qingdao TV Tower is a 232 metres tall lattice transmission tower with an observation deck situated on the top of 116 metres high Taiping Hill in Julin Hill Park in Qingdao, China.... |
1994 | China | Quingdao | 232 m | |
| Brasilia TV Tower Brasilia TV Tower The Brasília TV Tower was completed in 1967 at a height of 218 meters, but in 1987 another 6 meter was added by the TV channel Bandeirantes. Now the TV Tower is 224 m height.... |
1967 | Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
Brasilia | 218 m | |
| Guangzhou TV Tower Guangzhou TV Tower Guangzhou Tower is a lattice telecommunication tower in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou with an observation deck, erected in 1991.A newer tower was completed in Guangzhou in October 2010, named Canton Tower that initially bore the name Guangzhou TV and Sightseeing Tower. It features... |
1991 | China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
Guangzhou | 217 m | |
| Guangdong TV Tower | 1965 | China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
Guangdong | 200 m | |
| Nagoya TV Tower Nagoya TV tower The is an electric wave tower in Nagoya, central Japan.- History :It is the oldest TV tower in Japan, and was completed in 1954. It is located in the centre of Hisaya Ōdori Park. The tower is 180 metres high, and has two main observation decks at the heights of 90 metres and 100 metres... |
1954 | Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Nagoya | 180 m | |
| Odinstårnet Odinstårnet Odinstårnet was an observation tower located on Bolbro Bakke in Odense, Denmark. The tower, 177 metres tall, was built in 1934-35 using spare materials from the construction of the first Little Belt Bridge and opened on 29 May 1935. It was the second tallest tower in Europe, surpassed only by... |
1935 | Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
Odense | 175 m | destroyed on December 14, 1944 |
| New Brighton Tower New Brighton Tower New Brighton Tower was a lattice-steel observation tower at New Brighton on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The 1,000 tonne tower, which stood at high, became the tallest building in Great Britain when it opened in 1900... |
1900 | UK | Liverpool | 172.8 m | destroyed |
| Las Vegas Eiffel Tower | ? | USA | Las Vegas | 165 m | Replica of Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world... |
| Osaka ABC Tower | 1966 | Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Osaka | 160 m | demolished in 2009 |
| Blackpool Tower Blackpool Tower Blackpool Tower Eye is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire in England which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. . Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 518 feet & 9 inches . The tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers... |
1894 | United Kingdom | Blackpool | 158 m | |
| Funkturm Berlin Funkturm Berlin The Berliner Funkturm or Funkturm Berlin is a transmitting tower in Berlin, built between 1924 and 1926 by Heinrich Straumer. It is nicknamed "der lange Lulatsch" and is one of the best-known points of interest in the city of Berlin. It stands in the Berlin trade fair ground in the... |
1926 | Germany | Berlin | 150 m | Only observation tower standing on insulators |
| Sapporo TV Tower Sapporo TV Tower The , built in 1957, is a 147.2 metre high TV Tower with an observation deck at a height of 90.38 metres. Located on the ground of Odori Park, in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, the tower is open to tourists... |
1957 | Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Sapporo | 147.2 m | |
| Vasco-da-Gama-Tower | 1998 | Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... |
Lisbon | 145 m | |
| Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie | ? | Canada | Shawinigan, Quebec | 115 m | |
| Torre Branca Torre Branca Torre Branca is an iron panoramic tower located in Parco Sempione, the main city park of Milan, Italy. It is 108.6 m high, which makes it the fourth highest structure in Milan after Palazzo Lombardia , the Pirelli Tower and the Breda Tower... |
1933 | Italy | Milan | 108.6 m | |
| Kobe Port Tower Kobe Port Tower , a hyperboloid structure, is a 108 metre high lattice tower in the port city of Kobe, Japan. Kobe Port Tower has an observation deck at a height of 90.28 metres. The red steel Port Tower offers a spectacular sight of the bay area and the surrounding area.... |
1963 | Japan | Kobe | 108 m | |
| Marine Tower Yokohama | 1961 | Japan | Yokohama | 106 m | |
| Tsutenkaku Tsutenkaku , lit. "Tower Reaching Heaven", owned by Tsūtenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. is a well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka.... |
1956 | Japan | Osaka | 103 m | |
| Hakata Port Tower Hakata Port Tower Hakata Port Tower is a 103 metre high lattice tower with an observation deck in a height of 73.5 metres in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. Hakata Port Tower was built in 1964.-External links:* http://kyushu.com/fukuoka/places_to_go/hak_port_tower/... |
1964 | Japan | Fukuoka | 103 m | |
| Beppu Tower Beppu Tower is a 100-metre-tall lattice tower located in Beppu, Ōita, Japan. Initially built to help boost tourism in the area, today the tower is primarily used as TV transmission tower... |
1957 | Japan | Beppu | 100 m | |
| Cholfirst Radio Tower Cholfirst Radio Tower Cholfirst Radio Tower is a 96 metres tall lattice tower on Cholfirst Mountain at Flurlingen, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.The tower was built in 1973 by PTT on Cholfirst Mountain, a 570 metres high mountain near Flurlingen after 3 years of successful operation of an experimental TV transmitter on... |
1973 | Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
Flurlingen | 96 m | |
| Tour métallique de Fourvière | 1894 | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Lyon | 85.9 m | Not used as observation tower since 1953 |
| Sunsphere Sunsphere The Sunsphere, in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an high hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with a gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair.-Design:... |
1982 | USA | Knoxville | 81.07 m | |
| Torre Sant Sebastia Torre Sant Sebastia Torre Sant Sebastià is a 78 metre tall lattice tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the terminal of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway of Barcelona, which runs over Torre Jaume I to Montjuïc. Torre Sant Sebastia was opened in 1931.- External links :... |
1931 | Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Barcelona | 78 m | Harbour terminal aerial tramway Aerial tramway An aerial tramway , cable car , ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion... |
| Hiratsuka TV Tower | 1972 | Japan | Hiratsuka | 70 m | |
| Hot Springs Mountain Tower Hot Springs Mountain Tower Hot Springs Mountain Tower is a 65.8 metre high observation tower built of lattice steel on Hot Springs Mountain at Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. Construction began in 1982, and the structure was officially opened to the public on June 3, 1983.... |
1983 | USA | Hot Springs Mountain | 65.8 m | |
| Petřínská rozhledna Petrínská rozhledna The Petřín Lookout Tower is a 60 metre high steel framework tower in Prague, which strongly resembles the Eiffel Tower. Although it is much shorter than the Eiffel Tower, it stands atop a sizable hill, Petřín, so the top is actually at a higher altitude than that of the Eiffel Tower... |
1891 | Czech | Prague | 60 m | |
| Bachtel Tower Bachtel Tower Bachtel Tower is a tall radio tower on high Bachtel mountain near Hinwil, Switzerland, overloking Zürcher Oberland.... |
1986 | Switzerland | Hinwil | 60 m | |
| Green Tower Green Tower is a 60-metre-high lattice tower located in Forest Park at Sanbu, Chiba, Japan. Built in 1998, the tower represents the Sanbu Japanese cedar tree. It includes an observation deck located at that provides visitors with a 360 degree view of the surrounding landscape.... |
1998 | Japan | Sanbu | 60 m | |
| Gross Reken Melchenberg Radio Tower | ? | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Reken | 60 m | |
| Schomberg Observation Tower | 2005/2006 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Sundern Sundern Sundern is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name Sundern is common in Westphalia, as it means "ground given away for private usage" in the Westphalian dialect.-Geography:... |
60 m | |
| Aalborgtårnet Aalborgtårnet Aalborg Tårnet is a 54.9 metre tall observation tower built of lattice steel in Aalborg, Denmark. The tower is built on a hill, providing a total height of 105 metre above sea level. The tower has a restaurant on the top... |
1933 | Denmark | Aalborg | 54.9 m | |
| Watkins' Tower Watkins' Tower Watkin's Tower was a partially completed building in London, England, UK. It was marketed as the "Great Tower of London".- Names :Numerous names were given to the tower during its planning, construction and legacy... |
1891 | UK | London | 46 m | never completed, dismantled |
| Joseph's Cross Joseph's Cross Joseph's Cross is an observation tower in form of a double cross on the 580 metre high Großer Auerberg near Stollberg , Germany. The Joseph's Cross is a steel framework construction with a height of 38 metres and a weight of 125 tons, which was built between 20 April 1896 and 9 August 1896.... |
1896 | Germany | Stolberg | 38 m | |
| Poppenberg Observation Tower | 1897 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Ilfeld | 33 m | |
| Lemberg Tower | 1899 | Germany | Lemberg Mountain | 33 m | |
| Wanne Observation Tower Wanne Observation Tower Wanne observation tower is one of the oldest lattice towers of the world. It was built in 1888 by the observation tower cooperative on 778 meters high Wanne mountain tub east of Villingen, whereby its erection was done by bell foundry Grueninger of Villingen.... |
1888 | Germany | Villingen-Schwenningen | 30 m | |
| Gehrenberg Tower Gehrenberg Tower Gehrenberg Tower is a 30 metres tall observation tower of lattice steel on Gehrenberg, a 754 m high mountain north of Markdorf, standing at an elevation of 704 m... |
1903 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Markdorf Markdorf Markdorf is a town in the Bodensee district, in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. It is situated near Lake Constance, 10 km northwest of Friedrichshafen.... |
30 m | |
| Tower of Unity Tower of Unity The Tower of Unity is a 30 meter high observation tower on Heldrastein, a rocky mountain belonging to Treffurt in Thuringia. The tower of Unity has an unusual history and is also from unusual design, because it is additionally guyed by anchoring wires, although it is actually free standing... |
1962 | Germany | Heldrastein | 30 m | Former additionally guyed lattice tower, which was transformed into observation tower |
| Gustav-Vietor-Tower | 1882 | Germany | Hohe Wurzel (Taunus) | 25 m | demolished in 2006 |
| Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen is a 25 metres tall observation tower on Height of Goetzingen near Neustadt in Saxony. Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen was built in 1883 together with an inn in its proximity... |
1883 | Germany | Neustadt/Saxony | 25 m | |
| Hochfirst Tower Hochfirst Tower Hochfirst Tower is a 25 metre tall lattice observation tower on the Hochfirst mountain near Titisee-Neustadt at 47°54'04" N and 8°11'03" E.It was built in 1890 as the replacement to a wooden observation tower... |
1890 | Germany | Titisee-Neustadt | 25 m | Additionally guyed |
| Büchenbronn Observation Tower Büchenbronn Observation Tower Büchenbronn Observation Tower, built in 1883, is situated on the Buechenbronn height in the proximity of Pforzheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-west Germany... |
1883 | Germany | Büchenbronn | 24.75 m | Additionally guyed |
| Tour du Belvédère | 1898 | France | Mulhouse-Belvédère | 20 m | |
| Salzgitter Bismarck Tower Salzgitter Bismarck Tower The Salzgitter Bismarck Tower is an observation tower completed in 1900 in Salzgitter, Germany. Unlike most other Bismarck towers, it does not consist of all-stone design, but instead has a base of bricks with a lattice tower on top. On one side, it resembles an Eiffel Tower with a bow between its... |
1900 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Salzgitter | 17 m | |
| Gillerberg Observation Tower | 1892 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Hilchenbach | 15 m | |
| Observation Tower Ahlbeck Observation Tower Ahlbeck The Observation Tower Ahlbeck is an observation tower with tree observation decks at Ahlbeck on the island Usedom in Germany. The Observation Tower Ahlbeck is a steel framework tower and carries on a fourth platform over the observation platforms and the top some aerials for mobile phone services.... |
1998 | Germany | Ahlbeck | ? | |
| Gettysburg National Tower Gettysburg National Tower The Gettysburg National Tower was a 307-foot hyperboloid observation tower that overlooked the Gettysburg National Military Park and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from 1974-2000... |
1974 | USA | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg is a borough that is the county seat, part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the eponym for the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The town hosts visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park and has 3 institutions of higher learning: Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg College, and... |
120 m | Demolished on July 3, 2000 |
Radio tower carrying aerials
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyiv TV Tower Kiev TV Tower The Kiev TV Tower is a 385-metre lattice steel tower built in 1973 in Kiev, Ukraine, for radio and television broadcasting. It is the tallest freestanding lattice steel construction in the world. The tower is not open to the public.... |
1973 | Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
Kyiv | 385 m | Tallest lattice tower in the world |
| WITI TV Tower WITI TV Tower The WITI Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was completed in August 1962 and was briefly the tallest free-standing tower in the world, rising . For many years, it was the tallest free-standing tower in the United States... |
1962 | USA | Shorewood, Wisconsin | 329 m | |
| WSB TV Tower WSB TV Tower The WSB-TV tower is a free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia.WSB TV Tower was built in 1957 and at its completion was the tallest free-standing lattice tower in the United States. It is a free-standing lattice tower with a triangular cross section.... |
1957 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | 327.6 m | |
| WHDH-TV Tower WHDH-TV Tower The WHDH-TV tower is a free-standing lattice tower with triangular cross section used by WHDH-TV in Newton, Massachusetts. The tower was built in 1994 and stands tall... |
1994 | USA | Newton, Massachusetts | 323.8 m | |
| KCTV-Tower | 1956 | USA | Kansas City, Missouri | 317.6 m | |
| Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower The Turner Broadcasting tower, built in 1967, was a free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia, next to the Downtown Connector in midtown. It had a triangular cross-section, and was built on the site of a previous square broadcast tower built for WAGA-TV 5... |
1980 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | 314.3 m | |
| Yerevan TV Tower Yerevan TV Tower Yerevan TV Tower is a 311.7-metre high lattice tower on Nork Hill in Yerevan, Armenia. It was built from 1974 to 1977 as a replacement for the old 180-meter high TV tower at Yerevan... |
1977 | Armenia Armenia Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia... |
Yerevan | 311.7 m | |
| St. Petersburg TV Tower | 1962 | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Saint Petersburg | 310 m | |
| Fazilka TV Tower Fazilka TV Tower Fazilka TV Tower is a 304.8 metres tall free-standing lattice tower at Fazilka, India, which was completed in 2007 and which is used for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Punjab... |
? | India | Fazilka Fazilka Fazilka is a city and a municipal council and 22nd newest district in the state of Punjab, India and recently declared as District on July 27, 2011 consisting three subdivisions Fazilka, Jalalabad and Abohar besides three sub-tehsils Arniwala Sheikh Suban, Sito Guno and Khuian Sarwar.- History... |
304.8 m | |
| Mumbai Television Tower Mumbai Television Tower The Mumbai Television Tower is the television tower owned by Doordarshan, the state-broadcaster located in the city of Mumbai in India. It stands at 300 metres and is the third tallest man-made structure in India. The red and white tower is an open latticework structure... |
? | India | Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... |
300 m | |
| Star Tower Star Tower Star Tower is a digital television and FM radio transmitting tower on Winton Road in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The three-legged lattice tower stands high. It was built for WSTR-TV, known as "Star64"... |
1991 | USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | 291 m | |
| Sutro Tower Sutro Tower Sutro Tower is a three-pronged antenna tower near Clarendon Heights in San Francisco, California. Rising from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro, it is a prominent part of the city skyline and a landmark for city residents and visitors... |
1973 | USA | San Francisco, California | 295 m | |
| Dudelange Radio Tower Dudelange Radio Tower The Dudelange Radio Tower is a 285-metre high freestanding steel framework FM radio and television transmission tower near Dudelange in Luxembourg. Dudelange Radio Tower was completed in 1957.... |
1957 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
Dudelange | 285 m | |
| Moscow Octod Tower Moscow Octod Tower Moscow Octod Tower is a 258 metre tall lattice tower in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Octod Tower is a lattice tower used for FM- and TV-transmission in an unusual octagonal cross section. Construction work on Moscow Octod Tower started in 2004. It was completed in 2006. The owner of the tower is the... |
2006 | Russia | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
258 m | |
| Grodno TV Tower Grodno TV Tower Grodno TV Tower is a 254 metre tall lattice tower at Grodno, Belarus. Grodno TV Tower, which was built in 1984, is from unique design. Its top is similar to the Wavre Transmitter guyed at four crossbars.Grodno TV Tower is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting.... |
1984 | Belarus | Grodno | 254 m | |
| Towers of Lafayette transmitter Lafayette transmitter Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest... |
1920 | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Marcheprime | 250 m | 8 towers, demolished between 1944 and 1953 |
| Longwave transmitter Junglinster | 1932 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
Junglinster | 250 m | 3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m |
| NSS Annapolis NSS Annapolis NSS Annapolis, officially known as Naval Communications Station Washington, D.C. Transmitter or NavCommStaWashingtonDC, was a Very Low Frequency and High Frequency transmitter station operated by the United States Navy.... |
1936 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Annapolis | 243.8 m | destroyed |
| Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen) Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen) Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower was a , free standing steel framework tower on the Funkerberg of Königs Wusterhausen, Germany. The tower, with its unique triangular cross section, was built from 1924 to 1925 and was to have a 40-meter high shortwave aerial on top which would have brought it to a... |
1925 | Germany | Koenigs Wusterhausen | 243 m | collapsed on November 15, 1972 |
| Kharkiv TV Tower Kharkiv TV Tower thumb|right|Kharkiv TV TowerKharkiv TV Tower is a 242.5 metres tall steel tower for FM-/TV-broadcasting in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It is of similar design of Kiev TV Tower, but has legs of a closed metal structure.... |
? | Ukraine | Kharkiv | 242.5 m | |
| FM/TV-Tower Wavre | ? | Belgium | Wavre | 232 m | |
| WOR TV Tower WOR TV Tower WOR TV Tower was a 760 foot tall lattice tower used for FM- and TV-broadcasting at North Bergen, New Jersey, USA. The 420 ton tower was built in 1949. At the time of its construction, it was the tenth tallest man-made structure in the world. At the beginning of 1953, the TV transmissions were... |
1949 | USA | North Bergen, New Jersey | 231,65 m | dismantled |
| Crystal Palace Transmitter Crystal Palace Transmitter The Crystal Palace transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England .Its tower is the third-tallest structure in London... |
1950 | United Kingdom | London | 222 m | |
| Torre TV Bandeirantes Torre TV Bandeirantes Torre TV Bandeirantes is a 212 metre high TV Tower in Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, owned by brazilian television network Rede Bandeirantes. Torre TV Bandeirantes is a freestanding lattice tower not accessible to the public. It was completed in 1997 and it is one of the tallest freestanding towers... |
1997 | Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
São Paulo | 212 m | |
| TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée | ? | Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Bol d'Air-Ougrée | 210 m | |
| VRT Zendmast Genk | ? | Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Genk | 200 m | |
| Kherson TV Tower | ? | Ukraine | Kherson | 200 m | |
| Mulhouse-Belvédère Transmission Tower | 1997 | France | Mulhouse-Belvédère | 194 m | |
| Transmitter Sottens | 1989 | Switzerland | Sottens | 188 m | Mediumwave |
| Santa Palomba transmitter Santa Palomba transmitter Santa Palomba transmitter is a facility of RAI, used for medium-wave broadcasting near Santa Palomba at . It works on 846 kHz and 1332 kHz. On the first frequency, it can be easily received throughout Europe at night time.... , Main tower |
? | Italy | Santa Palomba | 186 m | Free-standing lattice tower equipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting |
| Criggion VLF transmitter Criggion VLF transmitter Criggion radio station was a transmitter site latterly operated by BT on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence. It was located near the village of Criggion in the parish of Bausley with Criggion, which lies in the county of Powys, Wales... |
1941 | UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
Criggion, Powys | 182.9 m | 3 towers, demolished |
| Transmission tower of Moscow Radio Centre 13 Moscow Radio Centre 13 Moscow Radio Centre 13 is a transmission facility near Balashikha, approx.. 3.5 kilometers east of the ringbelt motorway of Moscow. Moscow Radio Centre 13 served at the communist ara as jammer of western shortwave radio programs and used therefore an antenna, which was installed on 7 guyed lattice... |
? | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Balashikha | 176 m | |
| TV Tower Namur-Profondville | ? | Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Namur-Profondville | 163 m | |
| Shukhov radio tower Shukhov Tower The Shukhov radio tower , also known as the Shabolovka tower, is a broadcasting tower in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high free-standing steel structure was built in the period 1920–1922, during the Russian Civil War... |
1922 | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Moscow | 160 m | Hyperboloid structure Hyperboloid structure Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, but hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative... . Currently under threat of demolition. |
| TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont | ? | Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Tournai-Froidmont | 157 m | |
| Mesquite Tower Mesquite Tower Mesquite Tower is a free-standing lattice tower located in Mesquite, Texas, USA that is approximately tall. It is from unconventional design and was built in 1990. It stands between West Mesquite High School and Memorial Stadium... |
1990 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Mesquite, Texas | 155.3 m | |
| Croydon Transmitter Croydon Transmitter The Croydon transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located on Beulah Hill in Upper Norwood, London, England , in the London Borough of Croydon, owned by Arqiva. It was founded in 1955 and initially used a small lattice tower... |
1962 | UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
London, Surrey | 152 m | |
| RKS Mělník-Chloumek | ? | Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
Mělník | 152 m | Mediumwave |
| RKS Dobrochov | ? | Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
Dobrochov | 152 m | Mediumwave |
| Longwave transmitter Lahti | 1927 | Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
Lahti | 150 m | Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave |
| RKS Liblice 1 RKS Liblice 1 RKS Liblice 1 is a facility for commercial longwave transmission located in the Czech Republic about east of Prague near Liblice. It uses as a T-antenna hung up on two tall insulated towers built of lattice steel... |
? | Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... |
Liblice | 150 m | Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave, demolised in 2004 |
| Mannesmann Tower Vienna | 1954 | Germany | Vienna | 150 m | |
| TV Tower Leglise-Anlier | ? | Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Leglise-Anlier | 150 m | |
| Halle Radio Tower Halle Radio Tower Halle Radio Tower is the tallest free-standing lattice tower exclusively used for radiotechnical purposes in Germany. It was built in 2005 bySteffens & Nölle GmbH for the Deutsche Telekom AG in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt as DVB-T broadcasting tower... |
2005 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Halle | 150 m | |
| Zendstation Ugchelen Zendstation Ugchelen Zendstation Ugchelen is the designation of a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting at Ugchelen, Netherlands. Zendstation Ugchelen uses as transmission tower a 142 metre high free standing lattice tower built in 1959.-External links:*... |
1959 | Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
Ugchelen | 142 m | |
| Monte Mario Tower | ? | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Rome | 140 m | |
| Frémont Point Transmitter Frémont Point Transmitter The Frémont Point transmitting station is a facility for FM and television transmission at Frémont, Vingtaine du Nord, Saint John, Jersey.It serves the whole of the Channel Islands, either directly or via the relay stations at Mont Orgueil, Alderney, Saint Brelade, Saint Helier, St Peter Port,... |
? | UK | Fremont Point, Jersey | 139 m | |
| Hohenstadt Transmission Tower | ? | Germany | Hohenstadt Hohenstadt Hohenstadt is a municipality in the Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located in the Swabian Alb plateau, about 20 km south of Göppingen.... |
137 m | |
| St. Chrischona Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona is a communications tower built in 1980-1984 near Basel, Switzerland. It is located at near the St. Chrischona peak, on the territory of the municipality Bettingen, Basel-Stadt.... , old tower |
1962 | Switzerland | St. Chrischona | 136 m | |
| Mount Ślęża transmitter | 1972 | Poland | Mount Ślęża | 136 m | Additionally guyed |
| Transmission Tower Hardberg | 1951 | Germany | Hardberg | 135 m | |
| Trollhättan TV Tower | ? | Sweden | Trollhättan | 135 m | |
| Transmission Tower Emley Moor | 1956 | UK | Emley Moor, Yorkshire | 135 m | dismantled |
| Soelvesborg transmitter Sölvesborg medium wave transmitter The Sölvesborg mediumwave transmitter is a radio station at Björkenabben on the peninsula Listerlandet, inaugurated 30 May 1985.The station most recently transmitted on 1179 kHz, used by Radio Sweden International , and is owned by Teracom.-Technical specifications:The station is situated outside... |
1985 | Sweden | Sölvesborg | 135 m | Mediumwave, 2 towers |
| Lezarsk TV Tower | ? | Poland | Lezarsk | 130 m | Additionally guyed |
| Portofino TV Tower Portofino transmitter Portofino transmitter is a facility for FM-/AM-/TV-broadcasting near Portofino in Italy.Portofino transmitter uses for the mediumwave transmitter, which works on 1575 kHz with 50 kW... |
? | Italy | Portofino Portofino Portofino is a small Italian fishing village, comune and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town is crowded round its small harbour, is closely associated with Paraggi Beach, which is a few minutes up the coast... |
130 m | Additionally guyed |
| Armstrong Tower Armstrong Tower The Armstrong Tower, also known as Alpine Tower, is a 425 foot tall lattice tower built and used by Edwin Armstrong in 1938 at Alpine, New Jersey, United States, at 40°57'39.0" N and 73°55'21.0" W for his transmission experiments that led to modern FM radio. The original transmissions occurred at... |
1938 | USA | Alpine, New Jersey | 129.6 m | |
| Piatkowo transmitter Piatkowo transmitter The Piątkowo transmitter is a facility for directional radio and broadcasting of local FM and TV programmes at Piątkowo, a northern residential district of the Polish city of Poznań... , Tower 2 |
1993 | Poland | Poznań | 128 m | |
| VLF transmitter Grimeton | 1923 | Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
Grimeton | 127 m | VLF, 6 towers |
| HBG Prangins HBG Prangins HBG is a low frequency time signal transmitter for the Swiss time reference system. It currently operates on 75 kHz with 20 kW and is located in Prangins, Switzerland... |
1931 | Switzerland | Prangins | 125 m | Two towers carrying a longwave antenna |
| Craigkelly TV Tower Craigkelly TV Tower The Craigkelly transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located at Craigkelly north of the Firth of Forth above the town of Burntisland in Fife, Scotland. It has a 125-metre tall free-standing lattice tower.... |
? | UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
Craigkelly | 125 m | |
| Longwave transmitter Motala | 1927 | Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
Motala | 120 m | Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave |
| Mannesmann Tower Hannover | 1955 | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
Hannover | 120 m | |
| Transmitter Kalundborg | 1927 | Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
Kalundborg | 118 m | Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave |
| Nordschwarzwaldturm Nordschwarzwaldturm Nordschwarzwaldturm is the name of a 148 metre free standing steel framework tower near Schoemberg-Langenbrand at in the Black Forest. The Nordschwarzwaldturm was built in 1974 and is used for directional radio services, FM- and TV-transmissions. The tower is not open for the public.-Transmitted... |
1974 | Germany | Schömberg-Langenbrand | 118 m | |
| Kvitsøy Tower | 1981/82 | Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
Kvitsøy Kvitsøy Kvitsøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is the smallest municipality in Norway . Kvitsøy was separated from Mosterøy on 1 January 1923.The municipality is an archipelago situated northwest of the coast of the Stavanger peninsula... |
117.5 m | Mediumwave |
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau The Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau was a facility for directional radio services in Frohnau . Before the German reunification, the facility served as a directional radio link between West Berlin and West Germany.It first used only an overhorizon directional link... |
1973 | Germany | Berlin | 117 m | |
| Helgoland Radio Tower Helgoland radio tower Helgoland radio tower is a 113 m high transmission tower on the island of Helgoland in Germany. It is owned by the Deutsche Telekom. It was constructed anew in 2000, replacing an older, lower mast that was subsequently demolished, and has some unusual characteristics. It uses a triangular base... |
2000 | Germany | Helgoland | 115 m | Additionally guyed |
| Jagodnik transmitter Jagodnik transmitter Jagodnik transmitter is an FM- and TV-broadcasting facility of TP Emitel near Jagonik, a part of Milejewo community, situated in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland at . Jagodnik transmitter antenna uses a 115 metre tall lattice tower... |
? | Poland | Jagodnik | 115 m | |
| Transmission Tower La Dole | 1958 | Switzerland | La Dole | 112 m | |
| Swingate Transmitter Swingate Transmitter The Swingate transmitting station is a facility for FM-transmission at Swingate, UK . For many years there were three lattice towers with a height of 111 metres, which were built for Chain Home radar before World War II... |
? | UK | Swingate, Kent | 111 m | 3 towers |
| Fleckendorf Radio Tower | 1955 | Austria | Ansfelden | 110 m | |
| Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg | ? | Germany | Nuremberg | 108 m | |
| Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site | ? | Japan | Yokosuka | 106.7 m | demolished |
| Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter | ? | Poland | Zakopane | 102 m | |
| Central Tower Deutsch-Altenburg Radio Station | 1925 | Austria | Dutsch-Altenburg | 100 m | demolished |
| Schöckl Transmitter Schöckl Transmitter Schöckl Transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission on the Schöckl Mountain in Steiermark, Austria. It uses as an antenna tower, a 100 metre high lattice tower, which was built in 1956.... |
1956 | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
Schöckl Mountain | 100 m | |
| Gaisberg Transmitter Gaisberg Transmitter Gaisberg Transmitter is a facility for FM and TV-transmission on the Gaisberg mountain near Salzburg, Austria. It was the first large transmitter in Austria finished after the war and started its work on 22 August 1956... |
1956 | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
Gaisberg Mountain | 100 m | |
| Osmolin Radio Tower Osmolin Radio Tower Osmolin Radio Tower is a 100 metre tall radio tower built of lattice steel at Osmolin, Poland at . Osmolin Radio Tower is used for directional radio services.... |
? | Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
Osmolin | 100 m | |
| Torii-Tower | 1972 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Gusborn | 97 m | Double Tower |
| Directional Radio Tower Solec Kujawski Longwave-transmitter Solec Kujawski The Longwave transmitter Solec Kujawski is a longwave broadcasting facility of the Polish broadcasting company for the 225 kHz frequency. Its construction was necessary after the collapse of the Warsaw radio mast on August 8, 1991 and the resistance of the local population to its reconstruction.The... |
1999 | Poland | Solec Kujawski | ? | |
| Medium Wave Transmitter Romainville | 1934 | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
Romainville | ? | two towers |
| Pfänder Transmitter | 1958 | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
Pfänder Mountain | 94.7 m | |
| Transmitter Santa Maria di Galeria | ? | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Santa Maria di Galeria | 94 m | exclave of Vatican City, Mediumwave |
| Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen The Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen is a 93 metre high lattice steel tower for directional radio services of the EnBW AG on the area of the substation Stuttgart-Möhringen. The Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen was built in 1975 and is not accessible to the public.-External... |
1975 | Germany | Stuttgart | 93 m | |
| Directional Radio Tower Mühlacker Transmitter Muehlacker The Mühlacker Broadcasting Transmission Facility is a radio transmission facility near Mühlacker, Germany, first put into service in 1930. It uses two guyed steel tube masts as aerials and one guyed steel framework mast, which are insulated against ground. It has two transmission aerials for... |
2004 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Mühlacker | 93 m | |
| Grünten Transmission Tower | 1951 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Grünten Mountain | 92 m | |
| Zendstation Zwollerkerspel | 1985 | Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
Zwollerkerpsel | 90 m | |
| TV Tower Słupsk | 1991 | Poland | Słupsk | 90 m | |
| Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc is a facility for high power medium wave broadcasting on the Pic Blanc, mountain at 1°43'1"E and 42°32'5"N. Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc, situated on the 2650 metre high Pic Blanc mountain in Andorra is the medium wave transmitter in Europe situated highest... |
1972 | Andorra Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of... |
Pic Blanc | 86 m | two towers |
| Transmission Tower Les Ordons | ? | Switzerland | Les Ordons | 80 m | |
| Directional Radio Tower Konstantynow Warsaw radio mast The Warsaw radio mast was the world's tallest structure until its collapse on 8 August 1991. It is the second tallest land-based structure ever built, being surpassed as tallest by the Burj Khalifa, completed in 2010.... |
1974 | Poland | Gabin-Konstantynow | 76 m | |
| Radio Tower Colmar | ? | France | Colmar | 72 m | |
| Radio Tower Bonhoure | ? | France | Toulouse | 72 m | |
| Pohorje transmitter Pohorje transmitter Pohorje transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting in the Pohorje Mountains west of Maribor, Slovenia at 15° 34' 53" E and 46° 30' 57" N 1056 metres above sea level.... |
? | Slovenia | Maribor | 72 m | Additionally guyed |
| Ionosonde Juliusruh Ionosonde Juliusruh The Ionosonde Juliusruh is a facility of the institute for atmospheric physics near Juliusruh in northeastern Germany for sounding the ionosphere with radar systems in the short wave range... |
1961 | Germany | Juliusruh | 70 m | |
| Transmission Tower Engelskirchen | 1992 | Germany | Engelskirchen | 70 m | |
| Brookmans Park Transmitter Brookmans Park Transmitter The Brookmans Park transmitting station is a facility for medium wave broadcasting north of London . The station was built by the BBC as the first of a network of regional dual transmitter stations, replacing the city based ones used previously, and this was to cover the Home Counties, London and... |
1929 | UK | Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire | 60.96 m | |
| Etzenricht Directional Radio Tower | 1973 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Etzenricht | 55 m | |
| Transmitter Turners Hill | ? | United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
Turners Hill, West Midland | ? | |
| The Wrekin Transmitter The Wrekin Transmitter The Wrekin transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on the The Wrekin, a hill in the county of Shropshire, England. It includes a tall free-standing lattice tower with transmitting antennas attached at various heights. The analogue transmitting arrays add about... |
? | UK | The Wrekin, Shropshire | 52 m | |
| Beacon Hill Transmitter Beacon Hill Transmitter The Beacon Hill transmitting station is a telecommunications facility located at Beacon Hill, Devon, England. It includes a guyed mast and a free-standing lattice tower , both of which support various antennas.... |
? | UK | Beacon Hill, Devon | ? | |
| Patscherkofel Transmitter Patscherkofel Transmitter The Patscherkofel Transmitter is a facility for FM and TV on the mountain Patscherkofel near Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. It uses as its antenna a 50-metre high free-standing lattice tower, built in 1958.... |
1958 | Austria | Patscherkofel Mountain | 50 m | |
| TV Tower Henley on Thames | ? | UK | Henley on Thames, Berkshire | 50 m | |
| Friolzheimer Riese Friolzheimer Riese Friolzheimer Riese, German for Giant of Friolzheim is the designation of a 47 metres tall lattice tower on Geissberg northeast ofFriolzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was used until 2003 for radio relay links of US military in Germany... |
? | Germany | Friolzheim | 47 m | |
| Hidden Radio Tower | 2002 | Germany | Stuttgart | 42 m |
Selfradiating transmission tower
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longwave transmitter Junglinster | 1932 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
Junglinster | 250 m | 3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m |
| Blosenbergturm Blosenbergturm The Blosenbergturm is a transmitting tower in Beromünster, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, built in 1937 for the German language radio station DRS and radiating at an AM frequency of 531 kHz marking the bottom end of the official mediumwave broadcasting range. The Blosenbergturm has a height of... |
1937 | Switzerland | Beromünster | 216 m | Insulated against ground |
| Novosemejkino transmitter | 1943 | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Novosemejkino | 205 m | Multiple towers, insulated against ground |
| LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach is the Zulu secondary station of the U.S. Southeast chain with a transmission power of 800 kW.... |
? | USA | Carolina Beach | 190.5 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower | 1948 | Switzerland | Sottens | 190 m | demolished in 1989, insulated against ground |
| Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower is a tall free-standing lattice tower at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. It was built in 1947/48 for LORAN transmissions. Today the tower is used as a Non-directional beacon and is often called to the "CB" beacon after the morse code letters that it transmits on 245 kHz,... |
1948 | Cambridge Bay | Canada | 189 m | Operates as NDB with callsign CB |
| Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower | 1937 | Switzerland | Beromünster | 126 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower | 1931 | Switzerland | Sottens | 125 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Monte Ceneri Transmitter Monte Ceneri The Monte Ceneri transmitter is the nationwide transmitter for Italian speaking Switzerland, working on 558 kHz, located on Monte Ceneri in Ticino, Switzerland.-1933 tower:... |
1933 | Lattice tower | Monte Ceneri pass Monte Ceneri Pass Monte Ceneri Pass is a mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.It connects the Magadino plain and the Vedeggio valley.... |
120 m | insulated against ground, since 1978 used for TV-broadcasting ( today DVB-T and DAB) |
| Limassol BBC Relay Limassol BBC Relay Limassol BBC Relay is one of the most powerful broadcasting stations in Cyprus. It is situated south of Limassol west of Lady's Mile Beach on the area of Western Sovereign Base Area at and used for relaying radio programmes to the middle east area on 639 kHz and 720 kHz with 500 kW.- Antenna... , 639 kHz Antenna |
? | Cyprus | Akrotiri | 120 m | 4 towers, insulated against ground |
| Orfordness transmitting station, 648 kHz Antenna | ? | United Kingdom | Orfordness | 106.7 m | Insulated against ground, multiple lattice towers |
| Limassol BBC Relay Limassol BBC Relay Limassol BBC Relay is one of the most powerful broadcasting stations in Cyprus. It is situated south of Limassol west of Lady's Mile Beach on the area of Western Sovereign Base Area at and used for relaying radio programmes to the middle east area on 639 kHz and 720 kHz with 500 kW.- Antenna... , 720 kHz Antenna |
? | Cyprus | Akrotiri | 102 m | 4 towers, insulated against ground |
| Puckeridge DECCA tower | 194? | UK | Puckeridge | 100 m | Insulated against ground |
| Freemen's Common Radio Tower | ? | UK | Freemen's Common | ? | Insulated against ground |
| Orfordness transmitting station, 1296 kHz Antenna | ? | United Kingdom | Orfordness | ? | Insulated against ground, multiple lattice towers |
| Camphin en Carembault Transmitter, Reserve Transmission Tower | ? | France | Camphin en Carembault | ? | Insulated against ground |
| Florence, Old Radio Tower | ? | Italy | Florence | ? | Insulated against ground, http://mediasuk.org/archive/firenze.html |
| Ashton Moss Transmitter | ? | UK | Ashton-under-Lyne | ? | 3 towers, insulated against ground |
| Szombathely transmitter | 1955 | Hungary | Szombathely | 60 m | |
| Lutsk Mediumwave Transmitter | ? | Ukraine | Lutsk | 50 m | |
| NKR NKR (NDB) NKR is the callsign of an NDB with a range of 50 NM at Leimen-Ochsenbach, Germany, situated at 49°12' 12" N and 8°44'E.NKR, which transmits on the frequency 292 kHz, uses as antenna a 20 metre tall free-standing lattice tower with a weight of 1200 kilogramms, which is insulated against ground... |
197? | Germany | Leimen | 20 m | Insulated against ground |
Pylons
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangtze River Crossing Yangtze River Crossing The Yangtze River Power Line Crossings refer to overhead power lines that cross the Yangtze River in China. There are at least three power line crossings on the Yangtze River at Jiangyin, Nanjing, and Wuhu. The one at Jiangyin has the tallest electrical pylons in the world.-Jiangyin:One exists... |
2003 | China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
Jiangyin | 346.5m | Tallest pylons Electricity pylon A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes... in the world |
| Pylons of Pearl River Crossing | 1987 | China | Pearl River | 253 m + 240 m | |
| Orinoco River Crossing Orinoco River Crossing thumb|alt|On the left, the three pylons are pointed by a drawn red arrow. On the right the Orinoquia bridge.| A view of the three pylons over the Orinoco river... |
? | Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south... |
Caroní Caroni The name Caroni may refer to:*Caroni River , one of the biggest rivers of the Orinoco basin*Caroni River, Trinidad and Tobago, the major river on the island of Trinidad and Tobago... |
240 m | Tallest electricity pylons in South America |
| HVDC Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu | 2003 | China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
? | 229 m | Tallest electricity pylons used for HVDC HVDC Three Gorges-Changzhou The HVDC Three Gorges – Changzhou is an long bipolar HVDC transmission line in China for the transmission of electric power from the Three Gorges power plant to the area of Changzhou.... |
| Elbe Crossing 2 Elbe crossing 2 Elbe Crossing 2 is a group of pylons providing overhead lines for four 380 kV three-phase alternating current circuits across the German river Elbe... |
1976–1978 | Germany | Stade | 227 m | |
| Chusi Powerline Crossing Chusi Powerline Crossing The Chūshi Powerline Crossing is a part of the , a 220 kV powerline in Japan. It has two circuits running over the Inland Sea from Takehara. It was built in 1962 and consists of two towers, each 226 metres tall, one situated in Takehara, Honshū at , the other on the island of Ōkunoshima at... |
1962 | Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Chusi | 226 m | Tallest electricity pylons in Japan |
| Daqi-Channel-Crossing | 1997 | Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Takehara | 223 m | |
| Overhead line crossing Suez Canal | 1998 | Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
221 m | ||
| Pylons of Messina Pylons of Messina The Pylons of Messina were once used to carry a 220 kilovolt powerline across the Strait of Messina, between the Rizziconi substation in Calabria on the Italian mainland and the Sorgente substation in Sicily.-Design:... |
1957 | Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Messina | 232 m ( 224 m without basement) | not used as pylons Electricity pylon A transmission tower is a tall structure, usually a steel lattice tower, used to support an overhead power line. They are used in high-voltage AC and DC systems, and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes... any more |
| Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower East | ? | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Balakovo Balakovo -Twin towns/sister cities:Balakovo is twinned with: Pabianice, Poland Trnava, Slovakia Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States Baku, Azerbaijan-References:... |
197 m | |
| LingBei-Channel-Crossing | 1993 | Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Reihoku | 195 m | |
| 380kV Thames Crossing 380kV Thames Crossing There are a number of substantial overhead powerline river crossings in the United Kingdom.The tallest electricity pylons in the UK are those of the 380kV Thames Crossing, at West Thurrock, which are 190 m high. These were constructed by BICC in 1965... |
1965 | UK | West Thurrock West Thurrock West Thurrock is a traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 17.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross, London.-Location:... |
190 m | |
| Elbe Crossing 1 Elbe crossing 1 Elbe Crossing 1 is a group of masts providing an overhead crossing of a 220 kV three-phase alternating current electric powerline across the River Elbe. Constructed between 1959 and 1962 as part of the line from Stade to Hamburg north, it consists of four masts:* Each of the two portal masts... |
1958–1962 | Germany | Stade | 189 m | |
| Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Crossing | ? | Canada | Tracy | 174.6 m | tallest electricity pylon in Canada |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing III | 1999 | Turkey | Istanbul | 160 m | |
| Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower West | ? | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Balakovo Balakovo -Twin towns/sister cities:Balakovo is twinned with: Pabianice, Poland Trnava, Slovakia Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States Baku, Azerbaijan-References:... |
159 m | |
| Pylons of Cadiz Pylons of Cádiz The Pylons of Cádiz, also known as the Towers of Cádiz, are two tall pylons supporting a double-circuit 132 kV three-phase AC powerline over the bay of Cádiz, Spain starting at Puerto Real Substation at to the substation of the former Cadiz Thermal Power Station situated on the peninsula upon... |
? | Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Cadiz | 158 m | |
| Aust Severn Powerline Crossing Aust Severn Powerline Crossing Aust Severn Powerline Crossing is the longest powerline span in the United Kingdom with a span width of 1,618 m .The crossing, which spans the River Severn between Aust and Beachley, is part of the National Grid. It was built by J L Eve & Co and is situated south of Severn Bridge. It is... |
? | UK | Aust | 148.75 m | |
| 132kV Thames Crossing 380kV Thames Crossing There are a number of substantial overhead powerline river crossings in the United Kingdom.The tallest electricity pylons in the UK are those of the 380kV Thames Crossing, at West Thurrock, which are 190 m high. These were constructed by BICC in 1965... |
1932 | UK | West Thurrock West Thurrock West Thurrock is a traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 17.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross, London.-Location:... |
148.4 m | demolished in 1987 |
| Karmsundet Powerline Crossing | ? | Norway | Karmsundet | 143.5 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 141.7 m | |
| Saint Lawrence River HVDC Quebec-New England Overhead Powerline Crossing Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing The Saint Lawrence River HVDC Powerline Crossing is the crossing of Hydro-Québec's Quebec-New England HVDC transmission line over the Saint Lawrence River between Grondines and Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada... |
1989 | Canada | Deschambault-Grondines | 140 m | dismantled in 1992 |
| Pylons of Voerde | 1926 | Germany | Voerde | 138 m | |
| Köhlbrand Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Hamburg | 138 m | |
| Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... |
135 m | |
| Pylons of Ghesm Crossing | 1984 | Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
Strait of Ghesm | 130 m | One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea |
| Shukhov tower on the Oka River Shukhov tower on the Oka River The Shukhov Tower on the Oka River is the world’s only hyperboloid electricity pylon. It is located in Russia, in the western suburbs of Nizhny Novgorod, on the left bank of the Oka River near Dzerzhinsk... |
1929 | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
Dzerzhinsk Dzerzhinsk, Russia Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated along the Oka River, about east of Moscow. Population: The city is named after Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, a Polish Bolshevik leader who was the first head of the Cheka .... |
128 m | Hyperboloid structure Hyperboloid structure Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, but hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative... , 2 towers, one of them demolished |
| Tarchomin pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Tarchomin | 127 m | |
| Skolwin pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Skolwin | 126 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing is the designation of two powerline crossings of Kakhovka Reservoir of Dnipro rivernear Enerhodar.The first powerline, which was built in 1977 and runs from Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant, consists of seven 90 metres and two 100 metres high pylons, which were... 2 |
1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar Enerhodar Enerhodar is the city in north-west part of Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine.Enerhodar is located on the left bank of Dnieper river near the Kakhovka Reservoir.... |
126 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 125.3 m | |
| Inoujście pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Inoujście Inoujscie Inoujście is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Goleniów, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Goleniów and north of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany... |
125 m | |
| Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC... |
122 m | |
| Lomianki pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lomianki Lomianki Łomianki is a town in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 16,374 inhabitants .Near Łomianki, there is a remarkale Vistula powerline crossing.-External links:*... |
121 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1 Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1 The Little Belt Overhead powerline crossings in Denmark are a pair of single-circuit 380 kV powerlines crossing Little Belt, each with one circuit. They each cross the straight near Middelfart on two electricity pylons built as Delta pylons.... |
? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.5 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.2 m | |
| Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 1926 | Germany | Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 118.8 m | |
| Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bullenhausen | 117 m | |
| Lubaniew-Bobrowniki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lubaniew/Bobrowniki Bobrowniki Bobrowniki is a village in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bobrowniki. It lies approximately south-west of Lipno and south-east of Toruń... |
117 m | |
| Świeże Górne-Rybakow Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Świeże Górne/Rybaków | 116 m | |
| Ostrówek-Tursko Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Ostrówek Ostrówek Ostrówek may refer to the following places in Poland:In Greater Poland Voivodeship :*Ostrówek, Kalisz County*Ostrówek, Piła County*Ostrówek, Słupca County*Ostrówek, Turek County*Ostrówek, Gmina Sompolno*Ostrówek, Gmina Wierzbinek... /Tursko Tursko Tursko may refer to the following places in Poland:*Tursko, Greater Poland Voivodeship *Tursko, Pomeranian Voivodeship *Tursko, Lesser Poland Voivodeship... |
115 m | |
| Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen | 111 m | two parallel running powerlines |
| Probostwo Dolne pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż/Probostwo Dolne Probostwo Dolne Probostwo Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubanie, within Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.-References:... |
111 m | |
| Daugava Powerline Crossing | 1975 | Latvia | Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... |
110 m | |
| Nowy Bógpomóż pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż | 109 m | |
| Regów Gołąb Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Regów Regów Regów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Baranów, within Grodzisk Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Grodzisk Mazowiecki and west of Warsaw.... /Gołąb |
108 m | |
| Orsoy Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Orsoy | 105 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 1 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 101.2 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing is the designation of two powerline crossings of Kakhovka Reservoir of Dnipro rivernear Enerhodar.The first powerline, which was built in 1977 and runs from Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant, consists of seven 90 metres and two 100 metres high pylons, which were... 2 |
1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar | 100 m | |
| Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing is a powerline crossing of Rhine River in Düsseldorf south of Holthausen substation, which was built in 1917 and originally part of the 110 kV-line between Reisholz Power Station and Goldenberg Power Station. This line was the first 110 kV-powerline of RWE... |
1917 | Germany | Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... |
? | Under the legs of the pylon on the east shore of Rhine there runs the rail to nearby Holthausen substation |
| 380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Mark (south of Weener Weener Weener is a town in the district of Leer, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the border with the Netherlands, on the river Ems, approx. 10 km southwest of Leer, and 25 km southeast of Emden... ) |
84 m | |
| Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria | 1959 | Switzerland | Lake of Santa Maria | 75 m | Pylon in an artificial lake |
| Zaporizhzhia Pylon Triple Zaporizhzhia Pylon Triple The Zaporizhia Pylon Triple is a set of two triples of 74.5 metre tall electricity pylons in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. They are used for the transport of electricity generated at the Dnieper Power Station over a span of 900 metres from Khortytsia Island to the east bank of Dnieper River... |
? | Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
Zaporizhzhia | 74.5 m | Two triple pylns used for a powerline crossing from Khortytsia Island to the east shore of Dneipr |
| Aggersund Crossing of Cross-Skagerak Cross-Skagerak Cross-Skagerrak is the name of an high-voltage direct current transmission facility between Tjele and Kristiansand . It is owned and operated by Statnett in Norway, and Energinet.dk in Denmark.-Technical features:... |
1977 | Denmark | Aggersund Aggersund Aggersund is a town and harbour with a population of 354 in the Himmerland region of the Jutland peninsula of Denmark.At Aggersund HVDC Cross-Skagerak crosses the strait of same name on 70 metres tall pylons.... |
70 m | |
| Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing was the world's first powerline crossing of a large river. It was built in 1901 for a 60 kV powerline operated by Bay Counties Power Companyto deliver electric power to Oakland, California. For this a crossing of Carquinez Strait was required, which has at its... |
1901 | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Benicia | 68 m + 20 m | World's first powerline crossing of a larger waterway |
| Anlage 2610, Mast 69 | ? | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:... |
47 m | Pylon of 220kV-powerline decorated with balls in Ruhr-Park mall. |
| Colossus of Eislingen | 1980 | Germany | Eislingen/Fils | 47 m | |
| Pink Pylon | ? | UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
Ashworth Valley | ? | demounted |
| Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon, , is an electricity pylon which stands with its feet over the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Heyrod, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.... |
? | UK | Stalybridge, Greater Manchester | ? | |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing I Bosporus overhead line crossing I Bosporus overhead line crossings refers to the three transmission line crossings of the Bosporus, the strait in Istanbul, Turkey.- 154 kV Vaniköy-Etiler :... |
1957 | Turkey | Istanbul | ? | |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing II | 1983 | Turkey | Istanbul | ? | |
Monuments
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre del Reformador Torre del Reformador The Torre del Reformador is a 75 metre tall steel framework tower in the Zone 9 of Guatemala City. The tower was built in 1935, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Justo Rufino Barrios, who was President of Guatemala and instituted a number of reforms.The basic shape of the... |
1935 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 75 m | |
| Mount Gorbea summit cross Summit cross A summit cross is a cross on the summit of a mountain or hill that marks the top. Often there will be a "summit register" at the cross, either in a container or at least a weatherproof case.... |
1907 | Spain | Mount Gorbea | 17.2 m |
Lighthouses
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campen Lighthouse Campen Lighthouse Campen Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in the village Campen, by the Ems estuary, northwest of Emden, in the East Frisia region, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of it is the fourteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world and the tallest in Germany.The structure consists of... |
1889 | Germany | Krummhörn | 65.3 m |
Wind turbines
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow is a wind turbine, built in 2006 near the village of Laasow, Brandenburg, Germany. It consists of a 160 metre lattice tower, which carries a rotor 90 metres in diameter. It is the tallest wind turbine in the world... |
2006 | Germany | Laasow, Brandenburg | 205 m | 160 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter |
| Fuhrländer Wind Turbines Spremberg Spremberg Wind Park The Spremberg Wind Park is a plant for the production of electric power from wind force. It is appropriate for about five kilometers far away from the city centre from Spremberg eastward. In requirement taken the surface, in parts the city forest of Spremberg, lies on a hill and offers from there... |
2009 | Germany | Spremberg, Brandenburg | 191 m | 141 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 100 metres diameter, 9 units |
| Laubersreuth Fuhrländer Wind Turbines | 2010 | Germany | Münchberg, Bavaria | 191 m | 141 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 100 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Ewiger Fuhrmann Vestas V66 Wind Turbine | Germany | Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia | 150 m | 117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter | |
| Oyten Vestas V-66 Wind Turbines | 2000/2002 | Germany | Oyten, Lower-Saxony | 150 m | 117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Elspe Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbine | 2001 | Germany | Elspe, North Rhine-Westphalia | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter |
| Melle Südwind S77 Wind Turbines | 2001/2003 | Germany | Melle, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 6 units |
| Heisberg Südwind S77 Wind Turbine | 2002 | Germany | Freudenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter |
| Wallmersbach Südwind S77 Wind Turbine | 2002 | Germany | Uffenheim, Bavaria | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter |
| Achim Vestas V66 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Achim, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 3 units |
| Badbergen Südwind S70\1500 wind turbines | 2002 | Germany | Badbergen, Lower-Saxony | 150 m | 114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter, 12 units |
| Dinklage Südwind S70\1500 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Dinklage, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter, 5 units |
| Beedenbostel Vestas V66 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Beedenbostel, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 5 units |
| Büddenstedt Südwind S77 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Helmstedt, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Schwagstorf Südwind S70\1500 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Ostercappeln, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter, 12 units |
| Kamp-Lintfort Südwind S77 Wind Turbines | 2003 | Germany | Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Wetzdorf REpower MD77 Wind Turbines | 2003 | Germany | Wetzdorf, Thuringia | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter,2 units |
| Hilgershausen Südwind S77 Wind Turbines | 2003/ 2004 | Germany | Felsberg, Hesse | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Kirchlinteln Vestas V66 Wind Turbines | 2004 | Germany | Kirchlinteln, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 4 units |
| Dretzen Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbines | 2005 | Germany | Dretzen, Brandenburg | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 10 units |
| Bad Laer Nordex N90 Wind Turbine | 2005 | Germany | Bad Laer, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 105 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter |
| Achmer Nordex N90 wind turbines | 2006 | Germany | Achmer, Lower-Saxony | 150 m | 105 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter, 9 units |
| Alfhausen Nordex N90 wind turbines | Germany | Alfhausen, Lower-Saxony | 150 m | 105 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter, 12 units | |
| Nike Laakdal Wind Park Nike Laakdal Wind Park The Nike Windpark Laakdal is a wind park of 6 wind power plants of RePower MD77 type with 1500 KW of achievement per plant on the area of the Nike works in Laakdal, Belgium. Each of the used wind-power plants is installed on a 111.5 meters high steel framework tower and has 77 meters of rotor... |
2006 | Belgium | Laakdal | 150 m | 111.5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 6 units |
| Voltlage Nordex S77 wind turbines | 2006 | Germany | Voltlage, Lower-Saxony | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 7 units |
| Pattensen REpower MD77 Wind Turbine | 2007 | Germany | Pattensen, Lower Saxony | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter |
| Kölkebeck REpower MD77 Wind Turbines | 2007 | Germany | Kölkebeck, North Rhine-Westphalia | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Schorbus REpower MD77 Wind Turbines | 2007 | Germany | Schorbus, Brandenburg | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter,2 units |
| Illerich Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbines | 2005 | Germany | Illerich, Rheinland-Pfalz | 150 m | 111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Glandorf Fuhrländer FL 70 Wind Turbine | 2003 | Germany | Glandorf, Lower Saxony | 149,5 m | 114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter |
| Urfeld Südwind S77 Wind Turbines | 2001 | Germany | Wesseling, North Rhine-Westphalia | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Vorderbreitenthann Südwind S77 Wind Turbine | 2002 | Germany | Uffenheim, Bavaria | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter |
| Muthmannshofen Südwind S77 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Muthmannshofen, Bavaria | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Werl REpower MD 77 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Werl, North Rhine-Westphalia | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 Anlage |
| Bennien Südwind S77 Wind Turbines | 2003 | Germany | Melle, Lower Saxony | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 4 units |
| Wetzdorf REpower MD77 Wind Turbines | 2003 | Germany | Wetzdorf, Thuringia | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter,2 units |
| Kölkebeck Nordex S77 Wind Turbine | 2006 | Germany | Kölkebeck, North Rhine-Westphalia | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter |
| Litzendorf REpower MD77 Wind Turbines | 2008 | Germany | Litzendorf, Bavaria | 135 m | 96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Auetal Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines | 2001 | Germany | Auetal, Lower Saxony | 100 m | 69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameter, 3 units |
| Möllenberg Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines | 2001 | Germany | Möllenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 100 m | 69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameter, 4 units |
| Vechta Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines | 2001 | Germany | Vechta, Lower Saxony | 100 m | 69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameter, 3 units |
| Qingdao Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines | 2003 | China | Qingdao | 100 m | 69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameterr, 12 units |
| Barnstorf Vestas V 47 Wind Turbines | 2000 | Germany | Barnstorf, Lower Saxony | 99,5 m | 76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter, 4 units |
| Barver Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine | 2000 | Germany | Barver, Lower Saxony | 99,5 m | 76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter |
| Blender Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine | 2000 | Germany | Blender, Lower Saxony | 99,5 m | 76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter |
| Meinerzhagen Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine | 2000 | Germany | Meinerzhagen, Lower Saxony | 99,5 m | 76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter |
| Ronnenberg Vestas V 47 Wind Turbines | 2001 | Germany | Ronnenberg, Lower Saxony | 99,5 m | 76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter |
| Blieskastel Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine | 2001 | Germany | Blieskastel, Rheinland-Pfalz | 99,5 m | 76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter |
| Zehlendorf Vestas V 47 Wind Turbines | 2002 | Germany | Zehlendorf, Brandenburg | 99,5 m | 76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter |
| Stemwede Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines | 1997 | Germany | Stemwede, North Rhine-Westphalia | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 10 units |
| Oelde Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 1997 | Germany | Oelde, North Rhine-Westphalia | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Silixen Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 1998 | Germany | Silixen, North Rhine-Westphalia | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Sassenberg Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 1998 | Germany | Sassenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Osnabrück Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 1998 | Germany | Osnabrück, Lower Saxony | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Celle Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 1998 | Germany | Celle, Lower Saxony | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Alzey-Hochborn Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines | 1998/1999 | Germany | Alzey-Hochborn, Rheinland-Pfalz | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 14 units |
| Fürfeld Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines | 1999 | Germany | Fürfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 2 units |
| Brest Nordex N 60 Wind Turbines | 1999/2000 | Germany | Brest, Lower Saxony | 99 m | 69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 60 metres diameter, 11 units |
| Lotte Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 2001 | Germany | Lotte, Lower Saxony | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Fürfeld Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 2001 | Germany | Fürfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Rödinghausen Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 2001 | Germany | Rödinghausen, Lower Saxony | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Mücheln-Oechlitz Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines | 2003 | Germany | Mücheln-Oechlitz, Saxony | 99 m | 77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 3 units |
| Erbendorf SB 56 Wind Turbines | 2003 | Germany | Erbendorf, Bavaria | 99 m | 71 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 56 metres diameter, 3 units |
| Neustadt/Rübenberge Nordex N 60 Wind Turbines | 1999/2000 | Germany | Neustadt/Rübenberge, Lower Saxony | 95 m | 65 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 60 metres diameter, 9 units |
| Karpatos Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine | 1999 | Greece | Karpatos | 71,5 m | 50 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter |
| Vöhrenbach-Fernhöhe Nordex N29 Wind Turbine | 1996 | Germany | Vöhrenbach, Baden-Württemberg | 66,25 m | 51,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 29,5 metres diameter |
| Vorob'evskaya Wind Park | Ukraine | Vorob'evskaya | 26,5 m | 18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter | |
| Novoazovskaya Wind Park | Ukraine | Novoazovskaya | 26,5 m | 18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter | |
| Donuzlavskaya Wind Park | Ukraine | Donuzlavskaya | 26,5 m | 18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter | |
| Tarkhankut Wind Park | Ukraine | Chornomorske | 26,5 m | 18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter | |
| Myrne Wind Park | Ukraine | Myrne | 26,5 m | 18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter | |
| Gross Schenkenberg Enercon E-16 Wind Turbine | Germany | Gross Schenkenberg, Lower Saxony |
Pillars of aerial tramways
| Tramway | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III The Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III is the third section of the aerial tramway on the Kitzsteinhorn mountain at Kaprun, Austria. It was placed in service on 26 November 1966.... |
1966 | Austria | Kaprun | 113.6 m | Tallest pillar of aerial tramway in the world |
| Torre Jaume I Torre Jaume I Torre Jaume I is a 107 metre high steel truss tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, which was built in 1931 by Carlos Boigas. The tower is the second-tallest aerial lift pylon in the world, and is a part of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway from Torre Sant Sebastia to Montjuïc. Torre Jaume I also has... |
1931 | Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
Barcelona | 107 m | Intermediate stop, also observation tower |
| Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway | ? | Switzerland | Zermatt | 94 m | |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway Eibsee Aerial Tramway The Eibsee Cable Car, which opened in 1963, is a cable car which connects the lower statioin near lake Eibsee with the top station at above sea level next to the summit of Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain on the border to Austria... |
1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 85 m | |
| 3S Aerial Tramway 3S Aerial Tramway The 3S Aerial Tramway or 3S Cable Car is an cabin aerial tramway which was developed by the Swiss company Roll transport systems in Thun to unite the advantages of a pendulum aerial tramway with their one normal, coupleable single rope cabin aerial tramway.-Technical description of first... |
2004 | Austria | Kitzbühel | 80 m | |
| Torre Sant Sebastia Torre Sant Sebastia Torre Sant Sebastià is a 78 metre tall lattice tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the terminal of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway of Barcelona, which runs over Torre Jaume I to Montjuïc. Torre Sant Sebastia was opened in 1931.- External links :... |
1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 78 m | Terminal of harbour aerial tramway Aerial tramway An aerial tramway , cable car , ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion... of Barcelona Spain |
| Wendelstein Aerial Tramway Wendelstein Aerial Tramway The Wendelstein Cable Car is a long cable car running from Bayrischzell Osterhofen to Mount Wendelstein. It has a maximum speed of and its travel time is 6.5 minutes. The cabins each take up to 50 passengers, and the cable car system has a transport capacity of 450 people per hour... |
1970 | Germany | Bischofsmais | 75 m | |
| Sandia Peak Tramway Sandia Peak Tramway The Sandia Peak Tramway is located adjacent to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. It stretches from the northeast edge of the city to the crestline of the Sandia Mountains and has the world's third longest single span.-History:... |
1965 | USA | Albuquerque | 70,7 m | inclined in an angle of 18 degree |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway Eibsee Aerial Tramway The Eibsee Cable Car, which opened in 1963, is a cable car which connects the lower statioin near lake Eibsee with the top station at above sea level next to the summit of Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain on the border to Austria... |
1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 65 m |
Other uses
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | |Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parachute Tower Katowice Parachute Tower Katowice Parachute Tower Katowice is a 50 meter tall lattice parachute tower built in 1937 for training parachute jumps. It was used in the first days of World War II by the 73rd infantry regiment as an observation tower.... |
1937 | Poland | Katowice | 50 m |
See also
- Architectural structureArchitectural structureAn architectural structure is a free-standing, immobile outdoor constructed element. The structure may be temporary or permanent.Structures include buildings and nonbuilding structures . Examples of building structures include houses, town halls, libraries, and skyscrapers...
- List of towers
- Hyperboloid structureHyperboloid structureHyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, but hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative...
- Partially guyed towerPartially guyed towerA partially guyed tower is a tower structure which consists of a free-standing basement, in most cases of concrete or of lattice steel with a guyed mast on the top. The anchor basements of the guyed mast can be on the top of the tower or on the ground.-Use:...
- Additionally guyed towerAdditionally guyed towerAn additionally guyed tower is a free-standing tower, which is also additionally guyed.An additional guying can be temporarily or permanently. Temporarily additional guying is used when work on static relevant parts of the tower is done....