List of masts
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Masts are among the tallest man-made structures. While the structure type is commonly used on sailing ships as support for sails, they are also used for telecommunication equipment such as radio antennas (in some countries, these are called antenna towers). On land they are also used for communication, usually as a very tall radio tower, or sometimes for microwave communication arrays.
Classification
Shorter masts often need no guy lines and usually end up being referred to as a pole, such as a telephone pole (though these often have guy lines), or flag poles. Much taller mast structures use the mast term, with the exception of some hybrid towers/masts that incorporate elements from both and usually just use the term 'tower'.
Masts offer maximum height for minimum cost and form an integral part of the world's communication infrastructure. Physically, masts have a very narrow body that offers vertical support and a series of guy lines under tension that offer lateral support.
The standard mast (in parts of the world--other places still regard them as towers) differs significantly from towers (see List of towers) in rarely being free standing or having any habitable space, excluding attached structures at ground level or service ladders/elevators. Observation decks or restaurants are not present, and most masts function as a very large antenna for broadcasting organizations. Of course there are many borderline structures that fall in the realm of guyed and non-guyed masts and towers.
Hybrid mast structures such as tower structures that have mast-like elements blur distinctions. Also, many large electrical towers or wind-turbine masts are of an unclear classification. Some lists include electrical towers and other hybrid structures.
Some borderline cases:
- Zendstation Smilde a tall tower with a guyed mast on top (guys go to ground)
- Torre de Collserola a guyed tower, with a guyed mast on top. (tower portion is not free standing).
- Pylon of Elbe crossing 2 - a freestanding steel framework tower used as pylon for four circuits of 380 kV. It was built in 1978 and is 745 ft (227 m) high.
A small observation deck on the top of super tall guyed mast, a one-story building with a massive mast on top which is classified as a structural detail, and so on are examples of structures that pose problems for existing measurement classifications.
Free-standing towers sometimes use the mast term to describe themselves, just as guyed masts sometimes call themselves towers.
Masts commonly have the name of the broadcasting designation that uses them, or sometimes of a nearby city or town.
The Warsaw Radio Mast (Warszawa radio mast) was the tallest man-made structure ever made, but it collapsed in 1991, leaving the KVLY/KTHI-TV mast as the next tallest. This includes structures of any type, but does not include things like lines going up to captive balloons or the structures that are the highest above sea level (e.g. a tent on Mount Everest). See world's tallest structures for further analysis.
Towers and buildings with masts on them (that are a hybrid) are in their own list. See List of towers for towers. Note that many guyed masts/masts are called towers and numerous towers call themselves masts.
Design considerations
The ideal height of a mast as antenna varies depending on transmission frequency, demographics for the location, and terrain. For radio systems in the longwave and mediumwave range the value of the height should be in the range between a sixth and five eighth of the wavelength with favourite values at the quarter or the half of the radiated wavelength. This is not always possible. If this is the fact, masts with roof capacity or similar installations must be used.
Longwave/Low frequency antennae
Radio masts for VLF, LF and MF often act directly as aerials and are therefore often insulated against ground. Electric devices on them are fed via cables running through the coils of a parallel resonance circuit which is switched in parallel to the transmitter output. For masts acting directly as aerials, the height of the mast determines the radiation properties.
For high power transmitters in the MW range, masts with lengths around half of the radiated wavelength are preferred because they focus the radiated power better to the ground than constructions with heights of quarter wavelengths, which are preferred of economical reasons for low power medium wave transmitters. A focus of radiated power towards the ground is much desired on frequencies below 3 megahertz, because groundwave propagation is very stable. The usage of masts longer than fifth eights of the wavelength is normally not done, because theses masts show bad vertical radiation diagrams. So the heights of masts for mediumwave transmitters do normally not exceed the 300 metre level. For longwave transmitters, however, the construction of masts with heights of half-wave wavelength is, because of economical reasons (and perhaps problems with the flight safety), in most cases impossible. The only so far realized radio mast for longwave with a height of the half length of the radiated wavelength was the Warszawa Radio Mast at Konstantynow, Poland. For frequencies below longwave the masts have to be electrically enlarged by coils or structures on the top, because the required heights for masts of even quarter wave length are too high.
Shortwave/High frequency antennae
For transmissions in the shortwave range, the mast height has no influence of the efficiency when the masts are used for carrying the aerial. Normally shortwave transmitters do not use masts higher than 100 metres.
For transmissions in the VHF and UHF range the value can vary depending on the area to be served. The cost of a tower must be re-couped primarily through advertising on the broadcasts. Things like population density, how far a signal can travel (affected by terrain for line of sight for some kinds of transmission), cost of a higher tower, maintenance cost, etc. — all must be balanced for an ideal tower size. Two shorter towers may be a better option the one taller one, for example, or a higher tower might not be useful if the signal is blocked by terrain nor if all the listeners are in a concentrated area and a higher tower cannot pay for itself.
List of masts
Virtually all mast structures are pure guyed masts. There is often crossover in term usage as some skyscraper use the tower term, some towers use the mast term, and ironically 'skyscraper' has some word heritage from references to high sailboat masts.
Top masts are ranked by pinnacle height; for ties, the older building is ranked higher. Most are in the U.S.(for the taller ones), the Warszawa in Poland being a notable exception. The larger number, around 2000 ft, are the result of special US rules limiting structures and objects that go above 2000 ft (as a result very few things go above this altitude).
Once again, the list includes guyed masts, almost exclusively radio masts though a few for other purposes are present, as the BREN-Tower. Self-supporting masts are covered as towers under the List of towers, and the borderline cases are mentioned separately (hybrid designs, under water, etc.) elsewhere on this page. (Updated to 2004, not guaranteed to be accurate or up to date) (Destroyed towers are noted)(~160+ in list) (light red tint given to destroyed masts)
Name | Pinnacle height | Year | Country | |
Warszawa Radio Mast(destroyed) | 2118 ft | 645.4 m | 1972-1974 | Poland |
KVLY/KTHI TV Mast | 2063 ft | 628.8 m | 1963 | US |
KXJB Tower | 2060 ft | 627.8 m | 1998 | US |
KXTV/KOVR Tower | 2049 ft | 624.5 m | 2000 | US |
KLDE Tower (Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower, TX) | 2018 ft | 615.1 m | 1986 | US |
KCAU TV Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1965 | US |
KATV Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1967 | US |
WECT TV6 Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1969 | US |
KOLR/KOZK Tower (KYTV Tower 1) | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1971 | US |
WOI-Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1972 | US |
Des Moines Hearst-Argyle Television Tower Alleman | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1974 | US |
WEAU-Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1981 | US |
Diversified Communications Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1981 | US |
AFLAC Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1984 | US |
WBTV-Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1984 | US |
Hearst-Argyle Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1985 | US |
WTTO Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1986 | US |
WCSC-Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1986 | US |
KTVE-Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1987 | US |
WCTV Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1987 | US |
TV Alabama Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1996 | US |
KDLT Tower | 2000 ft | 609.6 m | 1998 | US |
Cumulus Tower Winnie (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.6 m | US | |
Liberman Broadcasting Tower (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.6 m | US | |
Central Missouri State University Tower (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.6 m | US | |
Vertical Properties Tower (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.6 m | US | |
WRAL HDTV Mast | 1999 ft | 609.5 m | 1991 | US |
American Media Tower Agate (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.5 m | US | |
Perry Broadcasting Tower Alfalfa (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.5 m | US | |
KY3 Tower | 1999 ft | 609.4 m | 2000 | US |
SpectraSite Tower Thomasville | 1999 ft | 609.4 m | 2002 | US |
Pegasus Broadcasting Tower (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.4 m | - | US |
CBC Real Estate Tower Auburn (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.4 m | US | |
WCKW/KSTE-Tower (Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower, LA) | 2000 ft | 609.3 m | 1988 | US |
American Towers Tower Elkhart | 1999 ft | 609.3 m | 2001 | US |
Salem Radio Properties Tower | 1999 ft | 609.3 m | 2002 | US |
Cumulus Tower Stowell (planned) | 1999 ft | 609.3 m | US | |
WLBT Tower | 1998 ft | 609 m | 1999 | US |
Beasley Tower (planned) | 1998 ft | 608.7 m | - | US |
KYTV Tower 2 | 1998 ft | 608.4 m | 1973 | US |
SpectraSite Tower Raymond (planned) | 1998 ft | 608.4 m | US | |
Radio Tower Hoyt | 1998 ft | 608.38 m | 2003 | US |
Service Broadcasting Tower Decatur | 1994 ft | 608.1 m | 2000 | US |
Channel 40 Tower | 1992 ft | 607.8 m | 1985 | US |
WNCN Tower | 1994 ft | 607.8 m | 2000 | US |
KHYS Tower | 1992 ft | 607.2 m | 1997 | US |
Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Devers | 1999 ft | 607 m | 1988 | US |
Media General Tower | 1992 ft | 607 m | 1987 | US |
William M Smith Tower (planned) | 1992 ft | 607 m | US | |
Eastern North Carolina Broadcasting Tower | 1988 ft | 606.2 m | 1980 | US |
WNCN Tower | 1988 ft | 606.2 m | 2000 | US |
KELO TV Tower | 1988 ft | 605 m | 1974 | US |
WITN Tower (Gray Television Tower) | 1988 ft | 605 m | 1979 | US |
Noe Corp Tower | 1988 ft | 604.7 m | 1998 | US |
Pappas Telecasting Tower | 1988 ft | 603.6 m | 2000 | US |
KHOU-TV Tower | 1988 ft | 602 m | 1992 | US |
Richland Towers Tower Missouri City | 1972 ft | 601.3 m | 2001 | US |
Senior Road Tower | 1972 ft | 600.7 m | 1983 | US |
KTRK-TV Tower | 1972 ft | 600.5 m | 1982 | US |
Houston Tower Joint Venture Tower | 1972 ft | 600.5 m | 1985 | US |
American Towers Tower Missouri City | 1972 ft | 600.5 m | 2000 | US |
Fox-TV Tower | 1972 ft | 600.4 m | 1982 | US |
Mississippi Telecasting Tower | 1998 ft | 600 m | 1982 | US |
WCNC-TV Tower | 1969 ft | 600 m | 1992 | US |
Capstar Radio Tower | 2000 ft | 600 m | 2001 | US |
New Wavo Tower(planned) | 2000 ft | 599.8 m | US | |
KDUH/CH4 TV Mast (collapsed) | 1969 ft | 599 m | 1969 | US |
American Towers Tower Liverpool | 1969 ft | 598.3 m | 1992 | US |
Media General Tower Dillon | 1969 ft | 598 m | 2001 | US |
Duffy-Shamrock Joint Venture Tower | 1969 ft | 597.4 m | 1990 | US |
AMFM Tower Collinsville | 1969 ft | 597.4 m | 2002 | US |
Pappas Telecasting Tower Superior(planned) | 1969 ft | 597.4 m | - | US |
Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Winnabow | 1969 ft | 595.6 m | 1981 | US |
Central Missouri State University Tower Syracuse(planned) | 1969 ft | 592.8 m | US | |
Spectra Site Communications Tower Robertsdale | 1969 ft | 592.6 m | 2001 | US |
CBC Real Estate Co. Inc Tower | 1944 ft | 592.4 m | 1985 | US |
Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Grady | 1929 ft | 589.8 m | 1977 | US |
KKHT Radio Mast | 1929 ft | 588 m | US | |
American Towers Tower Columbia | 1929 ft | 587.9 m | 1986 | US |
Sonsinger Managment Tower | 1929 ft | 587.6 m | 1988 | US |
Cedar Rapids TV Tower | 1929 ft | 587.3 m | 1974 | US |
Channel 6 Tower Eddy | 1912 ft | 586.4 m | 1981 | US |
Entravision Texas Tower | 1912 ft | 585.2 m | 1998 | US |
Pappas Telecasting Tower Ravenna(planned) | 1969 ft | 584.9 m | - | US |
Multimedia Associates Tower | 1912 ft | 584 m | 1999 | US |
WFMY Tower | 1912 ft | 582.8 m | 2001 | US |
American Towers Tower Randleman | 1912 ft | 582.3 m | 2004 | US |
American Towers Tower Robertsdale | 1912 ft | 579.9 m | 2004 | US |
WDJR-FM Tower | 1901 ft | 579.42 m | 1978 | US |
Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield | 1901 ft | 578.8 m | 2001 | US |
Mann Media Tower Randallmann(planned) | 1912 ft | 573 m | US | |
Cox Radio Tower | 1854 ft | 572.8 m | 2000 | US |
Media General Tower Spanish Fort | 1854 ft | 572.7 m | 1986 | US |
WFTV Tower Saint Cloud | 1854 ft | 571.1 m | 2000 | US |
Capstar Radio Operating Gray Court Tower | 1854 ft | 567.1 m | 1980 | US |
KLKN Tower | 1854 ft | 565.1 m | 1965 | US |
Pinnacle Towers Tower Princeton | 1854 ft | 561.3 m | 1993 | US |
WTVJ Tower Princeton | 1854 ft | 561.1 m | 1993 | US |
Pappas Partnership Stations Tower Gretna | 1854 ft | 559.6 m | 1985 | US |
KBIM Tower | 1834 ft | 559.02 m | 1965 | US |
Tulsa Tower Joint Venture Tower Oneta | 1834 ft | 559 m | 1984 | US |
KTBS Tower Shreveport (planned) | 1834 ft | 556.5 m | - | US |
South Texas Broadcasting Tower Bold Springs(planned) | 1834 ft | 552.2 m | US | |
SBA Towers Tower Haynesville | 1834 ft | 547.7 m | 1989 | US |
Channel 32 Limited Partnership Tower | 1834 ft | 547.7 m | 1990 | US |
Cosmos Broadcasting Tower Egypt | 1834 ft | 546.5 m | 1981 | US |
KATC Tower Kaplan | 1834 ft | 546.6 m | 1978 | US |
Raycom Media Tower Mooringsport | 1834 ft | 545.8 m | 1975 | US |
Pinnacle Towers Tower Mooringsport | 1834 ft | 542.8 m | 1985 | US |
Young Broadcasting Tower Branch(planned) | 1834 ft | 541 m | US | |
KLFY TV Tower Maxie | 1765 ft | 540 m | 1970 | US |
American Towers Tower Eglin-29045 | 1765 ft | 538.8 m | 2001 | US |
Richland Towers Cusseta(planned) | 1765 ft | 538.2 m | US | |
WOLO TV Tower | 1765 ft | 538 m | US | |
Cox Radio Tower Flowery Branch | 1765 ft | 537.9 m | 1984 | US |
Alabama Telecasters Tower | 1765 ft | 535.5 m | 1995 | US |
Nexstar Broadcasting Tower Vivian | 1752 ft | 534.3 m | 1961 | US |
WIMZ-FM-Tower | 1752 ft | 534.01 m | US | |
WBIR TV-mast | 1749 ft | 533.1 m | US | |
Capitol Broadcasting Tower Broadway (dismantled) | 1749 ft | 533.1 m | 1985 | US |
Capitol Broadcasting Tower Columbia | 1749 ft | 533.1 m | 2000 | US |
Ray-Com Media Tower Cusseta | 1749 ft | 533 m | 1962 | US |
WTVM TV Mast | 1749 ft | 533 m | US | |
WAVE-Mast | 1739 ft | 530.05 m | 1990 | US |
Centex Television Tower Moody(planned) | 1912 ft | 530 m | US | |
Lousiana Television Broadcasting Tower Sunshine | 1739 ft | 529.4 m | 1972 | US |
Pinnacle Towers Tower Addis | 1739 ft | 528.8 m | 1986 | US |
Richland Towers Tower Cedar Hill | 1739 ft | 527.6 m | 2004 | US |
WAFB Tower Baton Rouge | 1739 ft | 525.8 m | 1965 | US |
Communication Site Managment Tower Farmington(planned) | 1739 ft | 522.7 m | US | |
Media Venture Tower | 1739 ft | 522.5 m | 1999 | US |
Media Venture Managment Tower Fincher | 1739 ft | 522.5 m | 1999 | US |
Orlando Hearst Argyle Television Tower | 1739 ft | 522.5 m | 1998 | US |
Pinnacle Towers Tower Moody | 1739 ft | 522.4 m | 1988 | US |
Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Rosinton | 520.3 m | 1981 | US | |
Pacific and Southern Company Tower Lugoff | 520.2 m | 1985 | US | |
Pappas Telecasting Tower Astico(planned) | 520 m | US | ||
Young Broadcasting Tower Garden City | 1677 ft | 519.7 m | 1978 | US |
Gray Television Tower Carlos | 1677 ft | 519.7 m | 1983 | US |
Cumulus Broadcasting Tower Haynesville(planned) | 1677 ft | 518.2 m | - | US |
South Dakota Public Broadcasting Network Tower | 1677 ft | 516.7 m | 1974 | US |
Gray Television Tower Madill | 1677 ft | 516.3 m | 1984 | US |
Spectra Site Communications Tower Orange City | 1677 ft | 516.6 m | 1984 | US |
American Tower Christmas | 1677 ft | 513.3 m | 2001 | US |
Richland Towers Bithlo | 1677 ft | 512.7 m | 2002 | US |
Northland Television Tower Rhinelander | 1677 ft | 512.6 m | 1979 | US |
Gray Television Tower Moody | 1677 ft | 511.8 m | 1978 | US |
KFVS TV Mast | 1677 ft | 511.1 m | 1960 | US |
Cox Radio Tower Verna | 1667 ft | 508.1 m | 1994 | US |
WMTW TV Mast | 1667 ft | 508.1 m | 2001 | US |
American Towers Tower Cedar Hill | 1677 ft | 506.2 m | 1999 | US |
American Towers Tower Oklahoma City | 1677 ft | 502 m | 1999 | US |
University of North Carolina Tower | 1677 ft | 500.5 m | 2000 | US |
KDEB Tower(destroyed) | 1627 ft | 496 m | 1968 | US |
WJJY TV Mast(destroyed) | 1611 ft | 491 m | US | |
Media General Tower Jackson | 1608 ft | 491 m | 1989 | US |
KSWS-TV Transmitter | 1608 ft | 490 m | 1960 | US |
WKY TV Mast | 1601 ft | 488 m | US | |
NYT Broadcast Holdings Tower Oklahoma | 1601 ft | 488 m | 1965 | US |
KWTV Tower | 1577 ft | 480.7 m | US | |
KWTV Mast | 1572 ft | 479 m | 1954 | US |
KBSI TV Mast | 1567 ft | 477.6 m | 1983 | US |
Mississippi Authority for Educational Television Tower | 1567 ft | 474.9 m | 2000 | US |
WVAH Tower (destroyed) | 1551 ft | 473m | 1980 | US |
Outlet Broadcasting Tower | 1522 ft | 466.5 m | 1987 | US |
Ime Media Tower | 1522 ft | 466.3 m | 1997 | US |
BREN Tower | 1522 ft | 464 m | 1962 | US |
KPXM Tower | 1505 ft | 458.72 m | US | |
KWCH Tower (Media General Operations Tower) | 1501 ft | 457.6 m | 1963 | US |
Saga Communications Tower Alleman | 1501 ft | 450.8 m | 2003 | US |
Blue Ridge Tower Missouri City | 1501 ft | 449 m | 1995 | US |
Brechner Tower | 1439 ft | 438.7 m | 1984 | US |
KTXR Tower | 1438 ft | 438.4 m | 2003 | US |
WNWO Tower | 1438 ft | 438 m | 1983 | US |
KXEL-Tower | 1403 ft | 427.7 m | 1985 | US |
Ozark Broadcasting Tower | 1403 ft | 427.6 m | US | |
Omega Navigational Mast Woodside | 1401 ft | 427 m | Australia | |
SpectraSite Communications, Inc. | 1390 ft | 423.7 m | 1992 | US |
WBRC-TV Tower | 1378 ft | 420 m | US | |
Tallahassee Broadcasting Tower | 1348 ft | 414 m | 1993 | US |
WEYI Tower | 1348 ft | 414 m | 1972 | US |
KGAN-Tower | 1348 ft | 413.2 m | 1983 | US |
Gufuskálar (former LORAN-Tower) | 1348 ft | 412 m | 1959 | Iceland |
LORAN-C transmitter Port Clarence | 1348 ft | 411.48 m | Alaska | |
WTIC Tower | 1348 ft | 408 m | 1965 | US |
Emmis Television License Corp. Tower | 1346 ft | 410.2 m | US | |
Navigation Mast | 1345 ft | 410 m | Greenland | |
WTTO-TV Tower | 1339 ft | 408.1 m | US | |
WVTM-TV Tower | 1339 ft | 408.1 m | US | |
Davis Television Tower | 1329 ft | 405 m | US | |
Sinclair Radio Tower | 1305 ft | 397.8 m | US | |
KXAN TV Tower (Old)(destroyed) | 1299 ft | 395.9 m | US | |
KXAN TV Tower | 1299 ft | 395.9 m | US | |
WGBH/WBZ/WCVB Cluster | 1296 ft | 395 m | 1957 | US |
KEYE TV Tower | 1289 ft | 392.9 m | US | |
WBFF Tower | 1280 ft | 390 m | 1987 | US |
WPVI-DT/KYW-DT | 1276 ft | 389 m | 1998 | US |
KVUE TV Tower | 1269 ft | 386.8 m | 1971 | US |
Emley Moor Mk. 2(destroyed) | 1263 ft | 385 m | 1964-69 | UK |
Belmont Transmitter | 1263 ft | 385 m | 1965 | UK |
KTBC TV Tower | 1259 ft | 383.7 m | US | |
KEYI Radio Tower | 1263 ft | 382.8 m | US | |
WTVZ Tower | 1250 ft | 381 m | 2002 | USA |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting Authority | 1247 ft | 380 m | US | |
Brill Media Tower | 1232 ft | 375.5 m | US | |
Gerbrandy Tower(partially guyed) | 1230 ft | 375 m | 1961 | Netherlands |
KNVA TV Tower | 1227 ft | 374 m | US | |
Pinnacle Tower | 1222 ft | 372.5 m | 1997 | US |
MATC Guyed Mast | 1221 ft | 372.2 m | 2000 | US |
KCPT TV Tower | 1221 ft | 372 m | 1959 | US |
CBC Tower(destroyed) | 1217 ft | 371 m | 1972 | Canada |
WCCB-TV/FOX Tower | 1215 ft | 370.2 m | 1966 | US |
CBS TV Mast | 1201 ft | 366 m | US | |
Omega Tower(destroyed) | 1201 ft | 366 m | Argentina | |
UHF Candelabra | 1201 ft | 366 m | US | |
WCAU-TV | 1200 ft | 365.8 m | US | |
NSS Annapolis (destroyed) | 1200 ft | 365.8 m + 243.8 m | US | |
KMOV TV Tower | 1199 ft | 365.3 m | 1999 | US |
VLF transmitter Skelton | 1198 ft | 365 m | 2001 | UK |
VLF Mast 6 | 1194 ft | 364 m | Australia | |
WIAT-TV Tower | 1194 ft | 363.9 m | US | |
Sender Donebach | 1191 ft | 363 m | 1982 | Germany |
WTXF-TV | 1184 ft | 360.9 m | 1965 | US |
FM- and TV-mast Olsztyn-Pieczewo | 1184 ft | 360 m | Poland | |
Longwave transmitter Ingoy | 1184 ft | 360 m | 2000 | Norway |
Sender Zehlendorf | 1180 ft | 359.7 m | 1978 | Germany |
VLF transmitter DHO38 | 1177 ft | 358.9 m | 1982 | Germany |
Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | 1177 ft | 358.6 m | 1978 | Germany |
Briarcliff Property Tenants | 1174 ft | 357.8 m | 1969 | US |
CHCH Television Tower | 1173 ft | 357.5 m | 1960 | Canada |
KSMO Candelabra Tower | 1168 ft | 356 m | 2001 | US |
WDAF Tower | 1165 ft | 355 m | 1967 | US |
FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy | 1184 ft | 355 m | Poland | |
KPXE Tower(destroyed) | 1164 ft | 354.8 m | 1978 | US |
KSHB/KMCI Tower | 1164 ft | 354.8 m | 2003 | US |
KDEN TV Tower | 1161 ft | 354 m | 1996 | US |
KPXE Tower | 1158 ft | 353 m | 2003 | US |
WWSG-TV | 1158 ft | 352.9 m | 1979 | US |
KDNL TV Tower 2 | 1155 ft | 352.1 m | 1969 | US |
Omaha Great Empire Broadcasting Tower | 1153 ft | 351.4 m | 1989 | US |
KSDK Tower | 1149 ft | 350.2 m | 1958 | US |
Longwave transmitter Allouis | 1149 ft | 350 m | 1952 | France |
Sendemast SL3 (destroyed) | 1149 ft | 350 m | 1968 | Germany |
WAGA Tower | 1144 ft | 348.8 m | 2000 | US |
310 Domino Lane | 1144 ft | 348.7 m | 1971 | US |
FM- and TV-mast Zygry | 1135 ft | 346 m | Poland | |
KTTS Tower | 1129 ft | 344 m | 1990 | US |
Transmitter Gartow, Radio mast Gartow 2 | 1129 ft | 344 m | 1977/78 | Germany |
KMBC/KCWE Candelabra Tower | 1125 ft | 343 m | 1988 | US |
KISS Radio Tower | 1123 ft | 342.2 m | US | |
FM- and TV-mast Piaski | 1122 ft | 342 m | Poland | |
FM- and TV-mast Klepaczka | 1115 ft | 340 m | Poland | |
WRCV-TV | 1116 ft | 340.2 m | 1957 | US |
1 Culp Street | 1116 ft | 340 m | US | |
KISS Radio Tower | 1112 ft | 338.9 m | US | |
SpectraSite Communications Mast | 1109 ft | 338.1 m | 1986 | US |
WKBS-TV | 1108 ft | 337.7 m | 1965 | US |
Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster (dismantled) | 1108 ft | 337 m | 1939 | Germany |
American Tower Co. | 1102 ft | 335.9 m | 1987 | US |
KTVO TV Tower | 1101 ft | 335.6 m | 1955 | US |
WAGA Tower | 1100 ft | 335.3 m | 1955 | US |
KLRU TV Tower | 1099 ft | 335 m | US | |
KMIZ Tower | 1099 ft | 335 m | 1970 | US |
Longwave transmitter Raszyn | 1098 ft | 335 m | 1949 | Poland |
RS Comm. Tower | 1098 ft | 334.7 m | 2000 | US |
329 Domino Lane | 1093 ft | 333.1 m | 1977 | US |
Pegasus Broadcasting Tower Cayey | 1184 ft | 332.5 m | Puerto Rico | |
FM- and TV-mast Krynice k. Bialegostoku | 1184 ft | 331 m | Poland | |
Emley Moor TV Tower | 1084 ft | 330.4 m | 1970 | UK |
Transmitter Roumoules | 1082 ft | 330 m | 1974 | France |
Longwave-transmitter Solec Kujawski, Mast 1 | 1073 ft | 330 m | 1998/99 | Poland |
WSOC-TV Tower | 1082 ft | 329.8 m | 2000 | US |
WSB TV Mast | 1075 ft | 327.6 m | 1957 | US |
KETC TV Tower | 1073 ft | 327.1 m | US | |
FM- and TV-mast Milki k. Gizycka | 1073 ft | 327 m | Poland | |
Radio mast Gartow 1 | 1073 ft | 327 m | Germany | |
Allur/Kansas City Tower | 1065 ft | 324.7 m | 1989 | US |
TBN Tower | 1063 ft | 324 m | 1988 | US |
FM- and TV-mast Behren-Bekel | 1060 ft | 323 m | 1961 | Germany |
Longwave radio mast Burg | 1060 ft | 323 + 210 m | 1953 | Germany |
Baptist Bible College | 1058 ft | 322.5 m | 1998 | US |
KTVI Tower 2 | 1050 ft | 320 m | US | |
KLRQ Tower | 1050 ft | 320 m | US | |
FM- and TV-mast Rusinowo | 1050 ft | 320 m | Poland | |
FM- and TV-mast Trzeciewiec | 1050 ft | 320 m | Poland | |
FM- and TV-mast Limza | 1050 ft | 320 m | Poland | |
FM- and TV-mast Zolwieniec | 1050 ft | 320 m | Poland | |
FM and TV-mast Wesel | 1050 ft | 320 m | Germany | |
KCHZ Tower | 1049 ft | 319.7 m | US | |
KLBJ Radio Tower | 1049 ft | 319.7 m | US | |
KTVI Tower 1 | 1049 ft | 319.7 m | US | |
KOMU Tower | 1049 ft | 319.7 m | 1998 | US |
Gannett Georgia Tower | 1042 ft | 317.6 m | 1981 | US |
RTM Tower | ~1041 ft | ~317 m | Malaysia | |
KTMO Tower | 1040 ft | 317 m | 1989 | US |
FM- and TV-mast Chwaszczyno | 1040 ft | 317 m | Poland | |
KXEO Radio Tower | 1035 ft | 315.4 m | 1985 | US |
Lakihegy Tower | 1030 ft | 314 m | 1933 | Hungary |
FM- and TV-mast Jemiolow | 1030 ft | 314 m | Poland | |
KWIX/KRES Radio Tower | 1027 ft | 313 m | 1982 | US |
KLJC Tower | 1020 ft | 310.9 m | 1987 | US |
Winter Hill TV Mast | 1015 ft | 309.4 m | 1966 | UK |
WLNE 6 TV Tower | ~1007 ft | ~307 m | US | |
VRT Zendstation Egem | 1001 ft | 305 m | 1973 | Belgium |
CKVR Television Tower | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 1978 | Canada |
Bott Comm. Tower | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 1991 | US |
WWSI Tower | 1000 ft | 304.8 m | 2000 | USA |
KRXL Tower | 997 ft | 304 m | 1989 | US |
KOOL Radio Tower | 996 ft | 303.6 m | 1998 | US |
Zendstation Smilde(partially guyed) | 996 ft | 303.5 m | 1959 | Netherlands |
Sender Scharteberg | 988 ft | 302 m | 1985 | Germany |
Sender Bielstein | 988 ft | 302 m | 1985/86 | Germany |
Sender Langenberg | 988 ft | 301 + 170 m | 1989/2000 | Germany |
Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt | 951 ft | 300 + 184 + 120.9 + 77 m |
1960/1962/ 1963/1979 |
Germany |
Transmitter Kalisz-Miskat | 951 ft | 300 m | ? | Poland |
FM- and TV-mast Hosingen | 951 ft | 300 m | 1972 | Luxembourg |
Transmitter Roumoules | 951 ft | 300 m | 1974 | France |
KROX Radio Tower | 981 ft | 299 m | US | |
Transmitter Steinkimmen | 951 ft | 298 m | 1956 | Germany |
Transmitter Solt | 951 ft | 298 m | Hungary | |
Bilsdale TV Mast | 951 ft | 290 m | UK | |
Waltham TV Mast | 951 ft | 290 m | UK | |
Longwave transmitter Beidweiler | 951 ft | 290 m | 1972 | Luxembourg |
KHFI Radio Tower | 951 ft | 289.9 m | US | |
Longwave-transmitter Solec Kujawski, Mast 2 | 948 ft | 289 m | 1998/99 | Poland |
Zendmast Ruiselede(destroyed) | 942 ft | 287 m | 1923 | Belgium |
Zendmast Wingene(destroyed) | 942 ft | 287 m | 1923 | Belgium |
Transmitter Riegelsberg | 933 ft | 287 m | Germany | |
KHFI Radio Tower | 933 ft | 284.4 m | US | |
KRCG TV Tower | 927 ft | 282.5 m | 1957 | US |
Transmitter Caltanissetta | 927 ft | 282 m | Italy | |
Longwave transmitter Europe 1 | 927 ft | 282 + 280 + 276 + 270 m |
1955 | Germany |
Mendip TV Mast | 922 ft | 281 m | 1967 | UK |
Transmitter Dieblich-Naßheck | 922 ft | 280 m | Germany | |
Sendemast Mühlacker | 897 ft | 273 + 130 + 80 m | 1950/1954/1977 | Germany |
Sendeanlage Bisamberg | 869 ft | 265 + 120 m | 1959 | Austria |
Sender Aholming | 869 ft | 265 m | 1988 | Germany |
FM- and TV-mast Grimeton | 869 ft | 260 m | 1966 | Sweden |
transmitter Żórawina | 869 ft | 260 + 140 m | Poland | |
transmitter Dannenberg | 869 ft | 258 m | 1953 | Germany |
longwave transmitter Topolna | 869 ft | 257 m | 1951 | Czech |
longwave transmitter Erching(dismantled) | 869 ft | 256 m | 1953 | Germany |
Longwave transmitter Orlunda (demounted) | 869 ft | 250 + 200 m | 1962 | UK |
VLF transmitter Rugby | 869 ft | 250 m | 1925 | UK |
Transmitter Monte Ceneri | Switzerland |
Temporary misc shorter masts (non-continuous listing) | |||||
longwave transmitter Clarkestown | 869 ft | 248 m | 1988 | Ireland | |
Transmitter Berlin-Koepenick(destroyed) | 248 m | 1953 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Torfhaus | 797 ft | 243 m | Germany | ||
Transmitter Thurnau | 787 ft | 240 m | 1980 | Germany | |
Bodenseesender | 787 ft | 240 + 137 m | 1978 | Germany | |
AM transmitter Burghead | UK | ||||
Transmitter Redruth | UK | ||||
Transmitter Wiederau | 236 m | 1953 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Dillberg | 757 ft | 231 m | 1978 | Germany | |
Radio mast Berlin-Scholzplatz | 230 m | 1963 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Chillerton Down | 738 ft | 229 m | 1958 | United Kingdom | |
Dover Transmitter | 738 ft | 228 m | ? | United Kingdom | |
TVP Katowice Mast(destroyed) | 738 ft | 225 m | 1957 | Poland | |
TV Tower Brest - Roc Trédudon (partially guyed) | 220 m | France | |||
Transmitter Rennes-Thourie | 220 m | 1982 | France | ||
AM transmitter Droitwich | 213.4 m | 1934 | UK | ||
LORAN-C transmitter Gillette | 213.36 m | US | |||
Zendmast Radio Kootwijk(destroyed) | 689 ft | 210 m | 1979 | Netherlands | |
Transmitter Koenigs Wusterhausen | 689 ft | 210 m | 1925 | Germany | |
Zendmast Wieringermeer | 671 ft | 204.5 m | 1967 | Netherlands | |
Mediumwave transmitter Lopik | 196 m | Netherlands | |||
Mediumwave transmitter Flevoland | 195 m | Netherlands | |||
LORAN-C transmitter Rantum | 193 m | 1995 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Cremlingen | 188 + 137 + 99 m | 1964/65 | Germany | ||
Radio mast Berlin-Olympiastadium | 180.7 m | 1951 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Bonn-Venusberg | 180 m | 1985 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Ismaning | 171.5 + 120 + 105 + 100 + 94 + 71 m |
1969 | Germany | ||
Sendeturm Dobratsch(partially guyed) | 165 m | 1971 | Austria | ||
Transmitter Peterborough(destroyed) | 163 m | ? | UK | ||
Transmitter Berlin-Britz | 160 m | 1948 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Wilsdruff | 153 m | 1953 | Germany | ||
AM transmitter Westerglen | 152 m | 1980 | UK | ||
Rheinsender | 150 m | 1950 | Deutschland | ||
Transmitter Hemmingen | 149.5 + 108 m | Germany | |||
Transmitter Kalundborg | 147 m | 1951 | Denmark | ||
Transmitter Wachenbrunn | 146 + 125.1 m | 1953 | Germany | ||
TV Tower Waldenburg(partially guyed) | 146 m | Germany | |||
Transmitter Orfordness | UK | ||||
Transmitter Berlin-Alley of Stallupone | 130 m | 1987 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Weiskirchen | 126.5 m | 1967 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Ravensburg | 120 m | 1951 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Heusweiler | 120 m | 1951 | Germany | ||
Radio mast Lisnargarvey | 1936 | Northern Ireland | |||
Transmitter Villebon sur Yvette | France | ||||
Transmitter Marnach | 105 m | Luxemburg | |||
Transmitter Roumoules | 328 ft | 100 m | France | ||
Transmitter Nordkirchen | 99.5 m | 1980 | Germany | ||
Mediumwave Transmitter Mainflingen | 95 m | 1969 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Ehndorf | 65 m | 1966 | Germany | ||
Transmitter Weisskirchen | Germany | ||||
Mediumwave transmitter Bremen | 45 m | 1999 | Germany |
Note:
- The Petronius Compliant Tower, an oil platform) at 2100 ft or 640 m (to the top of the spire) is the tallest non-guyed structure in existence but it is mostly underwater (taller than all but the Warsaw radio mast). The CN Tower at 553.33 metres (1,815 ft 4.5 in) is the tallest non-guyed structure on land, though it is shorter than many of the guyed towers.
Partially guyed structures
The following towers consist of a free standing basement tower with a guyed radio mast on the top. Except of the radio tower Jauerling, which uses a lattice tower as basement, the basement is made of reinforced concrete.
- Gerbrandy Tower, Netherlands
- Zendstation Smilde, Netherlands
- Fernsehturm Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Radio tower Jauerling (lattice tower as basement), Austria
- Radio tower Dobratsch, Austria
- Old TV-Tower Inselberg (aerial mast removed)
- Transmission Tower Tokaj, Ungarn
- TV Tower Brest - Roc Trédudon (lattice tower as basement), France
See also
See also:
- architecture
- building construction
- List of skyscrapers
- List of towers
- world's tallest structures
- United States tallest structures
- Oil platform
- Transmission tower (here also list of catastrophical mast collapses)
- List of the world's tallest structures
- List of famous transmission sites
- Antenna height considerations
External links:
- http://www.great-towers.com
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com
- http://www.skyscrapers.com
- http://www.skyscrapercity.com
- http://www.brazilskyscrapers.hpg.com.br
- http://www.skyscraper.org
- http://www.geocities.com/birmingham_highrise/
- List of tall constructions (in German)
- http://members.iinet.net.au/~paulkoh/Towers.htm