Torii Tower
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Torii Tower
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| Basic data | ||||
| Place: | Gusborn | |||
| Country: | Lower Saxony | |||
| Country: | Germany | |||
| Altitude : | 48 m above sea level NHN | |||
| Coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′ 19.8 ″ N , 11 ° 13 ′ 34 ″ E | ||||
| Use: | Telecommunications tower | |||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower not open to the public | |||
| Tower data | ||||
| Construction time : | 1972 | |||
| Building material : | steel | |||
| Operating time: | since 1972 | |||
| Data on the transmission system | ||||
| Waveband : | FM transmitter | |||
| Send types: | Mobile radio , mobile land radio , BOS radio | |||
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The Torii Tower is a 97 meter high steel lattice tower built in 1972 near Gusborn in Lower Saxony . It is designed as a double tower and bears its name because its construction is similar to a gate in Japanese shrines, called torii . The Torii Tower was made in the USA and was originally intended to be installed in Vietnam , but was then erected in Gusborn.
The Torii Tower originally served as a listening post . The BFBS program was also broadcast on VHF and UHF (Channel 51) from this location. Today it serves as an antenna carrier for BOS and mobile communications.
Web links
- http://www.senderfotos.de/senderfotos_deutschland/niedersachsen/gros-gusborn/
- http://www.geschichtsspuren.de/artikel/36/134-torii-towers-dannenberg-wobeck.html
- Torii Tower. In: Structurae
- http://www.torii-tower.de
- EJZ: US ears also in Wendland , accessed on August 17, 2014
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