Meudon telecommunications tower
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Meudon telecommunications tower
Tour hertzienne de Meudon
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| Place: | Meudon | ||||||
| Department: | Hauts-de-Seine | ||||||
| Region: | Île-de-France | ||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||
| Altitude : | 177 m | ||||||
| Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 8.7 ″ N , 2 ° 12 ′ 16 ″ E | |||||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower | ||||||
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| Construction time : | 1953 | ||||||
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| Operating time: | since 1953 | ||||||
| Total height : | 73 m | ||||||
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| Last modification (antenna) : | 1965 | ||||||
| Send type: | Cellular | ||||||
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The telecommunications tower Meudon ( French Tour hertzienne de Meudon ) is a telecommunications tower near Paris , in the forest of Meudon . It was built in the early 1950s, making it the first television tower in France to be built after the Second World War .
It has a square base and is made of concrete. At 73 meters (other sources: 70 m) it has eighteen floors and three antenna platforms. In 1954 it was part of the first French long-distance radio link between Paris and Strasbourg .
In 1965 a 25 meter high antenna was installed . Since then, the tower is no longer used for television, but only for telephony . Its top is almost 270 meters above sea level and it is visible from Montmartre to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Telecommunication tower Meudon ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on fr.topic-topos.com
- ↑ a b Information on the Meudon telecommunications tower ( Memento of the original dated February 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on 2222.archi.fr
