Vodafone-Funkturm Stuttgart-Vaihingen
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The Vodafone-Funkturm is a 98.6 metre high tower
for mobile phone
services in Stuttgart
-Vaihingen.
The Vodafone-Funkturm of Stuttgart-Vaihingen is a very unconventional tower: it consists of three concrete
tubes which are assembled together in the form of a tripod. The 98.6 metre high tripod of Stuttgart-Vaihingen was built in December 1998 in only 4 days. It has 8 platforms for aerials 58 meters, 62.5 meters, 67.5 meters, 70 meters, 75 meters, 77.5 meters, 80 meters and 82.5 metres.
The tower is located at Pascal street in Stuttgart-Vaihingen at 48°43′41"N 9°4′46"E.
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....
for mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
services in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
-Vaihingen.
The Vodafone-Funkturm of Stuttgart-Vaihingen is a very unconventional tower: it consists of three concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
tubes which are assembled together in the form of a tripod. The 98.6 metre high tripod of Stuttgart-Vaihingen was built in December 1998 in only 4 days. It has 8 platforms for aerials 58 meters, 62.5 meters, 67.5 meters, 70 meters, 75 meters, 77.5 meters, 80 meters and 82.5 metres.
The tower is located at Pascal street in Stuttgart-Vaihingen at 48°43′41"N 9°4′46"E.