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General Information

Completion: 1935
Status: demolished (1977)

Project Type

Structure: Timber truss tower
Function / usage: Communications mast or tower
Material: Timber tower

Location

Location: , , ,
Coordinates: 53° 33' 46.80" N    7° 6' 27.50" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 65 m

Materials

truss oak

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Reception Tower Utlandshörn was a 65-metre (211 ft) high wood framework tower built of oak wood on the area of the radio reception station Utlandshoern, a part of Norddeich Radio coastal station (callsign DAN).

This tower carried wire antennas of four arms on its top, which were manufactured of teak wood, for the reception of short wave signals. It was built in 1935. In the middle of 1976 it was replaced by an antenna system, which was fastened on steel towers and which also does not exist any more.

At the beginning of 1977 the tower, which was already one of the last large wood towers in Germany, was knocked down with great care.

From the wood of the demolished tower some carvings and ornaments were made.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Reception Tower Utlandshörn" and modified on October 27, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20020401
  • Published on:
    12/04/2006
  • Last updated on:
    23/07/2014
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