Lattice tower

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.

Wood lattice towers

Existing towers

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Radio Tower Gliwice	1935	Poland	Gliwice	118 m
Radio Tower Rottenbuch	2002	Germany	Peiting	62.5 m	Tower for directional radio and mobile phone services
Tour du Millénaire	2001	Belgium	Gedinne	60 m	interesting design
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	2004	Germany	Blumenthal	45 m	observation tower
Goethe Tower	1931	Germany	Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen	43 m	observation tower
Chuderhüsi Tower	2001	Switzerland	Röthenbach	42 m	observation tower
Teltschik Tower	2001	Germany	Wilhelmsfeld	41 m	observation tower
Raiffeisen Observation Tower	1990	Germany	Aldorf	35 m	observation tower
Eugen-Keidel Tower	?	Germany	Schauinsland mountain	31 m	observation tower
Atzelberg Tower	1980	Germany	Kelkheim	30.39 m	observation tower
Fire observation Tower Rennbeck	?	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
Loth Tower	2003	Switzerland	Magglingen	25 m	wood tower
Salzkopfturm	1975	Germany	Salzkopf	24 m	observation tower
Observation Tower Burgstall	?	Austria	Kirchberg/Donau	24 m	observation tower

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 Żórawina	1932	Germany	Żórawina, Poland	140 m	1945
Transmitter Nuremburg-Kleinreuth	1935	Germany	Nuremberg	124 m	July 12th, 1961
Transmitter Heilsberg	1935	Germany	Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland	115 m	1940
Transmitter Koblenz	1934	Germany	Koblenz	107 m	1965
Transmitter Trier	1935	Germany	Trier	107 m	1948
Transmitter Heilsberg	1930	Germany	Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland	102 m	1935	2 towers
Transmitter Golm	1948	Germany	Golm	100 m	October 25th, 1979
Stadelheim Transmitter	1926	Germany	Munich-Stadelheim	75 m	1930ies	2 towers
Wood Transmitting Tower Zeesen	1931	Germany	Zeesen	70 m	1939
Reception Tower Utlandshörn	1935	Germany	Utlandshörn	65 m	1977
Wardenclyffe Tower	1899	USA	Shoreham	57 m	1917
Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg	1935	Germany	Velbert-Langenberg	45 m	April 12th, 1945	3 towers
Heusweiler Mast 1	1935	Germany	Heusweiler	35 m	March 17th, 1945
Heusweiler Mast 2	1935	Germany	Heusweiler	31 m	March 17th, 1945

Steel lattice Towers

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	1967	Brazil	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
New Brighton Tower	1900	UK	Liverpool	172.8 m	destroyed
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower	?	USA	Las Vegas	165 m	Replica of Eiffel Tower
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	Sapporo	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
Aalborgtårnet	1933	Denmark	Aalborg	105 m
Tsutenkaku	?	Japan	Osaka	103 m
Hakata Port Tower	1964	Japan	Fukuoka	103 m
Beppu Tower	1957	Japan	Beppu	100 m
Tour métallique de Fourvière	1894	France	Lyon	85.9 m	Not used as observation tower since 1953
Sunsphere	1982	USA	Knoxville	81.07 m
Torre Sant Sebastia	1931	Spain	Barcelona	78 m	terminal of harbour aerial tramway of Barcelona
Hiratsuka TV Tower	1972	Japan	Hiratsuka	70 m
Hot Springs Mountain Tower	1983	USA	Hot Springs Mountain	65.8 m
Petřínská rozhledna	1891	Czech	Prague	60 m
Green Tower	1998	Japan	Sanbu	60 m
Parachute Tower Katowice	1937	Poland	Katowice	50 m
Watkins' Tower	1891	UK	London	46 m	never completed, dismantled
Joseph's Cross	1896	Germany	Stolberg	38 m
Lemberg Tower	1899	Germany	Lemberg Mountain	33 m
Tour du Belvédère	1898	France	Mulhouse-Belvédère	20 m
Observation Tower Ahlbeck	1998	Germany	Ahlbeck	?

Radio tower carrying aerials

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Towers of Santa Palomba	?	Italy	Santa Palomba	?	Mediumwave
Kiev TV Tower	1973	Ukraina	Kiev	385 m	Tallest lattice tower in the world
WITI TV Tower	1962	USA	Shorewood, Wisconsin	329 m
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
Mumbai Television Tower	?	Mumbai	India	300 m
Star Tower	1991	USA	Cincinnati, Ohio	291 m
Sutro Tower	1973	USA	San Francisco, California	295 m
Dudelange Radio Tower	1957	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 (Königs Wusterhausen)	1925	Germany	Koenigs Wusterhausen	243 m	collapsed on November 15, 1972
Kharkiv TV Tower	?	Ukraine	Kharkiv	242.5 m
FM/TV-Tower Wavre	?	Belgium	Wavre	232 m
WOR TV Tower	1949	USA	North Bergen, New Jersey	231,65 m	dismantled
Crystal Palace Transmitter	1950	United Kingdom	London	222 m
Torre TV Bandeirantes	1997	Brazil	Sao Paulo	212 m
TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée	?	Belgium	Bol d'Air-Ougrée	210 m
VRT Zendmast Genk	?	Belgium	Genk	200 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
Criggion VLF transmitter	1941	UK	Criggion, Powys	182.9 m	3 towers, demolished
TV Tower Namur-Profondville	?	Belgium	Namur-Profondville	163 m
TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont	?	Belgium	Tournai-Froidmont	157 m
Mesquite Tower	1990	United States	Mesquite, Texas	155.3 m
Croydon Transmitter	1962	UK	London, Surrey	152 m
RKS Mělník-Chloumek	?	Czech Republic	Mělník	152 m	Mediumwave
RKS Dobrochov	?	Czech Republic	Dobrochov	152 m	Mediumwave
Schuchowsk radio tower	1922	Russia	Moscow	150 m
Longwave transmitter Lahti	1927	Finland	Lahti	150 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave
RKS Liblice 1	?	Czech Republic	Liblice	150 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave
Mannesmann Tower Vienna	1954	Germany	Vienna	150 m
TV Tower Leglise-Anlier	?	Belgium	Leglise-Anlier	150 m
Zendstation Ugchelen	1959	Netherlands	Ugchelen	142 m
Monte Mario Tower	?	Italy	Rome	140 m
Fremont Point Transmitter	?	UK	Fremont Point, Jersey	139 m
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower	?	Hohenstadt	Germany	137 m
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 Twin Towers	1985	Sweden	Sölvesborg	135 m	Mediumwave, 2 towers
Armstrong Tower	1938	USA	Alpine, New Jersey	129.6 m
Piatkowo TV Tower	1993 + 1955	Poland	Poznan	128 m + 76 m
VLF transmitter Grimeton	1923	Sweden	Grimeton	127 m	VLF, 6 towers
HBG Prangins	1931	Switzerland	Prangins	125 m	Two towers carrying a longwave antenna
Craigkelly TV Tower	?	UK	Craigkelly	125 m
Longwave transmitter Motala	1927	Sweden	Motala	120 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave
Mannesmann Tower Hannover	1955	Austria	Hannover	120 m
Transmitter Kalundborg	1927	Denmark	Kalundborg	118 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for 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
Transmission Tower La Dole	?	Switzerland	La Dole	112 m
Swingate Transmitter	?	UK	Swingate, Kent	111 m	3 towers
TV Tower Słupsk	1991	Poland	Słupsk	?
Zakopane Radio Tower	?	Poland	Zakopane	102 m
Schöckl Transmitter	1956	Austria	Schöckl Mountain	100 m
Gaisberg Transmitter	1956	Austria	Gaisberg Mountain	100 m
Torii-Tower	1972	Germany	Gusborn	97 m	Double Tower
Medium Wave Transmitter Romainville	1934	France	Romainville	?	two towers
Pfänder Transmitter	1958	Austria	Pfänder Mountain	94.7 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
Directional Radio Tower Mühlacker	2004	Germany	Mühlacker	93 m
Grünten Transmission Tower	1951	Germany	Grünten Mountain	92 m
Zendstation Zwollerkerspel	1985	Netherlands	Zwollerkerpsel	90 m
Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc	1972	Andorra	Pic Blanc	86 m	two towers
Transmission Tower Les Ordons	?	Switzerland	Les Ordons	80 m
Radio Tower Colmar	?	France	Colmar	72 m
Radio Tower Bonhoure	?	France	Toulouse	72 m
Ionosonde Juliusruh	1961	Germany	Juliusruh	70 m
Transmission Tower Engelskirchen	1992	Germany	Engelskirchen	70 m
Brookmans Park Transmitter	1929	UK	Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire	60.96 m
Transmitter Turners Hill	?	United Kingdom	Turners Hill, West Midland	?
The Wrekin Transmitter	?	UK	The Wrekin, Shropshire	52 m
Beacon Hill Transmitter	?	UK	Beacon Hill, Devon	?
Patscherkofel Transmitter	1958	Austria	Patscherkofel Mountain	50 m
TV Tower Henley on Thames	?	UK	Henley on Thames, Berkshire	50 m
Hidden Radio Tower	2002	Germany	Stuttgart	42 m

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

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, Cheshire	?
Bosporus overhead line crossing I	1957	Turkey	Istanbul	?
Bosporus overhead line crossing II	1983	Turkey	Istanbul	?

Monuments

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Torre del Reformador	1935	Guatemala	Guatemala City	75 m

Pillars of aerial tramways

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Pillar of the third section of Gletscherbahn Kaprun	1966	Austria	Kaprun	113.6 m	Tallest pillar of aerial tramway in the world
Torre Jaume I	1931	Spain	Barcelona	107 m	intermediate stop of harbour aerial tramway of Barcelona, also observation tower
Pillar of Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway	?	Switzerland	Zermatt	94 m
Pillar II of Eibsee Aerial Tramway	1962	Deutschland	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	85 m
Pillar I of Eibsee Aerial Tramway	1962	Deutschland	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	65 m

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