Steel lattice tower

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One of the most famous steel lattice towers is the Eiffel Tower

A steel lattice tower is a tower whose load-bearing element is a framework made of riveted , screwed or welded iron and steel parts. Here screwed structures are used for overhead line masts , while large steel lattice towers, such as the Eiffel Tower, are riveted or - like the Kiev television tower  - welded. The construction method has been practiced since the 19th century , the most famous building being the Eiffel Tower . Today they are generally used as an observation tower , high-voltage pylon , television tower or transmission tower .

Transmission towers with viewing platforms or viewing towers

Berlin radio tower
Tokyo Tower
Blackpool Tower
tower Construction year country city height Remarks
Kiev television tower 1973 Ukraine Kiev 385 m
Tashkent TV tower 1985 Uzbekistan Tashkent 374.9 m
Dragon tower 2000 China Harbin 336 m
Tokyo Tower 1957 Japan Tokyo 333 m
Eiffel Tower 1889 France Paris 324 m
Transmitter Dudelange 1956/57 Luxembourg Dudelange 299 m 1982: New building after an aircraft collision
Zhuzhou TV Tower 1999 People's Republic of China Zhuzhou 293 m
Shijiazhuang TV Tower 1998 China Shijiazhuang 280 m
Qingdao TV Tower 1994 China Qingdao 232 m
Brasília TV tower 1967 Brazil Brasilia 218 m
Guangzhou TV Tower 1991 China Guangzhou 217 m
Guangdong TV Tower 1965 China Guangdong 200 m
Leipzig radio tower 2015 Germany Leipzig 191 m
Nagoya TV tower 1954 Japan Nagoya 180 m
Odinstårnet 1935 Denmark Odense 175 m destroyed on December 14, 1944
New Brighton Tower 1900 Great Britain Liverpool 172.8 m destroyed
Eiffel Tower Las Vegas 1999 United States Las Vegas 165 m Replica of the Eiffel Tower
Osaka ABC Tower 1966 Japan Osaka 160 m
Blackpool Tower 1894 Great Britain Blackpool 158 m
Berlin radio tower 1926 Germany Berlin 150 m The only observation tower that stands on isolators
Sapporo TV tower 1957 Japan Sapporo 147.2 m
Vasco da Gama tower 1998 Portugal Lisbon 145 m
Lookout tower of the Cité de l'Énergie 1997 Canada Shawinigan, Quebec 115 m
Torre Branca ? Italy Milan 108.6 m
Kobe Harbor Tower 1963 Japan Kobe 108 m
Marine Tower Yokohama 1961 Japan Yokohama 106 m
Tsūtenkaku ? Japan Osaka 103 m
Hakata Harbor Tower 1964 Japan Fukuoka 103 m
Beppu Tower 1957 Japan Beppu 100 m
Cholfirst transmission tower 1973 Switzerland Flurlingen 96 m
Tour métallique de Fourvière 1894 France Lyon 85.9 m Not used as a lookout tower since 1953
Sunsphere 1982 United States Knoxville 81.07 m
Torre Sant Sebastia 1931 Spain Barcelona 81 m Terminal of the Barcelona cable car
Hiratsuka TV tower 1972 Japan Hiratsuka 70 m
Hot Springs Mountain Tower 1983 United States Hot Springs Mountain 65.8 m
Petřínská rozhledna 1891 Czech Republic Prague 60 m
Bachtel transmission tower 1996 Switzerland Hinwil 60 m
Green Tower 1998 Japan Sanbu 60 m
Radio tower Groß Reken Melchenberg ? Germany Reken 60 m
Schomberg observation tower 2005/2006 Germany Sundern 60 m
Aalborgtårnet 1933 Denmark Aalborg 54.9 m
Ahlbeck observation tower 1998 Germany Ahlbeck 50 m
Watkin's Tower 1891 Great Britain London 47 m unfinished, demolished
Hagenturm 1904 Switzerland Merishausen 40 m At its peak, a radome of the Swiss Army
Joseph Cross 1896 Germany Stolberg / Harz 38 m
Lembergturm 1899 Germany Lviv 33 m
Poppenberg observation tower 1897 Germany Ilfeld 33 m
Observation tower tub 1888 Germany Villingen-Schwenningen 30 m
Gehrenberg # Gehrenberg tower 1903 Germany Deggenhausertal 30 m
Tower of unity 1962 Germany Hero stone 30 m Former, additional rope-anchored steel lattice tower of a radar system, which was converted into a lookout tower
Hochfirstturm 1890 Germany Titisee-Neustadt 25 m
Gustav Vietor Tower 1882 Germany High root 25 m Demolished in 2006
Büchenbronn observation tower 1883 Germany Pforzheim 24.75 m
Tour du Belvédère 1898 France Mulhouse-Belvédère 20 m
Gillerturm 1892 Germany Hilchenbach 15 m

Monuments

tower Construction year country place height Remarks
Torre del Reformador 1935 Guatemala Guatemala City 75 m
Monte Gorbeia summit cross 1907 Spain Monte Gorbea 17.2 m

Lighthouses

tower Construction year country place height Remarks
Lighthouse camping 1889 Germany Krummhörn 65.3 m

Wind turbines

tower Construction year country place height Rotor
diameter
Remarks
total Steel compartment tower
Nowy Tomyśl wind farm 2012 Poland Nowy Tomyśl 210 m 160 m 100 2 plants
Fuhrländer wind power plant Laasow 2006 Germany Laasow, Brandenburg 205 m 160 m 90 m
Fuhrländer wind turbines Spremberg 2009 Germany Spremberg, Brandenburg 191 m 141 m 100 9 plants
Fuhrländer wind turbines Laubersreuth 2010 Germany Münchberg, Bavaria 191 m 141 m 100 2 plants
Vestas V66 Wind Turbine Eternal Carter Germany Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia 150 m 117 m 66 3 plants
Vestas V-66 Wind Turbines Oyten 2000/2002 Germany Oyten, Lower Saxony 150 m 117 m 66 2 plants
Fuhrländer FL 77 wind turbine Elspe 2001 Germany Elspe, North Rhine-Westphalia 150 m 111.5 m 77 m
Südwind S77 Wind Turbines Melle 2001/2003 Germany Melle, Lower Saxony 150 m 111.5 m 77 6 plants
Südwind S77 wind turbine Heisberg 2002 Germany Freudenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia 150 m 111.5 m 77 m
Südwind S77 Wind Turbine Wallmersbach 2002 Germany Uffenheim, Bavaria 150 m 111.5 m 77 m
Vestas V66 wind turbines Achim 2002 Germany Achim, Lower Saxony 150 m 117 m 66 3 plants
Südwind S70 \ 1500 Wind Turbines Badbergen 2002 Germany Badbergen, Lower Saxony 150 m 114.5 m 70 12 plants
Südwind S70 \ 1500 wind turbines Dinklage 2002 Germany Dinklage, Lower Saxony 150 m 114.5 m 70 5 plants
Vestas V66 wind turbines Beedenbostel 2002 Germany Beedenbostel, Lower Saxony 150 m 117 m 66 5 plants
Südwind S77 Wind Turbines Büddenstedt 2002 Germany Helmstedt, Lower Saxony 150 m 111.5 m 77 2 plants
Südwind S70 \ 1500 Schwagstorf wind turbines 2002 Germany Ostercappeln, Lower Saxony 150 m 114.5 m 70 12 plants
Südwind S77 wind turbine Kamp-Lintfort 2003 Germany Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia 150 m 111.5 m 77 2 plants
REpower MD77 wind turbines Wetzdorf 2003 Germany Wetzdorf, Thuringia 150 m 111.5 m 77 2 plants
Südwind S77 Wind Turbines Hilgershausen 2003/2004 Germany Felsberg, Hesse 150 m 111.5 m 77 2 plants
Vestas V66 wind turbines Kirchlinteln 2004 Germany Kirchlinteln, Lower Saxony 150 m 117 m 66 4 plants
Fuhrländer FL 77 wind turbines Dretzen 2005 Germany Dretzen, Brandenburg 150 m 111.5 m 77 10 plants
Nordex N90 wind turbine Bad Laer 2005 Germany Bad Laer, Lower Saxony 150 m 105 m 90 m
Fuhrländer FL 77 wind turbines Illerich 2005 Germany Illerich, Rhineland-Palatinate 150 m 111.5 m 77 2 plants
Nike wind farm Laakdal 2006 Belgium Laakdal 150 m 111.5 m 77 6 plants
Nordex N90 wind turbines Achmer 2006 Germany Achmer, Lower Saxony 150 m 105 m 90 9 plants
Nordex N90 wind turbines Alfhausen Germany Alfhausen, Lower Saxony 150 m 105 m 90 12 plants
Nordex S77 wind turbines voltage level 2006 Germany Voltlage, Lower Saxony 150 m 111.5 m 77 7 plants
REpower MD77 wind turbine Pattensen 2007 Germany Pattensen, Lower Saxony 150 m 111.5 m 77 m
REpower MD77 Wind Turbines Kölkebeck 2007 Germany Kölkebeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 150 m 111.5 m 77 2 plants
REpower MD77 wind turbines Schorbus 2007 Germany Schorbus, Brandenburg 150 m 111.5 m 77 2 plants
Fuhrländer FL 70 wind turbine in Glandorf 2003 Germany Glandorf, Lower Saxony 149.5 m 114.5 m 70 m
Südwind S77 Wind Turbines Urfeld 2001 Germany Wesseling, North Rhine-Westphalia 135 m 96.5 m 77 2 plants
Südwind S77 wind turbine Vorderbreitenthann 2002 Germany Uffenheim, Bavaria 135 m 96.5 m 77 m
Südwind S77 wind turbines Muthmannshofen 2002 Germany Muthmannshofen, Bavaria 135 m 96.5 m 77 2 plants
REpower MD 77 wind turbines Werl 2002 Germany Werl, North Rhine-Westphalia 135 m 96.5 m 77 2 plant
Südwind S77 Wind Turbines Bennien 2003 Germany Melle, Lower Saxony 135 m 96.5 m 77 4 plants
REpower MD77 wind turbines Wetzdorf 2003 Germany Wetzdorf, Thuringia 135 m 96.5 m 77 2 plants
Nordex S77 wind turbine Kölkebeck 2006 Germany Kölkebeck, North Rhine-Westphalia 135 m 96.5 m 77 m
REpower MD77 wind turbines Litzendorf 2008 Germany Litzendorf, Bavaria 135 m 96.5 m 77 2 plants
Nordex N 62 wind turbines Auetal 2001 Germany Auetal, Lower Saxony 100 m 69 m 62 3 plants
Nordex N 62 wind turbines Möllenberg 2001 Germany Möllenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia 100 m 69 m 62 4 plants
Nordex N 62 wind turbines Vechta 2001 Germany Vechta, Lower Saxony 100 m 69 m 62 3 plants
Nordex N 62 wind turbines Qingdao 2003 China Qingdao 100 m 69 m 62 12 plants
Vestas V47 wind turbines Barnstorf 2000 Germany Barnstorf, Lower Saxony 99.5 m 76 m 47 4 plants
Vestas V47 wind turbine Barver 2000 Germany Barver, Lower Saxony 99.5 m 76 m 47 m
Vestas V47 wind turbine Blender 2000 Germany Blender, Lower Saxony 99.5 m 76 m 47 m
Vestas V47 wind turbine Meinerzhagen 2000 Germany Meinerzhagen, Lower Saxony 99.5 m 76 m 47 m
Vestas V47 wind turbines Ronnenberg 2001 Germany Ronnenberg, Lower Saxony 99.5 m 76 m 47 m
Vestas V47 wind turbine Blieskastel 2001 Germany Blieskastel, Rhineland-Palatinate 99.5 m 76 m 47 m
Vestas V47 wind turbines Zehlendorf 2002 Germany Zehlendorf, Brandenburg 99.5 m 76 m 47 m
Nordex N 43 wind turbines Stemwede 1997 Germany Stemwede, North Rhine-Westphalia 99 m 77.5 m 43 10 plants
Nordex N 43 wind turbine in Oelde 1997 Germany Oelde, North Rhine-Westphalia 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 wind turbine Silixen 1998 Germany Silixen, North Rhine-Westphalia 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 wind turbine Sassenberg 1998 Germany Sassenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 wind turbine in Osnabrück 1998 Germany Osnabrück, Lower Saxony 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 wind turbine in Celle 1998 Germany Celle, Lower Saxony 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 wind turbines Alzey-Hochborn 1998/1999 Germany Alzey-Hochborn, Rhineland-Palatinate 99 m 77.5 m 43 14 plants
Nordex N 43 wind turbines Fürfeld 1999 Germany Fürfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate 99 m 77.5 m 43 2 plants
Nordex N 60 wind turbines Brest 1999/2000 Germany Brest, Lower Saxony 99 m 69 m 60 11 plants
Nordex N 43 wind power plant Lotte 2001 Germany Lotte, Lower Saxony 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 wind power plant Fürfeld 2001 Germany Fürfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 wind power plant Rödinghausen 2001 Germany Rödinghausen, Lower Saxony 99 m 77.5 m 43 m
Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines Müelte-Oechlitz 2003 Germany Müelte-Oechlitz, Saxony 99 m 77.5 m 43 3 plants
SB 56 wind turbines in Erbendorf 2003 Germany Erbendorf, Bavaria 99 m 71 m 56 3 plants
Nordex N 60 wind turbines Neustadt / Rübenberge 1999/2000 Germany Neustadt / Rübenberge, Lower Saxony 95 m 65 m 60 9 plants
Nordex N 43 wind turbine Karpathos 1999 Greece Karpathos 71.5 m 50 m 43 m
Nordex N29 wind turbine Vöhrenbach-Fernhöhe 1996 Germany Vöhrenbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg 66.25 m 51.5 m 29.5 m
Nordex N29 Wind Turbine Salzburg Head 1996 Germany Salzburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 66.25 m 51.5 m 29.5 m
Nordex N29 wind turbine Schwanebeck Germany Schwanebeck, Saxony-Anhalt
Nordex N27 wind turbine Ramsloh 1995 Germany Saterland, Lower Saxony 54 m 41 m 27 m
Axel Hettich wind turbine 2002 Germany Schonach, Baden-Württemberg 36 m 30 m 12 m Type: Enercon E-12/30
Vorobevskaya wind farm Ukraine Vorobevskaya 26.5 m 18 m 17 m
Novoasovskaya wind farm Ukraine Novoasovskaya 26.5 m 18 m 17 m
Donuzlavskaya wind farm Ukraine Donuslavskaya 26.5 m 18 m 17 m
Tarchankut wind farm Ukraine Khornomorske 26.5 m 18 m 17 m
Myrne wind farm Ukraine Myrn 26.5 m 18 m 17 m
Enercon E-16 wind turbine Groß Schenkenberg Germany Groß Schenkenberg, Lower Saxony

Other towers, e.g. T. observation towers

tower Construction year country place height Remarks
Skydiving tower Katowice 1937 Poland Katowice 62 m Destroyed in World War II, 35 m high copy as a memorial at the same location
Steel Bucket Tower 1908 Switzerland Stälibuck 26.8 m
Spelunkenturm 1896 Germany Bad Pyrmont 25 m
Observation tower tub 1888 Germany Villingen-Schwenningen 30 m

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