List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers
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This is a list of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers
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Masts and towers can collapse as a result of natural disasters, such as storms and fires; from engineering defects; and from accidents or sabotage.
Radio masts and towers
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures...
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Masts and towers can collapse as a result of natural disasters, such as storms and fires; from engineering defects; and from accidents or sabotage.
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| Nauen Nauen Nauen is a town in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 38 km west of Berlin and 26 km northwest of Potsdam.-History:... , Germany |
March 30, 1912 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 200 m | Storm | ||
| Java Java Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java... , Netherlands East Indies |
1923 | ? | ? | Lightning | ||
| Norddeich Norddeich (Norden) Norddeich is a village in the borough of Norden in north Germany with 1,734 inhabitants. It lies in northwestern East Frisia on the North Sea coast.... , Germany |
November 25, 1925 | Guyed steel lattice mast | ? | Storm | Three towers collapsed | |
| Place of Magdeburg Transmitter, Berlin, Germany | July 1926 | Guyed mast on roof top | ? | Through rusted guy | ||
| Western mast of Zeesen transmitter Deutschlandsender Zeesen Deutschlandsender Zeesen was a facility for longwave broadcasting near Zeesen, a village south of Königs Wusterhausen in Germany.Deutschlandsender Zeesen was built in 1927. Hereby the western of the two masts of the facility collapsed, as its construction reached a height of 40 metres. By this... , Zeesen, Germany |
1927 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 210 m | Collapse at construction | ||
| Munich-Stadelheim 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... , Germany |
November 23, 1930 | Free standing wood lattice tower | 75 m | Storm | Two towers snapped off 25 metres above ground | |
| 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... , Germany |
October 10, 1935 | Free standing wood lattice tower | 150 m | Tornado | replaced by triangle antenna | |
| Liechtenstein-Haberfeld transmitter | Storm | |||||
| Utbremen Radio Tower | 1939 | Free standing wood lattice tower | 90 m | Lightning | replaced by steel tower | |
| Fécamp Radio Normandie Transmitter, Tower West | November 7th, 1940 | Free standing lattice tower | 113 m | Storm | http://www.offshoreechos.com/radionormandie/RadioNormandie14.htm | |
| 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... , Germany |
1949 | Guyed steel tube mast | 51 m | storm | 2 masts of a triangle aerial | |
| Schwerin-Möwenburgstrasse transmitter, Schwerin, Germany | February 10th, 1949 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 120 m | storm | ||
| Hamburg-Billwerder 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.... , Germany |
December 1949 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 198 m | storm | Partial destruction of a guyed mast under construction | |
| Augusta, Michigan Augusta, Michigan Augusta is a village in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 899 at the 2000 census. The village is mostly within Ross Township, though a small portion extends south into Charleston Township.... |
November 30, 1953 | Guyed steel tube mast | Aircraft Collision | Former Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... Governor Governor A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state... Kim Sigler Kim Sigler Kimber Cornellus Sigler, commonly known as Kim Sigler, was an American politician. He served as the 40th Governor of Michigan from 1947 to 1949.-Early life:... . who was piloting the plane, and three passengers were killed. |
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| Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... , Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the... |
1955 | sabotage | Destroyed by EOKA EOKA EOKA was an anticolonial, antiimperialist nationalist organisation with the ultimate goal of "The liberation of Cyprus from the British yoke". Although not stated in its initial declaration of existence which was printed and distributed on the 1st of April 1955, EOKA also had a target of achieving... rebels |
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| WOAI WOAI (AM) WOAI is a San Antonio, Texas, news/talk formatted radio station operating with 50,000 Watts non-directional day and night from a transmitter site near Marion, Texas. Current owner and operator San Antonio based Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in 1975 which founded the now... , Selma (San Antonio), USA |
1957/1958 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 50 m | Aircraft collision | ||
| Ochsenkopf Ochsenkopf TV Tower The Ochsenkopf Transmitter is a 163 metre tall radio and TV tower of reinforced concrete, which was built in 1958 as replacement for a 50 metre tall guyed steel tube TV mast, which collapsed in January 1958 as result of icing, on the summit of the 1024 metre high Ochsenkopf mountain, the second... , Germany |
January, 1958 | Guyed steel tube mast | 50 m | Icing | Replaced by concrete tower | |
| KOBR-TV Tower KOBR-TV Tower KOBR-TV Tower is a 490.7 meter high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Caprock, New Mexico, USA. KOBR-TV Tower was built in 1960. The original KSWS-TV Tower was built in December 1956 and was the same height at 1610 ft... , Caprock, New Mexico Caprock, New Mexico Caprock is an unincorporated town in Lea County, New Mexico, United States.-References:... , USA |
1960 | Guyed lattice steel mast | 490.7 m | Storm | Replaced by new mast of same height | |
| 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.... , Carolina Beach, USA |
1961 | Lattice Tower | 190.5 m | Storm | Tower buckled at 2/3 of height. Tower carried radials on its top although it was not designed for them. | |
| Villebon sur Yvette, France | December 10, 1961 | Guyed steel lattice mast | ? | Terrorism | ||
| LORAN-C transmitter Ejde LORAN-C transmitter Ejde LORAN-C transmitter Ejde is the Master station of the Ejde LORAN-C Chain .It uses a transmission power of 400 kW.Ejde LORAN-C transmitter, situated near Eiði at... , Ejde, Faroe Islands |
1962 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 190.5 m | Material fault | Slip of guy | |
| KGW Tower, Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States... , USA |
October 12, 1962 | Guyed steel lattice mast | ~180 m | Storm | Columbus Day Storm | |
| Angissq LORAN-C transmitter Angissq LORAN-C transmitter Angissq LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Nanortalik-Angissq, Greenland of GRI 7930, 59°59'18"N, 45°10'24" W . Angissq LORAN-C transmitter had a transmission power of 1000 kilowatts.... , Angissq, Greenland |
July 27, 1964 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 411.48 m | Material fault | Replaced by 704 ft (214 m) tall mast radiator | |
| Yap LORAN-C transmitter, Yap Island, Micronesia | 1964 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 304.8 m | Collapsed during construction | ||
| Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Iwo Jima, Japan of Grid 9970 at . Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter had a transmission power of 4000 kilowatts, which is more than the most powerful broadcasting stations.... , Japan |
1965 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 411.48 m | Maintenance work | The collapsing mast also destroyed the transmitter building. 6 persons were killed. | |
| SES8 Tower, Mount Burr, South Australia Mount Burr, South Australia Mount Burr is a small town located in the South East of South Australia, about 12 km east of Millicent and about 50 km northeast of Mount Gambier. At the 2006 census, Mount Burr had a population of 380.-Geography:... , |
1965 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 200 m | Mast collapsed during guy wire tension testing | ||
| KXJB-TV mast KXJB-TV mast The KXJB-TV mast is a television transmitting tower in Traill County, North Dakota, United States. At 2060 ft , it is the fourth-tallest artificial structure in the world, shorter by 3 ft than the KVLY-TV mast which stands a few miles away.Located 3.5 miles northeast of Galesburg,... , North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S.... , USA |
February 14, 1966 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 627.89 m | Helicopter collision | ||
| WLBT TV Tower, Raymond, MS USA | March 3, 1966 | Guyed steel lattice | 487.6 m | F5 Tornado | Replaced with 609.3 m tower which collapsed in 1997 | |
| XHI-TV XHI-TV XHI-TV Channel 2 is a television station licensed to Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. An owned and operated affiliate of the regional Televisoras Grupo Pacífico network, XHI-TV is affiliated with Televisa, featuring programming from FOROtv and Galavision. XHI-TV has a permit to broadcast a digital... Tower, Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated south of the state's northern border with the U.S. state of Arizona. It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley.- History :... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
September 28, 1966 | ? | 200 m | Hurricane Kristen | Replaced with a temporary Antenna and moved to Yucuribampo Hill | |
| WNBC/WCBS-Tower, High Island, New York, USA | August 27, 1967 | Guyed lattice steel mast | 161 m | Aircraft collision | ||
| Waltham mast Waltham transmitting station The Waltham transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facilityat Waltham-on-the-Wolds, 5 miles north-east of Melton Mowbray. It sits inside the Waltham civil parish near Stonesby, in the district of Melton, Leicestershire, UK. It has a guyed steel tubular mast... , UK |
1967 | Guyed tubular steel mast | 290 m | Storm: high winds causing oscillations in the mast structure | ||
| KELO TV Tower, Rowena, South Dakota, USA | June 24, 1968 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 609.6 m | Airplane collision during thunderstorm | ||
| WAEO Tower, Starks, Wisconsin, USA | November 17, 1968 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 524.25 m | collapse due to plane collision with guy wire | ||
| Marnach Marnach transmitter Marnach transmitter is a broadcasting facility of RTL near Marnach in the commune of Munshausen, in northern Luxembourg. The Marnach transmitter was built in 1955 for improving the transmission of the English-speaking program on 1439 kHz , which was transmitted from 1951 with an... , Luxembourg |
January 17, 1969 | ? | ? | ? | ||
| Emley Moor Emley Moor transmitting station The Emley Moor transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on 'Emley Moor' to the west of the village of Emley, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England . The station's most visible feature is its concrete tower, which is a Grade II listed building... , Great Britain |
March 19, 1969 | Guyed tubular steel mast | 385 m | Ice | Replaced by 330.4 m free-standing concrete tower | |
| Orlunda Longwave transmitter Orlunda The Orlunda longwave transmitter was a longwave broadcast facility in central Sweden which broadcast Sveriges Radio Programme 1 from 1962 to 1991... , Sweden |
July 12th, 1970 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 250 m | Lightning (Destruction of basement insulator) | ||
| KOIN-TV Transmitter Towers, Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States... , USA |
February 28, 1971 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 304.8 m + 213.4 m | Icing | Two Towers collapsed | |
| Königswusterhausen 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... , Germany |
November 15, 1972 | Lattice steel tower | 243 m | storm | ||
| Bithlo (near Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... ), Florida |
June 8, 1973 | Guyed Steel Tower | 457.2 m | Collapsed because of removal of load-bearing diagonals during FM antenna installation. | Multi-station tower supporting antennas of TV stations WDBO-TV, WFTV, and WMFE-TV, and radio stations WDBO-FM and WDIZ-FM – two workers on tower killed | |
| TV Mast Brest - Roc Trédudon | February 1974 | Guyed steel lattice mast | ? | Terrorism | ||
| KELO TV Tower, Rowena, South Dakota, USA | 1975 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 609.6 m | Blizzard | ||
| Sendemast SL3, Burg bei Magdeburg Burg bei Magdeburg Burg bei Magdeburg is a town of about 24,700 inhabitants on the Elbe-Havel-Canal in Germany, northeast of Magdeburg. It is situated around a former weir, the Sachsenschleusen... , Germany |
February 18, 1976 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 350 m | Material fault | ||
| Pic de Nore transmitter Pic de Nore transmitter Pic de Nore transmitter is a facility for FM/TV transmission situated on the mountain of same name at 43°25'29"N 2°27'47"E. It uses a 102 metres tall concrete tower. This tower replaces the old tower, which was situated on the roof of the transmitter building and whose pinnacle was torn down by a... , Pradelles-Carbades, France |
December 2nd, 1976 | Concrete tower | ? m | Storm | Storm tore pinnacle down | |
| KSLA-TV Tower, Mooringsport, LA, USA | October 8, 1977 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 521 m | Undetermined | 1709 feet HAAT. Erected November 17, 1964. Had elevator, RCA Travelling Wave pylon antenna for Channel 12 (System M), land mobile antennas, all lost. RCA contractor for erection, Stainless subcontractor. No definitive cause ever found for collapse. Speculation of "galloping guy lines" (mechanical standing waves in one of the guys), causing stress-to-failure in the guys due to rapidly alternating strain. | |
| WJJY TV Mast, Bluffs, IL USA | March 26, 1978 (Easter Sunday) | Guyed steel lattice mast | 491 m | Ice - The strain snapped 2-inch coupling bolts (24 of them) that joined the 2nd and 3rd sections. | In August 1969 - This tower was 1 of 3 tallest structures in the Northern Hemisphere and transmitter radiated the most powerful UHF-TV signal in the world. TV channel 14 (470-476 MHz) | |
| WAND TV Tower Decatur, Decatur, IL USA | March 26, 1978 (Easter Sunday) | Guyed steel lattice mast | 400.5 m | Ice - Same ice storm that toppled WJJY. Upper section of antenna broke loose and fell through the guy wires. | WAND and WJJY used the same RCA UHF antennas, mfg in 1969. TV channel 17 (488-494 MHz) | |
| Nebraska Education Tower Angora, USA | February 1978 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 456.9 m | Ice | ||
| Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg Sender Zehlendorf Sender Zehlendorf is a radio transmission facility that has existed since 1936, when a short wave transmitter was built in Zehlendorf as part of the establishment of permanent radio services... , Germany |
May 21, 1978 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 352 m | Aircraft collision | ||
| CKVR Television Tower, Barrie, Ontario, Canada | 1978 | ? | 65.58 m | Aircraft collision | ||
| Vysílač Krašov, Bezvěrov, Czechoslovakia | 1979 | Guyed Mast of lattice steel | 305 m | Icing | Mast was predamaged | |
| Blåbärskullen transmitter Blåbärskullen transmitter Blåbärskullen transmitter is a facility for FM/TV-broadcasting at Sunne in Sweden, which went in service on September 2, 1960. It used as antenna tower a tall guyed mast, which was at time of completion one of the tallest structures in Sweden... , Sunne, Sweden |
December 27th, 1979 | Guyed Mast of lattice steel | 323 m | Icing | Pinnacle with broadcasting antennas fell down, height afterwards 274 metres | |
| LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen The LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen is a LORAN-C transmission facility on the island of Jan Mayen at . The LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen uses as antenna a 190-metre high guyed mast.... , Jan Mayen, Norway |
October 8, 1980 | Guyed mast of lattice steel | 190.5 m | Icing | Guys were improperly installed | |
| Delimora Transmitter Delimora Transmitter Delimara Transmitter was a relay station of Deutsche Welle near Cyclops on Malta. It was used as short- and mediumwave transmission site. For the mediumwave transmissions, which took place on 1557 kHz with a transmission power of 600 kW, it had two guyed masts, insulated against ground, which were... |
? | Guyed mast of lattice steel | 88 m | Guy melted as result of high electric field strength, storm at same time made mast collapse | ||
| 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.... |
July 31, 1981 | Lattice steel tower | 285 m | Aircraft collision | ||
| WCIQ Tower, Mount Cheaha, Alabama, USA | January 1982 | Guyed steel lattice mast | ? | Ice Storm Ice storm An ice storm is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain, also known as a glaze event or in some parts of the United States as a silver thaw. The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation of at least of ice on exposed surfaces... |
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| Senior Road Tower Senior Road Tower Senior Road Tower is a high guyed radio mast for FM and TV broadcasting in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County near Missouri City, Texas, USA, at . Senior Road Tower was built in 1983 as a replacement for a tower which collapsed in 1982... , Missouri City, Texas, USA |
1982 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 569.8 m | Guy wire severed | Total collapse during installation of 6-ton FM antenna on new 1800 ft. tower. 5 technicians killed, 3 on the hoist and 2 on the tower. Determined insufficient sized bolts on the makeshift lifting lug extension failed. The falling debris severed one of the tower's guy wires which caused the tower to whip back and forth and collapse, video here. | |
| KANU tower, Lawrence, KS, USA | December 11, 1982 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 184.4 m | Sabotage - guy wires severed | ||
| TV mast Wavre, Belgium | October 13, 1983 | Guyed mast | ? | Storm | ||
| KWWL, Rowley Rowley, Iowa Rowley is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rowley is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.... , Iowa Iowa Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New... , USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
November 28, 1983 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 610 m | Ice | ||
| Bielstein Sender Bielstein The Sender Bielstein is an FM- and TV-broadcasting facility on the 393 metre high Bielstein mountain in the Forest of Teutoburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Bielstein transmitter, which is property of WDR and used for transmitting its programmes was established in 1951. It used until 1954 a... , Germany |
January 15, 1985 | Guyed steel tube mast | 298 m | Ice | ||
| Caroline 558 Radio Caroline Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly... and Radio Monique Radio Monique Radio Monique was an offshore radio station broadcasting to the Netherlands and Belgium from the Radio Caroline ship, Ross Revenge.Originally intended to broadcast in 1981 from a new radio ship called MV Magda Maria alongside a station to be called Radio Paradise , this arrangement fell through and... mast, aboard MV Ross Revenge Ross Revenge The MV Ross Revenge is a radio ship, formerly the home of Radio Caroline, as well as having supported Radio Monique and various religious broadcasters. She was constructed in Bremerhaven in 1960, and initially served as a commercial trawler, notably taking part in the cod wars of the 1970s... , off English coast |
November 25, 1987 | Lattice steel tower | 92 m approx | Force 8 storm | Tallest ever mast aboard any ship; replaced by horizontal wire antenna between two shorter masts | |
| Vännäs TV Tower Vännäs TV Tower Vännäs TV Tower is a 323 metres tall structure used for FM- and TV-broadcasting near Vännäs in Sweden.It is like Gerbrandytoren a partially guyed tower with a concrete tower as basement and a mast guyed to the ground on the top... , Vännäs Vännäs Vännäs, from Wendenäs, ‘where the river changes it path’ is a locality that have existed since 1539. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden and had roughly 4,100 inhabitants in 2005.... , 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.... |
1987/88 | Guyed mast | 323 m | Icing | Replaced by 323 metres tall partially guyed tower Partially guyed tower A 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:... |
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| KTVO-TV Tower, Missouri, USA | June 2, 1988 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 609.6 m | |||
| KGO (AM) KGO (AM) KGO is a news/talk-format radio station radio with offices and studios in San Francisco, California. Unlike most other American news/talk stations, KGO originates nearly all of its own programming locally. Since 1978, KGO radio has received Arbitron's number-one ranking in the Bay Area... towers, Newark, California, USA |
October 17, 1989 | ? | 91 m | Earthquake Loma Prieta earthquake The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Earthquake, was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time... |
Three towers damaged | |
| WRAL-TV WRAL-TV WRAL-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Raleigh, North Carolina. WRAL-TV has been the flagship station of Capitol Broadcasting Company since its inception, and is currently the CBS affiliate for the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill/Fayetteville area, known collectively as the Triangle... & WPTF-TV towers, Auburn, North Carolina, USA |
December, 1989 | 2 Guyed steel tube framework masts | 609.3 m | Ice | Unusually heavy ice concentrated at top predominantly on one side of towers caused asymmetrical load. Dislodged essentially as one piece during rapid warming; sudden unloading caused dynamic failure. | |
| RÚV RÚV Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio... long wave radio mast, Vatnsendahæð, Reykjavik, Iceland |
February 3, 1991 | Guyed steel lattice mast | Storm | |||
| 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.... , Poland |
August 8, 1991 | Guyed steel tube framework mast | 648.38 m | Maintenance | Replacement by facility in 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... |
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| WCIX TV Tower WCIX TV Tower WCIX TV Tower is a guyed television transmission tower near Homestead, Florida. It was destroyed on August 24, 1992, by Hurricane Andrew and was rebuilt by LeBlanc Tower of Canada. The tower was actually fabricated and engineered by LeBlanc of Canada but was erected By Tower King Inc. of Atlanta,... Homestead (Miami) Florida |
August 25, 1992 | Guyed steel tower | 549 m | Hurricane Andrew | Rebuilt by LeBlanc Tower of Canada | |
| COMMSTA Miami | 1992 | Guyed Mast (insulated) | 91.44 m | Hurricane Andrew | Collapse of 2 masts | |
| Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter is a LORAN-C transmitter at Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada.The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter was used as an antenna tower until February 2, 1993. It was a 411.48 m tall guyed mast, built in 1965... , Cape Race, Canada |
February 2, 1993 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 411.48 m | Material Fault | Fatigue failure of the eyebolt head in a compression cone insulator on structural guy caused swing-in damage, which resulted in structural collapse | |
| LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburan LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburan LORAN-C transmitter Kargabarun is the Yankee secondary station of the Mediterrean Sea LORAN-C Chain .It use a transmission power of 165 kW.Kargabarun LORAN-C transmitter, situated at Kargabarun at 40°58'21" N, 27°52'2" E,.... , Kargaburan, Turkey |
February 25, 1993 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 190.5 m | Snowstorm | Tower had construction faults | |
| WCOV-TV Tower, Montgomery, USA | 1996 | ? | 242 m | Tornado | ||
| 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... , Germany |
September 2, 1996 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 160 m | Maintenance | ||
| Channel 39 KXTX TV-Mast, Cedar Hill, Texas, USA | October 12, 1996 | Guyed steel tower | 468 m | Maintenance | 3 died when tower collapsed in moderate wind gust | |
| ?, USA | December 31, 1996 | ? | 195.1 m | material fault | ||
| Grigoriopol transmitter, Moldova | 1997 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 350 m, 250 m | Icing | 2 masts collapsed http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2753512 | |
| KXJB-TV mast KXJB-TV mast The KXJB-TV mast is a television transmitting tower in Traill County, North Dakota, United States. At 2060 ft , it is the fourth-tallest artificial structure in the world, shorter by 3 ft than the KVLY-TV mast which stands a few miles away.Located 3.5 miles northeast of Galesburg,... , North Dakota, USA |
April 6, 1997 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 627.89 m | Ice | ||
| KNOE-TV Tower, Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... , USA |
March 20, 1997 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 606.25 m | Maintenance | One killed, 2 injured when workers failed to install temporary braces | |
| WLBT-TV Tower WLBT Tower The WLBT Tower was a 610 meter high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV-programs from Raymond, Mississippi, USA for the Jackson metro area. The mast, constructed in 1966, was located at .... , Mississippi, USA |
October 23, 1997 | Guyed steel lattice | 609.3 m | Maintenance | Three killed - temporary braces failed during HDTV antenna upgrade | |
| WKY Mast, USA | June 13, 1998 | Guyed mast | 292.9 m | Tornado | ||
| TV Tower Avala, Serbien | April 30, 1999 | Concrete tower (with observation deck) | 202.87 m | Air raid (NATO bombardment, Kosovo war) | ||
| WRMD-Tower, St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St... , USA |
April 25, 2000 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 197.8 m | Helicopter crash | 3 died when medical helicopter hit guy wire in clear weather and crashed | |
| WNWI 1080-Towers, Oak Lawn (Chicago), Illinois, USA | July 9, 2000 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 61 m | Sabotage | Two towers collapsed | |
| KXEO/KWWR-Tower, Mexico, MO, USA | August 23, 2000 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 122.8 m | Storm | ||
| CBC Tower CBC Tower The CBC Tower was a 371 metre high guyed mast for FM- and TV-transmission located atop Mont-Carmel near Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. The tower was built in 1972 and it served for several decades as Quebec's primary CBC transmission point and also served several radio and television stations for the... , Canada |
April 22, 2001 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 371 m | Blown up after aircraft crash | ||
| Angara transmitter, Northern Mast, Angara, Russia | June 6, 2001 | Guyed steel lattice mast carrying a T-antenna | 205 m | Bad state of guys | ||
| Krasny Bor transmitter Krasny Bor transmitter Krasny Bor transmitter is a large facility for longwave, mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting at Krasny Bor near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Krasny Bor transmitter was established in 1961 and belongs to the most powerful broadcasting stations in the world. It uses four mast radiators and several... , Russia |
November 5, 2001 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 257.5 m | Helicopter collision | ||
| WKFT, North Carolina, USA | March 14, 2002 | Guyed steel tower | 503 m | Airplane Crash | ||
| KDUH/CH4 TV Mast KDUH/CH4 TV Mast The KDUH-TV Mast was a 599 meter high guyed mast built in 1969 for TV transmitting at Hemingford, Nebraska in the US, at . The tower broadcasted KDUH-TV of Scottsbluff, a semi-satellite of Rapid City, South Dakota-based KOTA-TV.... , Hemingford, Nebraska, USA |
September 24, 2002 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 599 m | Maintenance | Two workers killed, 3 injured on ground | |
| WVAH Tower, West Virginia, USA | February 19, 2003 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 473 m | Ice | ||
| WPAY (AM) WPAY (AM) WNKE is a radio station licensed to New Boston, Ohio. Its original call letters were a carryover from its former sister station WPAY , which signed on in 1933 as a country yodeling and country music station, from which the call letters were derived... -Towert, Portsmouth, Ohio, USA |
February 19, 2003 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 200.9 m | Ice | ||
| WTNV-FM Tower, Jackson, Tennessee, USA | May 4, 2003 | Free-standing steel lattice tower | 176.7 m | Tornado | ||
| WMBD Tower, Peoria, Illinois, USA | May 10, 2003 | Free-standing steel lattice tower | ? | Tornado | Collapse of 3 towers | |
| KETV TV Tower | July, 2003 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 415.1 m | Reconstruction work | ||
| WIFR WIFR WIFR, virtual channel 23, is the CBS television affiliate based in Rockford, Illinois and licensed to nearby Freeport. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 41, though it formerly broadcast its analog signal on channel 23, which it continues to use as its virtual digital channel via PSIP.... TV tower |
July 5, 2003 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 222.8 m | Storm (derecho Derecho A derecho is a widespread and long-lived, violent convectively induced straight-line windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms in the form of a squall line usually taking the form of a bow echo... ) |
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| WAAY-TV WAAY-TV WAAY-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Tennessee Valley area of North Alabama that is licensed to Huntsville. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter at its Monte Sano Boulevard studios on top of Monte Sano Mountain. Calkins Media owns... - TV Mast, Huntsville, Alabama, USA |
September 4, 2003 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 305 m | unknown | 3 workers killed | |
| Utrecht, Netherlands | September 8, 2003 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 45 m | Fallen at falling trees | ||
| WJDB Transmitter Grove Hill, AL | September 16, 2004 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 131 m | Hurricane Ivan | Replacement Tower constructed shortly thereafter. Also knocked Clarke County, AL Sheriff's Office off the air (KWO611) | |
| Peterborough Peterborough Transmitter The Peterborough transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Morborne Hill, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, .... , Great Britain |
October 30, 2004 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 163 m | Fire | ||
| KFI Mast, Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , USA |
December 19, 2004 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 195.1 m | Aircraft collision | ||
| WLGA Transmitter Tower (formerly WSWS-TV Transmitter Tower), Cusseta, Georgia Cusseta, Georgia Cusseta-Chattahoochee County is unified city-county in Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,196 at the 2000 Census..-History:... , USA |
February 27, 2005 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 538.3 m | Replacement tower completed September 15, 2005. | ||
| Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta The Nebraska Educational Tower Holdrege is a high guyed TV mast at Holdrege, Nebraska, USA, at . It is the transmission site for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications stations KLNE-TV and KLNE-FM, both licensed to Lexington.... , Atlanta, Nebraska Atlanta, Nebraska Atlanta is a village in Phelps County, Nebraska, in the United States. The population was 130 at the 2000 Census. During World War II the town was neighbored by Camp Atlanta, which housed more than 3,000 Nazi German prisoners of war over three years... , USA |
November 25, 2005 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 324.8 m | Aircraft collision | All three aircraft occupants killed | |
| KLTV KLTV KLTV is the ABC-affiliated television station for East Texas that is licensed to Tyler. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter in Red Springs... -TV Mast, Tyler, TX (Red Springs, TX) |
February 3, 2006 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 329 m | Undetermined | 1078 feet HAAT. Erected in 1981. No definitive cause ever found for collapse. Speculation was that the collapse was directly or indirectly related to the recent installation of their digital television antenna. The collapse destroyed the tower, KLTV's analog and digital antennas, KLTV's digital transmitter, and FM station KVNE's antenna. The analog transmitter was undamaged, and within a few days was moved to KLTV's backup tower in east Tyler. Interestingly, the collapse occurred the day after Raycom Media Raycom Media - History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations.... officially took ownership of the station. |
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| Torre VIP de Rádio & TV, São Bernardo do Campo, Brasilien | August 23, 2006 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 174 m | Maintenance | 1 Person was killed | |
| WACS-TV WACS-TV WACS-TV, part of the GPB network, is Georgia's ninth public television station, and primarily serves the southern part of the Columbus market, including Dawson and Americus. WACS' transmitter is located north of Parrott, Georgia... tower |
March 1, 2007 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 329m | EF3 Enhanced Fujita Scale The Enhanced Fujita Scale rates the strength of tornadoes in the United States based on the damage they cause.Implemented in place of the Fujita scale introduced in 1971 by Ted Fujita, it began operational use on February 1, 2007. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale:... tornado |
Americus, Georgia Americus, Georgia -Early years:Americus, Georgia was named and chartered by Sen. Lovett B. Smith in 1832.For its first two decades, Americus was a small courthouse town. The arrival of the railroad in 1854 and, three decades later, local attorney Samuel H. Hawkins' construction of the only privately financed... was struck by the tornado a few minutes later |
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| WSKY-DT Tower WSKY-TV WSKY-TV, which was launched in October 2001, is a full-power/full market television independent station serving the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA television market and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The station, which is part of the Hampton Roads market, broadcasts on digital channel 9... , Camden County, NC Camden County, North Carolina -Schools:There are five schools in Camden County: Grandy Primary School, Camden Intermediate School, Camden Middle School, Camden County High School, and CamTech High School. However one other former school lies in Shiloh. It was a community school for the Shiloh area. The school is now home to a... , USA |
March 2, 2007 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 230.65 m | Guy wire anchor failure | Under construction. Also destroyed transmitter building. Was planned for a height of 1,036 ft (315.77 m). | |
| Browns Summit Crown Castle Broadcasting Tower, Browns Summit, Texas, USA | May 29, 2007 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 243.84 m | Restoration work | ||
| WNEP-TV Tower WNEP-TV WNEP-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for northeastern Pennsylvania licensed to Scranton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter on Penobscot Knob in Mountain Top... , Penobscot Knob Penobscot Knob Penobscot Knob, also Penobscot Mountain, is a hill located near Mountain Top, Pennsylvania and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, that is best known as the site of many local television and radio station transmitters... , Mountaintop, PA, USA |
December 16, 2007 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 243.84 m | Ice | Also damaged transmitter building and doppler radar. | |
| WVIA-TV Tower WVIA-TV WVIA-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service member Public television station broadcasting on channel 41 to most of northeastern and central Pennsylvania... , Penobscot Knob Penobscot Knob Penobscot Knob, also Penobscot Mountain, is a hill located near Mountain Top, Pennsylvania and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, that is best known as the site of many local television and radio station transmitters... , Mountaintop, PA, USA |
December 16, 2007 | Guyed steel lattice mast | Ice | 300 ft. section lost from top of tower | ||
| KATV-TV Tower, Redfield Redfield, Arkansas Redfield is a city in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It was incorporated by the County Court on October 18, 1898. The city population was 1,157 at the 2000 U.S. census. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.... , Jefferson County Jefferson County, Arkansas Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its population was 77,435 at the 2010 United States Census. It is included in the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area. Jefferson County's county seat and largest city is Pine Bluff... , USA |
January 11, 2008 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 609.6 m | Maintenance | restringing guy wires http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0108/487185.html | |
| Emmis Television Wichita Tower | March 28, 2009 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 326.4m | Ice | ||
| 2QN 2QN 2QN is a radio station based in Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia. It broadcasts on the medium wave radio band, at a frequency of 1521 kHz.2QN focuses on "Classic Hits", and has a 25+ years target audience.... Tower, Deniliquin Deniliquin Deniliquin, known locally as "Deni", is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales close to the border with Victoria.Deniliquin is located at the intersection of the Riverina and Cobb Highway approximately south west of the state capital, Sydney and north of Melbourne... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
June 30, 2009 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 102 m | Storm | Wind gust reportedly caused the mast to collapse during a severe storm | |
| KRKO KRKO KRKO is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Everett, Washington, USA. The station broadcasts an All Sports format to the Seattle metropolitan area... Radio Towers |
September 4, 2009 | Guyed steel lattice mast | ? m | Terrorism | 2 masts | |
| WLHR-FM Radio Tower Lavonia, GA, USA | January 30, 2010 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 86 m | Sabotage | Guyed wires cut | |
| WEAU TV/Radio Tower Fairchild, WI, USA | March 22, 2011 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 609 m | ? | Weather related | |
| Zendstation Smilde Zendstation Smilde Zendstation Smilde is a tall, guyed structure similar to the Gerbrandy Tower, built in Hoogersmilde, the Netherlands in 1959 for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions. It consists of an 80 metre high reinforced concrete tower and had until a fire accident on July 15, 2011, a guyed... , TV/Radio Tower, Hoogersmilde Hoogersmilde Hoogersmilde is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16 km southwest of Assen.In 2001, the town of Hoogersmilde had 730 inhabitants... , The Netherlands |
July 15, 2011 | Guyed steel tube mast on concrete tower | 303.5 m | Fire | Steel superstructure collapsed, concrete base tower remains |
By height
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| Warsaw Radio Mast 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.... |
2121 ft | 646.4 m | 1972-1974 | 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... |
Gabin Gabin Gąbin is a small town in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,230 inhabitants . It is an ancient town, having been founded in the 13th century.-Current events:... -Konstantynów, Masovian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship -Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"... |
collapsed on August 8, 1991 during guy wire exchange, insulated against ground |
| WCIX/CH6 TV Mast WCIX TV Tower WCIX TV Tower is a guyed television transmission tower near Homestead, Florida. It was destroyed on August 24, 1992, by Hurricane Andrew and was rebuilt by LeBlanc Tower of Canada. The tower was actually fabricated and engineered by LeBlanc of Canada but was erected By Tower King Inc. of Atlanta,... |
2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1992 | U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Homestead, Florida Homestead, Florida Homestead is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States nestled between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area.... |
collapsed during Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew was the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season... in 1992 |
| KATV/CH7 TV Mast | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 2008 | U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Redfield, Arkansas Redfield, Arkansas Redfield is a city in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. It was incorporated by the County Court on October 18, 1898. The city population was 1,157 at the 2000 U.S. census. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.... |
collapsed during Maintenance Maintenance, Repair and Operations Maintenance, repair, and operations or maintenance, repair, and overhaul involves fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it become out of order or broken... in 2008 |
| WEAU/CH13 NBC TV Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 2011 | U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Fairchild, WI | collapsed during weather related events (ice) March 22, 2011 |
| KHYS Tower | 1992 ft | 607.2 m | 1997 | U.S. | Devers, Texas | dismantled |
| KNOE-TV Tower | 1989 ft | 606.25 m | 1997 | U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Monroe, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636... |
collapsed when workers failed to install temporary braces |
| KDUH/CH4 TV Mast KDUH/CH4 TV Mast The KDUH-TV Mast was a 599 meter high guyed mast built in 1969 for TV transmitting at Hemingford, Nebraska in the US, at . The tower broadcasted KDUH-TV of Scottsbluff, a semi-satellite of Rapid City, South Dakota-based KOTA-TV.... |
1969 ft | 599 m | 1969 | U.S. | Hemingford, Nebraska Hemingford, Nebraska Hemingford is a village in Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 993 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hemingford is located at .... |
collapsed on September 24, 2003 |
| Capitol Broadcasting Tower Broadway | 1749 ft | 533.1 m | 1985 | U.S. | Broadway, North Carolina Broadway, North Carolina Broadway is a town in Lee County, North Carolina, United States.-History:According to book, "Broadway North Carolina: 1870-1970", Broadway was settled in 1870 and incorporated as a town in 1907. The name Broadway comes from the fact that a broad level opening in the vast pine forest which covered... |
dismantled |
| WAEO Tower | 1720 ft | 524.25 m | 1966 | U.S. | Starks, Wisconsin Starks, Wisconsin Starks is an unincorporated community located in the town of Stella, Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Starks is located on County Highway C and the Canadian National Railway east-northeast of Rhinelander.... |
collapse due to plane collision with guy wire on November 17, 1968 (NTSB incident CHI69A0053) |
| KSLA-TV Tower | 1709 ft | 521 m | 1977 | U.S. | Mooringsport, Louisiana Mooringsport, Louisiana Mooringsport is a village in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 833 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography: Mooringsport is located at .... |
Cause never identified |
| KDEB Tower | 1627 ft | 496 m | 1968 | U.S. | Fordland, Missouri Fordland, Missouri Fordland is a city in Webster County, Missouri, United States. The population was 762 at the 2009 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Fordland is located at .... |
also known as American Towers Tower Fordland, dismantled |
| WJJY TV Mast | 1611 ft | 491 m | U.S. | Bluffs, Illinois Bluffs, Illinois Bluffs is a village in Scott County, Illinois, United States. The population was 748 at the 2000 census. It was briefly the location of the WJJY TV Mast, the tallest structure built to that date in Illinois.... |
collapsed during ice storm on March 26th, 1978 (Easter Sunday) | |
| DBA Tower | 1577 ft | 482.2 m | 1997 | U.S. | Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately sixteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. The population was 32,093 at the 2000 census... |
dismantled |
| WVAH Tower | 1551 ft | 473 m | 1980 | U.S. | Scott Depot, West Virginia Scott Depot, West Virginia Scott Depot is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Crooked Creek at and downstream from the creek's intersection with Teays Valley Road. The zipcode is 25560. It is part of the census-designated place of Teays Valley... |
destroyed on February 19, 2003 |
| Taymylyr CHAYKA-Mast | 1516 ft | 462 m | Russia | Taymylyr | demolished on September 24, 2009 by explosives | |
| Nebraska Education Tower Angora | 1,499 ft | 456.9 m | 1966-1978 | U.S. | Angora, Nebraska Angora, Nebraska Angora is an unincorporated community in northern Morrill County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 385 north of the city of Bridgeport, the county seat of Morrill County. The community was established in 1900 by the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad; it was named for the... |
collapsed in February 1978 |
| Pinnacle Towers Tower La Feria | 1501 ft | 454.8 m | 1981 | U.S. | La Feria, Texas La Feria, Texas La Feria is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,302 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas.-Geography:... |
dismantled |
| OMEGA transmitter Chabrier | 1403 ft | 428 m | 1976 | 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... (Réunion Réunion Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France... ) |
Chabrier, Réunion | demolished on April 14th, 1999 |
| KETV TV Tower | 1329 ft | 415.1 m | 1966-2003 | U.S. | Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River... |
collapsed |
| Angissq LORAN-C transmitter Angissq LORAN-C transmitter Angissq LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Nanortalik-Angissq, Greenland of GRI 7930, 59°59'18"N, 45°10'24" W . Angissq LORAN-C transmitter had a transmission power of 1000 kilowatts.... (old mast) |
1350 ft | 411.48 m | 1963 | Denmark, Greenland | Angissq | collapsed on July 27th, 1964 |
| Marcus Island LORAN-C transmitter Marcus Island LORAN-C transmitter Marcus Island LORAN-C transmitter is a LORAN-C transmitter on Marcus Island , Japan at... (old mast) |
1350 ft | 411.48 m | 1964 | Japan | Markus Island | dismantled in 1985 |
| Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Iwo Jima, Japan of Grid 9970 at . Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter had a transmission power of 4000 kilowatts, which is more than the most powerful broadcasting stations.... |
1350 ft | 411.48 m | 1963/1965 | Japan | Iwo Jima | destroyed in 1965, afterwards rebuilt, rebuilt mast dismantled in 1993 |
| Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter is a LORAN-C transmitter at Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada.The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter was used as an antenna tower until February 2, 1993. It was a 411.48 m tall guyed mast, built in 1965... (old mast) |
1350 ft | 411.48 m | 1965 | Canada | Cape Race Cape Race Cape Race is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Its name is thought to come from the original Portuguese name for this cape, "Raso", or "bare"... |
collapsed on February 2nd, 1993 |
| American Tower Newton | 1349 ft | 411.2 m | ? | U.S. | Newton, Massachusetts Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:... |
dismantled |
| South Carolina Educational TV Tower | 1329 ft | 401.7 m | 1975 | U.S. | Green Pond, South Carolina | dismantled |
| WAND TV Tower Decatur | 1314 ft | 400.5 m | ? | U.S. | Decatur, Illinois Decatur, Illinois Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city, sometimes called "the Soybean Capital of the World", was founded in 1823 and is located along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. In 2000 the city population was 81,500,... |
collapsed during ice storm on March 26th, 1978 (Easter Sunday) |
| KXAN TV Tower (Old) | 1299 ft | 395.9 m | 1964 | U.S. | Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in... |
dismantled |
| Forestport Tower Forestport Tower Forestport Tower was a guyed, steel tower, insulated from the earth, so that the entire structure was used to radiate electromagnetic waves in the VLF and LF bands. The tower was located near Forestport in Oneida County, New York, United States. Forestport Tower was built in 1950... |
1280 ft | 390.1 m | 1950 | U.S. | Forestport, New York Forestport, New York Forestport is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,692 at the 2000 census.The Town of Forestport is located in the northeast corner of Oneida County... |
demolished on April 21st, 1998 by explosives |
| Emley Moor Mk. 2 | 1265 ft | 385 m | 1964 | 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... |
Emley Moor, West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... |
destroyed on March 19, 1969 |
| CBC Tower CBC Tower The CBC Tower was a 371 metre high guyed mast for FM- and TV-transmission located atop Mont-Carmel near Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. The tower was built in 1972 and it served for several decades as Quebec's primary CBC transmission point and also served several radio and television stations for the... |
1217 ft | 371 m | 1972 | Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
Shawinigan, Quebec Shawinigan, Quebec Shawinigan is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It has a population of approximately 51,904 people .... |
demolished after plane crash |
| Omega Tower Trelew Omega Tower Trelew Trelew Omega Transmitter situated at Golfo Nuevo, 40 km outside Trelew, Argentina at used as antenna a 366 metre high guyed steel mast, insulated against ground, which was the tallest construction in South America and was demolished on June 23, 1998 by explosives.According to Wikimapia all... |
1201 ft | 366 m | 1976 | Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
Golfo Nuevo | demolished |
| 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.... |
1200 ft | 365.8 m + 243.8 m | U.S. | Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is... |
365.8 m high mast insulated against ground, demolished | |
| South Carolina Educational TV tower Sumter | 1194 ft | 363.3 m | 1975 | U.S. | Sumter, South Carolina Sumter, South Carolina -Demographics:, there were 59,180 people, 34,717 households, and 4,049 families living in the city. The population density was 4,469.5 people per square mile . There were 416,032 housing units at an average density of 603.0 per square mile... |
dismantled |
| KPXE Tower | 1164 ft | 354.8 m | 1978 | U.S. | Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties... |
dismantled |
| Sender Zehlendorf Sender Zehlendorf Sender Zehlendorf is a radio transmission facility that has existed since 1936, when a short wave transmitter was built in Zehlendorf as part of the establishment of permanent radio services... (old longwave transmission mast) |
1180 ft | 351 m | 1962 | Germany | Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg | destroyed on May 18th, 1978 at aircraft collision |
| Sendemast SL3 | 1149 ft | 350 m | 1968 | East Germany | Burg bei Magdeburg Burg bei Magdeburg Burg bei Magdeburg is a town of about 24,700 inhabitants on the Elbe-Havel-Canal in Germany, northeast of Magdeburg. It is situated around a former weir, the Sachsenschleusen... (today in Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of... ) |
collapsed on February 18, 1976 |
| Grant Radio Tower Carrollton | 1123 ft | 342.6 m | 1987 | U.S. | Carrollton, Alabama Carrollton, Alabama Carrollton is a town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 987. The city is the county seat of Pickens County.... |
dismantled |
| Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster The Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster was a 500 kilowatt long-wave transmitter at Herzberg/Elster, which was in service from 1939 to 1945. It used a 337 metre high guyed steel lattice mast of triangular cross section. This was used as a mast radiator and was therefore mounted on a 0.75 metre high... |
1108 ft | 337 m | 1939 | 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... |
Herzberg Herzberg (Elster) Herzberg is a town in the Elbe-Elster district of the German federal state of Brandenburg.-Overview:As of 2004, its population is 10,968 and the mayor is Michael Oecknigk of the Christian Democratic Union.... |
insulated against ground, dismantled |
| RFM TV Tower Fort Worth | 1098 ft | 334.7 m | 1988 | U.S. | Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and... |
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| Gray Television Madison Tower | 1080 ft | 334.4 m | 1993 | U.S. | Madison, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.... |
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| Gray TV Tower Lorena | 1080 ft | 329.2 m | 1962 | U.S. | Lorena, Texas Lorena, Texas Lorena is a small city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.... |
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| Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta The Nebraska Educational Tower Holdrege is a high guyed TV mast at Holdrege, Nebraska, USA, at . It is the transmission site for Nebraska Educational Telecommunications stations KLNE-TV and KLNE-FM, both licensed to Lexington.... |
1065 ft | 324.8 m | 1965 | U.S. | Atlanta, Nebraska Atlanta, Nebraska Atlanta is a village in Phelps County, Nebraska, in the United States. The population was 130 at the 2000 Census. During World War II the town was neighbored by Camp Atlanta, which housed more than 3,000 Nazi German prisoners of war over three years... |
destroyed at aircraft collision |
| Vysílač Krašov (old mast) | 1058 ft | 324 m | 1959/60 | Czech Republic | near Bezvěrov | collapsed in 1979 |
| South Texas Broadcasting Tower Loganville | 1032 ft | 319.7 m | 1989 | U.S. | Loganville, Georgia Loganville, Georgia Loganville is a city located mostly in Walton County with a small portion of the city located in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. The population was 10,963 at the 2009 census.-Geography:... |
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| Putlitzer Broadcasting Artesia Tower | 1149 ft | 319 m | 1965 | U.S. | Artesia, New Mexico Artesia, New Mexico Artesia is a city in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, centered at the intersection of U.S. Route 82 and 285; the two highways serve as the city's Main Street and First Street, respectively... |
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| JCORP-Tower | 1149 ft | 317.9 m | 1978 | U.S. | Bartlett, Tennessee Bartlett, Tennessee Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and part of the Memphis metropolitan area. The population was 54,613 at the 2010 census.-History:... |
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| Pinnacle Tower Hollywood | 1149 ft | 317.4 m | 1989 | U.S. | Hollywood, Florida Hollywood, Florida -Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of... |
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| University of North Carolina Columbia Tower | 1080 ft | 317 m | 1964 | U.S. | Columbia, North Carolina Columbia, North Carolina Columbia is a town in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Tyrrell County.-Geography:... |
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| RTM Tower | ~1040 ft | ~317 m | 1966 | Malaysia | Johor Bahru Johor Bahru Johor Bahru is the capital city of Johor in southern Malaysia. Johor Bahru is the southernmost city of the Eurasian mainland... |
dismantled in 2006 |
| WPTV TV-Tower | 1149 ft | 314.2 m | 1963 | U.S. | Greenacres, Florida Greenacres, Florida Greenacres is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 27,569 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the estimated population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 32,019.-Geography:Greenacres is located at .... |
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| WAWS TV-Tower | 1149 ft | 313,5 m | 1980 | U.S. | Greenacres, Florida Greenacres, Florida Greenacres is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 27,569 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the estimated population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 32,019.-Geography:Greenacres is located at .... |
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| WorldCom Tower Petal | 1058 ft | 313 m | 1996 | U.S. | Petal, Mississippi Petal, Mississippi Petal is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States, along the Leaf River. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population is 10,617 per the US Census estimates performed in July 2007.... |
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| WVEC TV Tower | 1024 ft | 312 m | 1995 | U.S. | Suffolk, Virginia Suffolk, Virginia Suffolk is the largest city by area in Virginia, United States, and is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,585. Its median household income was $57,546.-History:... |
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| Paxon Tower Felsmere | 1023 ft | 311.7 m | 1984 | U.S. | Felsmere, Florida | dismantled |
| Union Pacific Railroad Tower Chicago | 1021 ft | 311.2 m | 1987 | U.S. | Chicago, Illinois | dismantled |
| Nextel Onondaga Tower | 1149 ft | 307 m | 1994 | U.S. | Onondaga, Michigan Onondaga, Michigan Onondaga is an unincorporated community in Onondaga Township in the southwestern corner of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the Grand River at approximately 20 miles south of Lansing and approximately 15 mile northwest of Jackson.... |
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| Transmitter Kojál Transmitter Kojál The Transmitter Kojál is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission at Kojál Hill near Brno in the Czech Republic. Its aerial mast is a 340 metre high guyed mast. Mast is third tallest structure in the Czech Republic.... (old mast) |
305 m | 1959/60 | Czech Republic | near Krásensko | demolished in 1985 | |
| Cox Radio Tower Sheppard | 1000 ft | 305 m | 1992 | U.S. | Sheppard, Texas | dismantled |
| WAAY-TV WAAY-TV WAAY-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Tennessee Valley area of North Alabama that is licensed to Huntsville. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter at its Monte Sano Boulevard studios on top of Monte Sano Mountain. Calkins Media owns... TV Tower |
1000 ft | 304.8 m | 2003 | U.S. | Huntsville, AL | 3 workers killed in collapse |
| Yap LORAN-C transmitter | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 1964 | Federated States of Micronesia | Yap Island | dismantled in 1987 |
| Century Cellunet Tower | 1149 ft | 304.8 m | 1994 | U.S. | Kingsley, Michigan Kingsley, Michigan Kingsley is a village in Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,517 as of 2009.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land... |
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| CKVR Television Tower | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 1978 | Canada | Barrie, Ontario Barrie, Ontario Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent... |
rebuilt 1978, plane crash destroyed previous mast |
| South Carolina Educational TV Tower Columbia | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 1966 | U.S. | Columbia, South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan... |
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| Raycom Tower Doerun | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 1980 | U.S. | Doerun, Georgia Doerun, Georgia Doerun is a city in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States. The population was 828 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Doerun is located at .... |
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| KTRK-TV Tower Shepard | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 1998 | U.S. | Shepard, Texas | dismantled |
| Chevron Tower Cedar Hill | 1000 ft | 304 m | 1973 | U.S. | Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill, Texas Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately sixteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. The population was 32,093 at the 2000 census... |
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| Zendstation Smilde Zendstation Smilde Zendstation Smilde is a tall, guyed structure similar to the Gerbrandy Tower, built in Hoogersmilde, the Netherlands in 1959 for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions. It consists of an 80 metre high reinforced concrete tower and had until a fire accident on July 15, 2011, a guyed... |
1011 ft | 303.5 m | 2011 | Netherlands | Hoogersmilde Hoogersmilde Hoogersmilde is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16 km southwest of Assen.In 2001, the town of Hoogersmilde had 730 inhabitants... |
Steel superstructure collapsed due to fire, concrete base tower remains |
| MCI Tower Houston | 1000 ft | 300.2 m | 1993 | U.S. | Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ... |
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