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Lattice tower

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A lattice tower is a freestanding steel framework tower. It is used as pylon especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts, as radio tower (as well as selfradiating tower or as carrier for aerials) or as observation tower.

Before 1940 as transmission towers especially for short- and mediumwave sometimes lattice towers consisting of wood were realized. The tallest lattice tower built of wood was at Muehlcker. It had a height of 190 metres and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945. Most wood lattice towers were already demolished before 1960. In Germany the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the transmitter Golm and the transmitter Ismaning. They were demolished in 1979 respectively 1983.

Contents

1 Wood lattice towers

1.1 Existing towers
1.2 Destroyed towers

2 Steel lattice Towers

2.1 Radio towers with observation decks and Observation towers
2.2 Radio tower carrying aerials
2.3 Selfradiating transmission tower
2.4 Pylons
2.5 Monuments
2.6 Pillars of aerial tramways

3 See also

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Wood lattice towers

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Existing towers

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Radio Tower Gliwice	1935	Poland	Gliwice	118 m
Aerial test facility Brück	1963	Germany	Brück	54 m	Two wood towers of different design
Goethe Tower	1931	Germany	Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen	43 m	observation tower

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Destroyed towers

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Date of demolition	Remarks
Transmission Tower Mühlacker	1934	Germany	Mühlacker	190 m	April 6th, 1945
Transmitter Berlin-Tegel	1933	Germany	Berlin	165 m	December 16th, 1948
Sendeturm Ismaning	1932	Germany	Ismaning	163 m	March 16th, 1983
Sendeturm Langenberg	1934	Germany	Velbert-Langenberg	160 m	October 10th, 1935	destroyed by a tornado
Sendeturm Wiederau	1935	Germany	Wiederau	150 m	October 27th, 1953
Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt	1934	Germany	Hamburg	145 m	September 1949
Transmitter Golm	1948	Germany	Golm	100 m	October 25th, 1979
Wardenclyffe Tower	1899	USA	Shoreham	57 m	1917
Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg	1935	Germany	Velbert-Langenberg	45 m	April 12th, 1945	3 towers

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Steel lattice Towers

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Radio towers with observation decks and Observation towers

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Dragon Tower	2000	China	Harbin	336 m
Tokyo Tower	1957	Japan	Tokyo	333 m
Eiffel Tower	1889	France	Paris	324 m
Shijiazhuang TV-tower	1998	China	Shijiazhuang	280 m
Qingdao TV Tower	1994	China	Quingdao	232 m
Brasilia TV Tower	?	Brasilia	Brasilia	218 m
Guangzhou TV Tower	1991	China	Guangzhou	217 m
Guangdong TV Tower	1965	China	Guangdong	200 m
Nagoya TV Tower	1954	Japan	Nagoya	180 m
Odinstårnet	1935	Denmark	Odense	175 m	destroyed on December 14, 1944
Osaka ABC Tower	1966	Japan	Osaka	160 m
Blackpool Tower	1894	United Kingdom	Blackpool	158 m
Funkturm Berlin	1926	Germany	Berlin	150 m	Only observation tower standing on insulators
Sapporo TV Tower	1957	Japan	Saporro	147.2 m
Vasco-da-Gama-Tower	1998	Portugal	Lisbon	145 m
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie	?	Canada	Shawinigan, Quebec	115 m
Kobe Port Tower	?	Japan	Kobe	108 m
Marine Tower Yokohama	1961	Japan	Yokohama	106 m
Tsutenkaku	?	Japan	Osaka	103 m
Hakata Port Tower	1964	Japan	Fukuoka	103 m
Beppu Tower	1957	Japan	Beppu	100 m
Tour metallique de Fourviere	1894	France	Lyon	85.9 m	Not used as observation tower since 1953
Sunsphere	1982	USA	Knoxville	81.07 m
Hiratsuka TV Tower	1972	Japan	Hiratsuka	70 m
Petrinska rozhledna	1891	Czech	Prague	60 m
Green Tower	1998	Japan	Chiba	60 m
Watkins' Tower	1891	UK	London	46 m	never completed, dismantled
Joseph's Cross	1896	Germany	Stolberg	38 m
Observation Tower Ahlbeck	1998	Germany	Ahlbeck	?

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Radio tower carrying aerials

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
HBG Prangins	?	Switzerland	Prangins	?
Towers of Santa Palomba	?	Italy	Santa Palomba	?
Kiev TV Tower	1973	Ukraina	Kiev	385 m	Tallest lattice tower in the world
KCTV-Tower	1956	USA	Kansas City, Missouri	317.6 m
Yerevan TV Tower	1977	Armenia	Yerevan	311.7 m
St. Petersburg TV Tower	1962	Russia	Saint Petersburg	310 m
Star Tower	1991	USA	Cincinnati, Ohio	291 m
Sutro Tower	1973	USA	San Francisco	295 m
Radio Tower Dudelange	?	Luxembourg	Dudelange	285 m
Longwave transmitter Junglinster	1932	Luxembourg	Junglinster	250 m	3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m
NSS Annapolis	1936	United States	Annapolis	243.8 m	destroyed
Central tower Koenigs Wusterhausen	1925	Germany	Koenigs Wusterhausen	243 m	collapsed on November 15, 1972
FM/TV-Tower Wavre	?	Belgium	Wavre	232 m
Crystal Palace Transmitter	1950	United Kingdom	London	222 m
Torre TV Bandeirantes	1997	Brasilia	Sao Paolo	212 m
Kherson TV Tower	?	Russia	Kherson	200 m
Mulhouse-Belvédère Transmission Tower	1997	France	Mulhouse-Belvédère	194 m
Transmitter Sottens	1989	Switzerland	Sottens	188 m	Mediumwave
Croydon Transmitter	1962	UK	London	152 m
Schuchowsk radio tower	1922	Russia	Moscow	150 m
Longwave transmitter Lahti	1927	Finland	Lahti	150 m	Longwave
Mannesmann Tower Vienna	1954	Germany	Vienna	150 m
Zendstation Ugchelen	1959	Netherlands	Ugchelen	142 m
Transmission Tower Hardberg	1951	Germany	Hardberg	135 m
Transmission Tower Emley Moor	1956	UK	Emley Moor	135 m	dismantled
Soelvesborg Twin Towers	1985	Sweden	Sölvesborg	135 m	Mediumwave, 2 towers
Piatkowo TV Tower	1993 + 1955	Poland	Poznan	128 m + 76 m
VLF transmitter Grimeton	1923	Sweden	Grimeton	127 m	VLF, 6 towers
Longwave transmitter Motala	1927	Sweden	Motala	120 m	Longwave
Mannesmann Tower Hannover	1955	Austria	Hannover	120 m
Transmitter Kalundborg	1927	Denmark	Kalundborg	118 m	Longwave
Nordschwarzwaldturm	1974	Germany	Schömberg-Langenbrand	118 m
Kvitsoy-Tower	1981/82	Norway	Kvitsoy	117.5 m	Mediumwave
Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau	1973	Germany	Berlin	117 m
Directional Radio Tower Mühlacker	2004	Germany	Mühlacker	95 m
Transmitter Santa Maria di Galeria	?	Italy	Santa Maria di Galeria	94 m	exclave of Vatican City, Mediumwave
Directional Radio Tower Stuttgart-Möhringen	1975	Germany	Stuttgart	93 m
Zendstation Zwollerkerspel	1985	Netherlands	Zwollerkerpsel	90 m
Radio Tower Colmar	?	France	Colmar	72 m
Radio Tower Bonhoure	?	France	Toulouse	72 m
Ionosonde Juliusruh	1961	Germany	Juliusruh	70 m
Brookmans Park Transmitter	1929	UK	Brookmans Park	60.96 m

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Selfradiating transmission tower

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Transmitter Orfordness	?	United Kingdom	Orfordness	?	Insulated against ground, multiple lattice towers
Longwave transmitter Junglinster	1932	Luxembourg	Junglinster	250 m	3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m
Blosenbergturm	1937	Switzerland	Beromünster	216 m	Insulated against ground

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Pylons

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Pylons of Pearl River Crossing	1987	China	Pearl River	253 m + 240 m
Elbe Crossing 2	1976-1978	Germany	Stade	227 m
Overhead line crossing Suez Canal	1999	Egypt		226 m
Pylons of Messina	1957	Italy	Messina	200 m	not used as pylons any more
Elbe Crossing 1	1958-1962	Germany	Stade	189 m
Bosporus overhead line crossing III	1999	Turkey	Istanbul	160 m
Pylons of Cadiz	?	Spain	Cadiz	158 m
Pylons of Voerde	1926	Germany	Voerde	138 m
Pylons of Ghesm Crossing	1984	Iran	Strait of Ghesm	130 m	One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea
Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen	1926	Germany	Duisburg-Rheinhausen	118.8 m
Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria	1959	Switzerland	Lake of Santa Maria	75 m	Pylon in an artificial lake
Colossus of Eislingen	1980	Germany	Eislingen/Fils	47 m
Pink Pylon	?	UK	Ashworth Valley	?	demounted
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon	?	UK	Stalybridge	?
Bosporus overhead line crossing I	1957	Turkey	Istanbul	?
Bosporus overhead line crossing II	1983	Turkey	Istanbul	?