A lattice tower is a freestanding framework tower. They can be used as electricity pylons especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts, as a radio tower (a self-radiating tower or as a carrier for aerials) or as an observation tower.
Before 1940 they were used as transmission towers especially for short and medium wave, occasionally lattice towers consisting of wood were utilized. The tallest wooden lattice tower was at Mühlacker. It had a height of 190 metres and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945. Most wood lattice towers were demolished before 1960. In Germany the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the Golm transmitter and the transmitter Ismaning. They were demolished in 1979 and 1983 respectively.
The tallest lattice tower is the Kiev TV Tower, with a height of 385 meters.
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| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Tower Gliwice | 1935 | Poland | Gliwice | 118 m | Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts |
| 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 |
| Aalborg Tårnet | 1933 | Denmark | Aalborg | 54.9 m | observation tower |
| 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 |
| Veitsch Oil Mountain Pilgrim Cross | 2004 | Austria | Veitsch | 40.6 m | observation tower |
| Wil Tower | 2006 | Switzerland | Wil | 38 m | observation tower |
| Raiffeisen Observation Tower | 1990 | Germany | Aldorf | 35 m | observation tower |
| Oberpfalz Tower | 2000 | Germany | Platte | 35 m | observation tower |
| Loorenkopf Observation Tower | 1954 | Switzerland | Zurich | 33 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 |
| Höhbeck Observation Tower | 2008 | Germany | Höhbeck | 26 m | observation tower |
| Loth Tower | 2003 | Switzerland | Magglingen | 25 m | observation tower |
| Salzkopfturm | 1975 | Germany | Salzkopf | 24 m | observation tower |
| Observation Tower Burgstall | ? | Austria | Kirchberg/Donau | 24 m | observation tower |
| Krawutschke Tower | 1972 | Germany | Burgberg | 13 m | observation tower |
| 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 | Fall 1990 | |
| Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth | 1935 | Germany | Nuremberg | 124 m | July 12th, 1961 | |
| Transmitter Heilsberg | 1935 | Germany | Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 115 m | 1940 | |
| Freiburg-Lehen transmitter | 1933 | Germany | Freiburg | 107 m | April 21st, 1945 | |
| 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 | Two towers |
| Golm transmitter | 1948 | Germany | Golm | 100 m | October 25th, 1979 | |
| Stettin Radio Tower | 1934 | Poland | Szczecin | 93 m | 1945 | |
| Utbremen Radio Tower | 1933 | Germany | Bremen | 90 m | 1939 | destroyed by lightning |
| Flensburg Radio Tower | 1928 | Germany | Flensburg | 90 m | demolished in 1957 | |
| Pillar of Mittersill goods aerial tramway | 194? | Austria | Mittersill | 80 m | Aerial tramway support pillar of goods aerial tramway, which never went in service. Demolished in the 1950s. | |
| Stadelheim Transmitter | 1926 | Germany | Munich-Stadelheim | 75 m | 1930s | Two towers |
| Chain Home Reception Towers | 1939 | UK | multiple locations | 73.15 m | demolished after World War II | |
| Wood Transmitting Tower Zeesen | 1931 | Germany | Zeesen | 70 m | 1939 | |
| Reception Tower Utlandshörn | 1935 | Germany | Utlandshörn | 65 m | 1977 | |
| Towers of South Wellfleet Marconi Wireless Station | 1902 | USA | South Wellfleet, Massachusetts | 64 m | 1920 | 4 towers [1] |
| Wardenclyffe Tower | 1899 | USA | Shoreham | 57 m | 1917 | |
| Wiesbaden Bismarck Tower | 1910 | Germany | Wiesbaden | 50 m | demolished in 1918 | |
| Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station | 1937 | Germany | Cuxhaven | 50 m | 1937 | Three towers, two demolished in 1967, third tower demolished in 1970 |
| Jelenia Góra transmitter | 1957 | Poland | Jelenia Góra | 47 m | 1967 | |
| Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg | 1935 | Germany | Velbert-Langenberg | 45 m | April 12th, 1945 | Three towers |
| Heusweiler Mast 1 | 1935 | Germany | Heusweiler | 35 m | March 17th, 1945 | |
| Heusweiler Mast 2 | 1935 | Germany | Heusweiler | 31 m | March 17th, 1945 |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tashkent 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Tsutenkaku | ? | Japan | Osaka | 103 m | |
| Hakata Port Tower | 1964 | Japan | Fukuoka | 103 m | |
| Beppu Tower | 1957 | Japan | Beppu | 100 m | |
| Cholfirst Radio Tower | 1973 | Switzerland | Flurlingen | 96 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 | Harbour terminal aerial tramway |
| 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 | |
| Bachtel Tower | 1986 | Switzerland | Hinwil | 60 m | |
| Green Tower | 1998 | Japan | Sanbu | 60 m | |
| Gross Reken Melchenberg Radio Tower | ? | Germany | Reken | 60 m | |
| Schomberg Observation Tower | 2005/2006 | Germany | Sundern | 60 m | |
| Aalborgtårnet | 1933 | Denmark | Aalborg | 54.9 m | |
| Watkins' Tower | 1891 | UK | London | 46 m | never completed, dismantled |
| Joseph's Cross | 1896 | Germany | Stolberg | 38 m | |
| Poppenberg Observation Tower | 1897 | Germany | Ilfeld | 33 m | |
| Lemberg Tower | 1899 | Germany | Lemberg Mountain | 33 m | |
| Wanne Observation Tower | 1888 | Germany | Villingen-Schwenningen | 30 m | |
| Gehrenberg Tower | 1903 | Germany | Markdorf | 30 m | |
| Tower of Unity | 1962 | Germany | Heldrastein | 30 m | Former additionally guyed lattice tower, which was transformed into observation tower |
| Gustav-Vietor-Tower | 1882 | Germany | Hohe Wurzel (Taunus) | 25 m | demolished in 2006 |
| Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen | 1883 | Germany | Neustadt/Saxony | 25 m | |
| Hochfirst Tower | 1890 | Germany | Titisee-Neustadt | 25 m | Additionally guyed |
| Büchenbronn Observation Tower | 1883 | Germany | Büchenbronn | 24.75 m | Additionally guyed |
| Tour du Belvédère | 1898 | France | Mulhouse-Belvédère | 20 m | |
| Salzgitter Bismarck Tower | 1900 | Germany | Salzgitter | 17 m | |
| Gillerberg Observation Tower | 1892 | Germany | Hilchenbach | 15 m | |
| Observation Tower Ahlbeck | 1998 | Germany | Ahlbeck | ? | |
| Gettysburg National Tower | 1974 | USA | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 120 m | Demolished on July 3, 2000 |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiev TV Tower | 1973 | Ukraine | Kiev | 385 m | Tallest lattice tower in the world |
| WITI TV Tower | 1962 | USA | Shorewood, Wisconsin | 329 m | |
| WSB TV Tower | 1957 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | 327.6 m | |
| WHDH-TV Tower | 1994 | USA | Newton, Massachusetts | 323.8 m | |
| KCTV-Tower | 1956 | USA | Kansas City, Missouri | 317.6 m | |
| Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower | 1980 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | 314.3 m | |
| Yerevan TV Tower | 1977 | Armenia | Yerevan | 311.7 m | |
| St. Petersburg TV Tower | 1962 | Russia | Saint Petersburg | 310 m | |
| Fazilka TV Tower | ? | India | Fazilka | 304.8 m | |
| Mumbai Television Tower | ? | India | Mumbai | 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 | |
| Moscow Octod Tower | 2006 | Russia | Moscow | 258 m | |
| Grodno TV Tower | 1984 | Belarus | Grodno | 254 m | |
| Towers of Lafayette transmitter | 1920 | France | Marcheprime | 250 m | 8 towers, demolished between 1944 and 1953 |
| 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 | São 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 | ? | Ukraine | Kherson | 200 m | |
| Mulhouse-Belvédère Transmission Tower | 1997 | France | Mulhouse-Belvédère | 194 m | |
| Transmitter Sottens | 1989 | Switzerland | Sottens | 188 m | Mediumwave |
| Santa Palomba transmitter, Main tower | ? | Italy | Santa Palomba | 186 m | Free-standing lattice tower equipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting |
| Criggion VLF transmitter | 1941 | UK | Criggion, Powys | 182.9 m | 3 towers, demolished |
| Transmission tower of Moscow Radio Centre 13 | ? | Russia | Balashikha | 176 m | |
| TV Tower Namur-Profondville | ? | Belgium | Namur-Profondville | 163 m | |
| Shukhov radio tower | 1922 | Russia | Moscow | 160 m | Hyperboloid structure. Currently under threat of demolition. |
| 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 |
| 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, demolised in 2004 |
| Mannesmann Tower Vienna | 1954 | Germany | Vienna | 150 m | |
| TV Tower Leglise-Anlier | ? | Belgium | Leglise-Anlier | 150 m | |
| Halle Radio Tower | 2005 | Germany | Halle | 150 m | |
| Zendstation Ugchelen | 1959 | Netherlands | Ugchelen | 142 m | |
| Monte Mario Tower | ? | Italy | Rome | 140 m | |
| Frémont Point Transmitter | ? | UK | Fremont Point, Jersey | 139 m | |
| Hohenstadt Transmission Tower | ? | Germany | Hohenstadt | 137 m | |
| St. Chrischona, old tower | 1962 | Switzerland | St. Chrischona | 136 m | |
| Mount Ślęża transmitter | 1972 | Poland | Mount Ślęża | 136 m | Additionally guyed |
| 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 transmitter | 1985 | Sweden | Sölvesborg | 135 m | Mediumwave, 2 towers |
| Lezarsk TV Tower | ? | Poland | Lezarsk | 130 m | Additionally guyed |
| Portofino TV Tower | ? | Italy | Portofino | 130 m | Additionally guyed |
| Armstrong Tower | 1938 | USA | Alpine, New Jersey | 129.6 m | |
| Piatkowo transmitter, Tower 2 | 1993 | Poland | Poznań | 128 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 | |
| Kvitsøy Tower | 1981/82 | Norway | Kvitsøy | 117.5 m | Mediumwave |
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | 1973 | Germany | Berlin | 117 m | |
| Helgoland Radio Tower | 2000 | Germany | Helgoland | 115 m | Additionally guyed |
| Jagodnik transmitter | ? | Poland | Jagodnik | 115 m | |
| Transmission Tower La Dole | 1958 | Switzerland | La Dole | 112 m | |
| Swingate Transmitter | ? | UK | Swingate, Kent | 111 m | 3 towers |
| Fleckendorf Radio Tower | 1955 | Austria | Ansfelden | 110 m | |
| Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg | ? | Germany | Nuremberg | 108 m | |
| Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site | ? | Japan | Yokosuka | 106.7 m | demolished |
| Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter | ? | Poland | Zakopane | 102 m | |
| Central Tower Deutsch-Altenburg Radio Station | 1925 | Austria | Dutsch-Altenburg | 100 m | demolished |
| Schöckl Transmitter | 1956 | Austria | Schöckl Mountain | 100 m | |
| Gaisberg Transmitter | 1956 | Austria | Gaisberg Mountain | 100 m | |
| Osmolin Radio Tower | ? | Poland | Osmolin | 100 m | |
| Torii-Tower | 1972 | Germany | Gusborn | 97 m | Double Tower |
| Directional Radio Tower Solec Kujawski | 1999 | Poland | Solec Kujawski | ? | |
| 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 | |
| TV Tower Słupsk | 1991 | Poland | Słupsk | 90 m | |
| Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc | 1972 | Andorra | Pic Blanc | 86 m | two towers |
| Transmission Tower Les Ordons | ? | Switzerland | Les Ordons | 80 m | |
| Directional Radio Tower Konstantynow | 1974 | Poland | Gabin-Konstantynow | 76 m | |
| Radio Tower Colmar | ? | France | Colmar | 72 m | |
| Radio Tower Bonhoure | ? | France | Toulouse | 72 m | |
| Pohorje transmitter | ? | Slovenia | Maribor | 72 m | Additionally guyed |
| 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 | |
| Etzenricht Directional Radio Tower | 1973 | Germany | Etzenricht | 55 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 | |
| Friolzheimer Riese | ? | Germany | Friolzheim | 47 m | |
| Hidden Radio Tower | 2002 | Germany | Stuttgart | 42 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orfordness transmitting station | ? | 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 |
| Novosemejkino transmitter | 1943 | Russia | Novosemejkino | 205 m | Multiple towers, insulated against ground |
| LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach | ? | USA | Carolina Beach | 190.5 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower | 1948 | Switzerland | Sottens | 190 m | demolished in 1989, insulated against ground |
| Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower | 1948 | Cambridge Bay | Canada | 189 m | Operates as NDB with callsign CB |
| Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower | 1937 | Switzerland | Beromünster | 126 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower | 1931 | Switzerland | Sottens | 125 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Monte Ceneri | 1933 | Lattice tower | Monte Ceneri pass | 120 m | insulated against ground, since 1978 used for TV-broadcasting ( today DVB-T and DAB) |
| Puckeridge DECCA tower | 194? | UK | Puckeridge | 100 m | Insulated against ground |
| Freemen's Common Radio Tower | ? | UK | Freemen's Common | ? | Insulated against ground |
| Camphin en Carembault Transmitter, Reserve Transmission Tower | ? | France | Camphin en Carembault | ? | Insulated against ground |
| Florence, Old Radio Tower | ? | Italy | Florence | ? | Insulated against ground, [2] |
| Ashton Moss Transmitter | ? | UK | Ashton-under-Lyne | ? | 3 towers, insulated against ground |
| Lutsk Mediumwave Transmitter | ? | Ukraine | Lutsk | 50 m | |
| NKR | 197? | Germany | Leimen | 20 m | Insulated against ground |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangtze River Crossing | 2003 | China | Jiangyin | 346.5m | Tallest pylons in the world |
| Pylons of Pearl River Crossing | 1987 | China | Pearl River | 253 m + 240 m | |
| Orinoco River Crossing | ? | Venezuela | Caroní | 240 m | Tallest electricity pylons in South America |
| HVDC Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu | 2003 | China | ? | 229 m | Tallest electricity pylons used for HVDC |
| Elbe Crossing 2 | 1976-1978 | Germany | Stade | 227 m | |
| Chusi Powerline Crossing | 1962 | Japan | Chusi | 226 m | Tallest electricity pylons in Japan |
| Daqi-Channel-Crossing | 1997 | Japan | ? | 223 m | |
| Overhead line crossing Suez Canal | 1998 | Egypt | 221 m | ||
| Pylons of Messina | 1957 | Italy | Messina | 232 m ( 224 m without basement) | not used as pylons any more |
| LingBei-Channel-Crossing | 1993 | Japan | ? | 214.5 m | |
| 380kV Thames Crossing | 1965 | UK | West Thurrock | 190 m | |
| Elbe Crossing 1 | 1958-1962 | Germany | Stade | 189 m | |
| Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Crossing | ? | Canada | Tracy | 174.6 m | tallest electricity pylon in Canada |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing III | 1999 | Turkey | Istanbul | 160 m | |
| Pylons of Cadiz | ? | Spain | Cadiz | 158 m | |
| Aust Severn Powerline Crossing | ? | UK | Aust | 148.75 m | |
| 132kV Thames Crossing | 1932 | UK | West Thurrock | 148.4 m | demolished in 1987 |
| Karmsundet Powerline Crossing | ? | Norway | Karmsundet | 143.5 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 141.7 m | |
| Saint Lawrence River HVDC Quebec-New England Overhead Powerline Crossing | 1989 | Canada | Deschambault-Grondines | 140 m | dismantled in 1992 |
| Pylons of Voerde | 1926 | Germany | Voerde | 138 m | |
| Köhlbrand Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Hamburg | 138 m | |
| Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen | 135 m | |
| Pylons of Ghesm Crossing | 1984 | Iran | Strait of Ghesm | 130 m | One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea |
| Shukhov tower on the Oka River | 1929 | Russia | Dzerzhinsk | 128 m | Hyperboloid structure, 2 towers, one of them demolished |
| Tarchomin pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Tarchomin | 127 m | |
| Skolwin pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Skolwin | 126 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2 | 1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar | 126 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 125.3 m | |
| Inoujście pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Inoujście | 125 m | |
| Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany | Duisburg | 122 m | |
| Lomianki pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lomianki | 121 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.5 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.2 m | |
| Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 1926 | Germany | Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 118.8 m | |
| Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bullenhausen | 117 m | |
| Lubaniew-Bobrowniki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lubaniew/Bobrowniki | 117 m | |
| Świeże Górne-Rybakow Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Świeże Górne/Rybaków | 116 m | |
| Ostrówek-Tursko Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Ostrówek/Tursko | 115 m | |
| Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen | 111 m | two parallel running powerlines |
| Probostwo Dolne pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż/Probostwo Dolne | 111 m | |
| Daugava Powerline Crossing | 1975 | Latvia | Riga | 110 m | |
| Nowy Bógpomóż pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż | 109 m | |
| Regów Gołąb Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Regów/Gołąb | 108 m | |
| Orsoy Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany | Orsoy | 105 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 1 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 101.2 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2 | 1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar | 100 m | |
| Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing | 1917 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ? | Under the legs of the pylon on the east shore of Rhine there runs the rail to nearby Holthausen substation |
| 380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Mark (south of Weener) | 84 m | |
| Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria | 1959 | Switzerland | Lake of Santa Maria | 75 m | Pylon in an artificial lake |
| Aggersund Crossing of Cross-Skagerak | 1977 | Denmark | Aggersund | 70 m | |
| Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing | 1901 | United States | Benicia | 68 m + 20 m | World's first powerline crossing of a larger waterway |
| Anlage 2610, Mast 69 | ? | Germany | Bochum | 47 m | Pylon of 220kV-powerline decorated with balls in Ruhr-Park mall. |
| 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 | ? |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre del Reformador | 1935 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 75 m | |
| Mount Gorbea Summit Cross | 1907 | Spain | Mount Gorbea | 17.2 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campen Lighthouse | 1889 | Germany | Krummhörn | 65.3 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow | 2006 | Germany | Laasow, Brandenburg | 205 m | 160 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter |
| Tramway | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III | 1966 | Austria | Kaprun | 113.6 m | Tallest pillar of aerial tramway in the world |
| Torre Jaume I | 1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 107 m | Intermediate stop, also observation tower |
| Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway | ? | Switzerland | Zermatt | 94 m | |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 85 m | |
| 3S Aerial Tramway | 2004 | Austria | Kitzbühel | 80 m | |
| Torre Sant Sebastia | 1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 78 m | Terminal of harbour aerial tramway of Barcelona Spain |
| Wendelstein Aerial Tramway | 1970 | Germany | Bischofsmais | 75 m | |
| Sandia Peak Tramway | 1965 | USA | Albuquerque | 70,7 m | inclined in an angle of 18 degree |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 65 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parachute Tower Katowice | 1937 | Poland | Katowice | 50 m |
is a famous example of a lattice tower]]
A lattice tower is a freestanding framework tower. They can be used as electricity pylons especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts, as a radio tower (a self-radiating tower or as a carrier for aerials) or as an observation tower.
Before 1940 they were used as transmission towers especially for short and medium wave, occasionally lattice towers consisting of wood were utilized. The tallest wooden lattice tower was at Mühlacker. It had a height of 190 metres and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945. Most wood lattice towers were demolished before 1960. In Germany the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the Golm transmitter and the transmitter Ismaning. They were demolished in 1979 and 1983 respectively.
The tallest lattice tower is the Kiev TV Tower, with a height of 385 meters.
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| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Tower Gliwice | 1935 | Poland | Gliwice | 118 m | Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts |
| 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 |
| Aalborg Tårnet | 1933 | Denmark | Aalborg | 54.9 m | observation tower |
| 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 |
| Veitsch Oil Mountain Pilgrim Cross | 2004 | Austria | Veitsch | 40.6 m | observation tower |
| Wil Tower | 2006 | Switzerland | Wil | 38 m | observation tower |
| Raiffeisen Observation Tower | 1990 | Germany | Aldorf | 35 m | observation tower |
| Oberpfalz Tower | 2000 | Germany | Platte | 35 m | observation tower |
| Loorenkopf Observation Tower | 1954 | Switzerland | Zurich | 33 m | observation tower |
| Eugen-Keidel Tower | 1981 | 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 |
| Höhbeck Observation Tower | 2008 | Germany | Höhbeck | 26 m | observation tower |
| Loth Tower | 2003 | Switzerland | Magglingen | 25 m | observation tower |
| Salzkopfturm | 1975 | Germany | Salzkopf | 24 m | observation tower |
| Observation Tower Burgstall | 2000 | Austria | Kirchberg/Donau | 24 m | observation tower |
| Krawutschke Tower | 1972 | Germany | Burgberg | 13 m | observation tower |
| 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 | Fall 1990 | |
| Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth | 1935 | Germany | Nuremberg | 124 m | July 12th, 1961 | |
| Transmitter Heilsberg | 1935 | Germany | Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland | 115 m | 1940 | |
| Freiburg-Lehen transmitter | 1933 | Germany | Freiburg | 107 m | April 21st, 1945 | |
| 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 | Two towers |
| Golm transmitter | 1948 | Germany | Golm | 100 m | October 25th, 1979 | |
| Stettin Radio Tower | 1934 | Poland | Szczecin | 93 m | 1945 | |
| Utbremen Radio Tower | 1933 | Germany | Bremen | 90 m | 1939 | destroyed by lightning |
| Flensburg Radio Tower | 1928 | Germany | Flensburg | 90 m | demolished in 1957 | |
| Pillar of Mittersill goods aerial tramway | 194? | Austria | Mittersill | 80 m | Aerial tramway support pillar of goods aerial tramway, which never went in service. Demolished in the 1950s. | |
| Stadelheim Transmitter | 1926 | Germany | Munich-Stadelheim | 75 m | 1930s | Two towers |
| Chain Home Reception Towers | 1939 | UK | multiple locations | 73.15 m | demolished after World War II | |
| Wood Transmitting Tower Zeesen | 1931 | Germany | Zeesen | 70 m | 1939 | |
| Reception Tower Utlandshörn | 1935 | Germany | Utlandshörn | 65 m | 1977 | |
| Towers of South Wellfleet Marconi Wireless Station | 1902 | USA | South Wellfleet, Massachusetts | 64 m | 1920 | 4 towers [1] |
| Wardenclyffe Tower | 1899 | USA | Shoreham | 57 m | 1917 | |
| Wiesbaden Bismarck Tower | 1910 | Germany | Wiesbaden | 50 m | demolished in 1918 | |
| Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station | 1937 | Germany | Cuxhaven | 50 m | 1937 | Three towers, two demolished in 1967, third tower demolished in 1970 |
| Jelenia Góra transmitter | 1957 | Poland | Jelenia Góra | 47 m | 1967 | |
| Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg | 1935 | Germany | Velbert-Langenberg | 45 m | April 12th, 1945 | Three towers |
| Heusweiler Mast 1 | 1935 | Germany | Heusweiler | 35 m | March 17th, 1945 | |
| Heusweiler Mast 2 | 1935 | Germany | Heusweiler | 31 m | March 17th, 1945 |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tashkent 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Tsutenkaku | ? | Japan | Osaka | 103 m | |
| Hakata Port Tower | 1964 | Japan | Fukuoka | 103 m | |
| Beppu Tower | 1957 | Japan | Beppu | 100 m | |
| Cholfirst Radio Tower | 1973 | Switzerland | Flurlingen | 96 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 | Harbour terminal aerial tramway |
| 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 | |
| Bachtel Tower | 1986 | Switzerland | Hinwil | 60 m | |
| Green Tower | 1998 | Japan | Sanbu | 60 m | |
| Gross Reken Melchenberg Radio Tower | ? | Germany | Reken | 60 m | |
| Schomberg Observation Tower | 2005/2006 | Germany | Sundern | 60 m | |
| Aalborgtårnet | 1933 | Denmark | Aalborg | 54.9 m | |
| Watkins' Tower | 1891 | UK | London | 46 m | never completed, dismantled |
| Joseph's Cross | 1896 | Germany | Stolberg | 38 m | |
| Poppenberg Observation Tower | 1897 | Germany | Ilfeld | 33 m | |
| Lemberg Tower | 1899 | Germany | Lemberg Mountain | 33 m | |
| Wanne Observation Tower | 1888 | Germany | Villingen-Schwenningen | 30 m | |
| Gehrenberg Tower | 1903 | Germany | Markdorf | 30 m | |
| Tower of Unity | 1962 | Germany | Heldrastein | 30 m | Former additionally guyed lattice tower, which was transformed into observation tower |
| Gustav-Vietor-Tower | 1882 | Germany | Hohe Wurzel (Taunus) | 25 m | demolished in 2006 |
| Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen | 1883 | Germany | Neustadt/Saxony | 25 m | |
| Hochfirst Tower | 1890 | Germany | Titisee-Neustadt | 25 m | Additionally guyed |
| Büchenbronn Observation Tower | 1883 | Germany | Büchenbronn | 24.75 m | Additionally guyed |
| Tour du Belvédère | 1898 | France | Mulhouse-Belvédère | 20 m | |
| Salzgitter Bismarck Tower | 1900 | Germany | Salzgitter | 17 m | |
| Gillerberg Observation Tower | 1892 | Germany | Hilchenbach | 15 m | |
| Observation Tower Ahlbeck | 1998 | Germany | Ahlbeck | ? | |
| Gettysburg National Tower | 1974 | USA | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 120 m | Demolished on July 3, 2000 |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiev TV Tower | 1973 | Ukraine | Kiev | 385 m | Tallest lattice tower in the world |
| WITI TV Tower | 1962 | USA | Shorewood, Wisconsin | 329 m | |
| WSB TV Tower | 1957 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | 327.6 m | |
| WHDH-TV Tower | 1994 | USA | Newton, Massachusetts | 323.8 m | |
| KCTV-Tower | 1956 | USA | Kansas City, Missouri | 317.6 m | |
| Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower | 1980 | USA | Atlanta, Georgia | 314.3 m | |
| Yerevan TV Tower | 1977 | Armenia | Yerevan | 311.7 m | |
| St. Petersburg TV Tower | 1962 | Russia | Saint Petersburg | 310 m | |
| Fazilka TV Tower | ? | India | Fazilka | 304.8 m | |
| Mumbai Television Tower | ? | India | Mumbai | 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 | |
| Moscow Octod Tower | 2006 | Russia | Moscow | 258 m | |
| Grodno TV Tower | 1984 | Belarus | Grodno | 254 m | |
| Towers of Lafayette transmitter | 1920 | France | Marcheprime | 250 m | 8 towers, demolished between 1944 and 1953 |
| 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 | São 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 | ? | Ukraine | Kherson | 200 m | |
| Mulhouse-Belvédère Transmission Tower | 1997 | France | Mulhouse-Belvédère | 194 m | |
| Transmitter Sottens | 1989 | Switzerland | Sottens | 188 m | Mediumwave |
| Santa Palomba transmitter, Main tower | ? | Italy | Santa Palomba | 186 m | Free-standing lattice tower equipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting |
| Criggion VLF transmitter | 1941 | UK | Criggion, Powys | 182.9 m | 3 towers, demolished |
| Transmission tower of Moscow Radio Centre 13 | ? | Russia | Balashikha | 176 m | |
| TV Tower Namur-Profondville | ? | Belgium | Namur-Profondville | 163 m | |
| Shukhov radio tower | 1922 | Russia | Moscow | 160 m | Hyperboloid structure. Currently under threat of demolition. |
| 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 |
| 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, demolised in 2004 |
| Mannesmann Tower Vienna | 1954 | Germany | Vienna | 150 m | |
| TV Tower Leglise-Anlier | ? | Belgium | Leglise-Anlier | 150 m | |
| Halle Radio Tower | 2005 | Germany | Halle | 150 m | |
| Zendstation Ugchelen | 1959 | Netherlands | Ugchelen | 142 m | |
| Monte Mario Tower | ? | Italy | Rome | 140 m | |
| Frémont Point Transmitter | ? | UK | Fremont Point, Jersey | 139 m | |
| Hohenstadt Transmission Tower | ? | Germany | Hohenstadt | 137 m | |
| St. Chrischona, old tower | 1962 | Switzerland | St. Chrischona | 136 m | |
| Mount Ślęża transmitter | 1972 | Poland | Mount Ślęża | 136 m | Additionally guyed |
| 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 transmitter | 1985 | Sweden | Sölvesborg | 135 m | Mediumwave, 2 towers |
| Lezarsk TV Tower | ? | Poland | Lezarsk | 130 m | Additionally guyed |
| Portofino TV Tower | ? | Italy | Portofino | 130 m | Additionally guyed |
| Armstrong Tower | 1938 | USA | Alpine, New Jersey | 129.6 m | |
| Piatkowo transmitter, Tower 2 | 1993 | Poland | Poznań | 128 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 | |
| Kvitsøy Tower | 1981/82 | Norway | Kvitsøy | 117.5 m | Mediumwave |
| Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau | 1973 | Germany | Berlin | 117 m | |
| Helgoland Radio Tower | 2000 | Germany | Helgoland | 115 m | Additionally guyed |
| Jagodnik transmitter | ? | Poland | Jagodnik | 115 m | |
| Transmission Tower La Dole | 1958 | Switzerland | La Dole | 112 m | |
| Swingate Transmitter | ? | UK | Swingate, Kent | 111 m | 3 towers |
| Fleckendorf Radio Tower | 1955 | Austria | Ansfelden | 110 m | |
| Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg | ? | Germany | Nuremberg | 108 m | |
| Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site | ? | Japan | Yokosuka | 106.7 m | demolished |
| Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter | ? | Poland | Zakopane | 102 m | |
| Central Tower Deutsch-Altenburg Radio Station | 1925 | Austria | Dutsch-Altenburg | 100 m | demolished |
| Schöckl Transmitter | 1956 | Austria | Schöckl Mountain | 100 m | |
| Gaisberg Transmitter | 1956 | Austria | Gaisberg Mountain | 100 m | |
| Osmolin Radio Tower | ? | Poland | Osmolin | 100 m | |
| Torii-Tower | 1972 | Germany | Gusborn | 97 m | Double Tower |
| Directional Radio Tower Solec Kujawski | 1999 | Poland | Solec Kujawski | ? | |
| 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 | |
| TV Tower Słupsk | 1991 | Poland | Słupsk | 90 m | |
| Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc | 1972 | Andorra | Pic Blanc | 86 m | two towers |
| Transmission Tower Les Ordons | ? | Switzerland | Les Ordons | 80 m | |
| Directional Radio Tower Konstantynow | 1974 | Poland | Gabin-Konstantynow | 76 m | |
| Radio Tower Colmar | ? | France | Colmar | 72 m | |
| Radio Tower Bonhoure | ? | France | Toulouse | 72 m | |
| Pohorje transmitter | ? | Slovenia | Maribor | 72 m | Additionally guyed |
| 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 | |
| Etzenricht Directional Radio Tower | 1973 | Germany | Etzenricht | 55 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 | |
| Friolzheimer Riese | ? | Germany | Friolzheim | 47 m | |
| Hidden Radio Tower | 2002 | Germany | Stuttgart | 42 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orfordness transmitting station | ? | 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 |
| Novosemejkino transmitter | 1943 | Russia | Novosemejkino | 205 m | Multiple towers, insulated against ground |
| LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach | ? | USA | Carolina Beach | 190.5 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower | 1948 | Switzerland | Sottens | 190 m | demolished in 1989, insulated against ground |
| Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower | 1948 | Cambridge Bay | Canada | 189 m | Operates as NDB with callsign CB |
| Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower | 1937 | Switzerland | Beromünster | 126 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower | 1931 | Switzerland | Sottens | 125 m | Insulated against ground |
| Transmitter Monte Ceneri | 1933 | Lattice tower | Monte Ceneri pass | 120 m | insulated against ground, since 1978 used for TV-broadcasting ( today DVB-T and DAB) |
| Puckeridge DECCA tower | 194? | UK | Puckeridge | 100 m | Insulated against ground |
| Freemen's Common Radio Tower | ? | UK | Freemen's Common | ? | Insulated against ground |
| Camphin en Carembault Transmitter, Reserve Transmission Tower | ? | France | Camphin en Carembault | ? | Insulated against ground |
| Florence, Old Radio Tower | ? | Italy | Florence | ? | Insulated against ground, [2] |
| Ashton Moss Transmitter | ? | UK | Ashton-under-Lyne | ? | 3 towers, insulated against ground |
| Lutsk Mediumwave Transmitter | ? | Ukraine | Lutsk | 50 m | |
| NKR | 197? | Germany | Leimen | 20 m | Insulated against ground |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangtze River Crossing | 2003 | China | Jiangyin | 346.5m | Tallest pylons in the world |
| Pylons of Pearl River Crossing | 1987 | China | Pearl River | 253 m + 240 m | |
| Orinoco River Crossing | ? | Venezuela | Caroní | 240 m | Tallest electricity pylons in South America |
| HVDC Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu | 2003 | China | ? | 229 m | Tallest electricity pylons used for HVDC |
| Elbe Crossing 2 | 1976-1978 | Germany | Stade | 227 m | |
| Chusi Powerline Crossing | 1962 | Japan | Chusi | 226 m | Tallest electricity pylons in Japan |
| Daqi-Channel-Crossing | 1997 | Japan | ? | 223 m | |
| Overhead line crossing Suez Canal | 1998 | Egypt | 221 m | ||
| Pylons of Messina | 1957 | Italy | Messina | 232 m ( 224 m without basement) | not used as pylons any more |
| LingBei-Channel-Crossing | 1993 | Japan | ? | 214.5 m | |
| 380kV Thames Crossing | 1965 | UK | West Thurrock | 190 m | |
| Elbe Crossing 1 | 1958-1962 | Germany | Stade | 189 m | |
| Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Crossing | ? | Canada | Tracy | 174.6 m | tallest electricity pylon in Canada |
| Bosporus overhead line crossing III | 1999 | Turkey | Istanbul | 160 m | |
| Pylons of Cadiz | ? | Spain | Cadiz | 158 m | |
| Aust Severn Powerline Crossing | ? | UK | Aust | 148.75 m | |
| 132kV Thames Crossing | 1932 | UK | West Thurrock | 148.4 m | demolished in 1987 |
| Karmsundet Powerline Crossing | ? | Norway | Karmsundet | 143.5 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 141.7 m | |
| Saint Lawrence River HVDC Quebec-New England Overhead Powerline Crossing | 1989 | Canada | Deschambault-Grondines | 140 m | dismantled in 1992 |
| Pylons of Voerde | 1926 | Germany | Voerde | 138 m | |
| Köhlbrand Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Hamburg | 138 m | |
| Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen | 135 m | |
| Pylons of Ghesm Crossing | 1984 | Iran | Strait of Ghesm | 130 m | One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea |
| Shukhov tower on the Oka River | 1929 | Russia | Dzerzhinsk | 128 m | Hyperboloid structure, 2 towers, one of them demolished |
| Tarchomin pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Tarchomin | 127 m | |
| Skolwin pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Skolwin | 126 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2 | 1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar | 126 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 125.3 m | |
| Inoujście pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Inoujście | 125 m | |
| Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany | Duisburg | 122 m | |
| Lomianki pylon of Tarchomin-Lomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lomianki | 121 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 1 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.5 m | |
| Little Belt Overhead powerline crossing 2 | ? | Denmark | Middelfart | 119.2 m | |
| Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 1926 | Germany | Duisburg-Rheinhausen | 118.8 m | |
| Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bullenhausen | 117 m | |
| Lubaniew-Bobrowniki Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Lubaniew/Bobrowniki | 117 m | |
| Świeże Górne-Rybakow Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Świeże Górne/Rybaków | 116 m | |
| Ostrówek-Tursko Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Ostrówek/Tursko | 115 m | |
| Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Bremen | 111 m | two parallel running powerlines |
| Probostwo Dolne pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż/Probostwo Dolne | 111 m | |
| Daugava Powerline Crossing | 1975 | Latvia | Riga | 110 m | |
| Nowy Bógpomóż pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Nowy Bógpomóż | 109 m | |
| Regów Gołąb Vistula Powerline Crossing | ? | Poland | Regów/Gołąb | 108 m | |
| Orsoy Rhine Crossing | ? | Germany | Orsoy | 105 m | |
| Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 1 | ? | Denmark | Raerup | 101.2 m | |
| Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2 | 1977 | Ukraine | Enerhodar | 100 m | |
| Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing | 1917 | Germany | Düsseldorf | ? | Under the legs of the pylon on the east shore of Rhine there runs the rail to nearby Holthausen substation |
| 380kV-Ems-Overhead Powerline Crossing | ? | Germany | Mark (south of Weener) | 84 m | |
| Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria | 1959 | Switzerland | Lake of Santa Maria | 75 m | Pylon in an artificial lake |
| Zaporizhzhia Pylon Triple | ? | Ukraine | Zaporizhzhia | 74.5 m | Two triple pylns used for a powerline crossing from Khortytsia Island to the east shore of Dneipr |
| Aggersund Crossing of Cross-Skagerak | 1977 | Denmark | Aggersund | 70 m | |
| Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing | 1901 | United States | Benicia | 68 m + 20 m | World's first powerline crossing of a larger waterway |
| Anlage 2610, Mast 69 | ? | Germany | Bochum | 47 m | Pylon of 220kV-powerline decorated with balls in Ruhr-Park mall. |
| 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 | ? |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre del Reformador | 1935 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 75 m | |
| Mount Gorbea Summit Cross | 1907 | Spain | Mount Gorbea | 17.2 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campen Lighthouse | 1889 | Germany | Krummhörn | 65.3 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow | 2006 | Germany | Laasow, Brandenburg | 205 m | 160 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter |
| Tramway | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III | 1966 | Austria | Kaprun | 113.6 m | Tallest pillar of aerial tramway in the world |
| Torre Jaume I | 1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 107 m | Intermediate stop, also observation tower |
| Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway | ? | Switzerland | Zermatt | 94 m | |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 85 m | |
| 3S Aerial Tramway | 2004 | Austria | Kitzbühel | 80 m | |
| Torre Sant Sebastia | 1931 | Spain | Barcelona | 78 m | Terminal of harbour aerial tramway of Barcelona Spain |
| Wendelstein Aerial Tramway | 1970 | Germany | Bischofsmais | 75 m | |
| Sandia Peak Tramway | 1965 | USA | Albuquerque | 70,7 m | inclined in an angle of 18 degree |
| Eibsee Aerial Tramway | 1962 | Germany | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 65 m |
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parachute Tower Katowice | 1937 | Poland | Katowice | 50 m |
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