Editing Lattice tower (section)

== Timeline of world's tallest lattice tower ==
Since end of the 19th century, tall lattice towers were built. Lattice towers have even held the absolute height record. They are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and hold a number of national records, such as the tallest free-standing or even overall tallest structure of a country.

=== Land record, iron and steel towers ===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"| Held record
!rowspan="2"| Name
!rowspan="2"| Location
!rowspan="2"| Completed
!rowspan="2"| Height (m)
!rowspan="2"| Height (ft)
!rowspan="2"| Notes
|-
! From !! To
|-
| 1852
| 1881
| [[Carysfort Reef Light]]
| Key Largo, Florida, US
| 1852
| 36.6
| 120
|
|-
| 1881
| 1889
| [[San Jose electric light tower]]
| San Jose, California, US
| 1881
| 72
| 237
| Collapsed in a storm in December 1915
|-
| 1889
| 1956
| [[Eiffel Tower]]
| Paris, France
| 1889
| 312.3
| 1,025
| When built held the absolute height record for tallest structure of any type in the world until 1930
|-
| 1956
| 1957
| [[KCTV Broadcast Tower]]
| Kansas City, Missouri, US
| 1956
| 317.6
| 1,042
|
|-
| 1957
| 1958
| [[Eiffel Tower]]
| Paris, France
| 1889
| 321
| 1,053
|The Eiffel Tower regained the record when it added an antenna. 
|-
| 1958
| 1973
| [[Tokyo Tower]]
| Tokyo, Japan
| 1957
| 333
| 1,093
|
|-
| 1973
| 2012
| [[Kyiv TV Tower]]
| Kyiv, Ukraine
| 1973
| 385
| 1,263
|
|-
| 2012
| current
| [[Tokyo Skytree]]
| Tokyo, Japan
| 2012
| 634
| 2,080
|
|}

=== Land record, wood towers ===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"| Held record
!rowspan="2"| Name
!rowspan="2"| Location
!rowspan="2"| Completed
!rowspan="2"| Height (m)
!rowspan="2"| Height (ft)
!rowspan="2"| Notes
|-
! From !! To
|-
| 1853
| 1856
| [[Latting Observatory]]
| New York City, United States
| 1853
| 96
| 315
| Burned down in 1856
|-
| 1899
| 1902
| [[Wardenclyffe Tower]]
| Shoreham, United States
| 1899
| 57
| 187
|
|-
| 1902
| 1926
| [[Marconi Wireless Station Site (South Wellfleet, Massachusetts)|Towers of South Wellfleet Marconi Wireless Station]]
| South Wellfleet, United States
| 1902
| 64
| 210
| 4 towers
|-
| 1926
| 1928
| [[Stadelheim Transmitter]]
| Munich-Stadelheim, Germany
| 1926
| 75
| 246
|
|-
| 1928
| 1930
| [[Flensburg-Engelsby transmitter|Flensburg Radio Tower]]
| Flensburg, Germany
| 1928
| 90
| 295
|
|-
| 1930
| 1932
| [[Transmitter Heilsberg]]
| Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland
| 1930
| 102
| 335
|
|-
| 1932
| 1933
| [[Ismaning radio transmitter|Sendeturm Ismaning]]
| Ismaning, Germany
| 1932
| 163
| 534
|
|-
| 1933
| 1934
| [[Transmitter Berlin-Tegel]]
| Berlin, Germany
| 1933
| 165
| 541
|
|-
| 1934
| 1945
| [[Mühlacker radio transmitter|Transmission Tower Mühlacker]]
| Mühlacker, Germany
| 1934
| 190
| 623
| Demolished on April 6, 1945
|-
| 1945
| 1948
| [[Transmitter Berlin-Tegel]]
| Berlin, Germany
| 1933
| 165
| 541
| Demolished on December 16, 1948
|-
| 1948
| 1983
| [[Ismaning radio transmitter|Sendeturm Ismaning]]
| Ismaning, Germany
| 1932
| 163
| 534
| Demolished on March 16, 1983
|-
| 1983
| 1990
| [[Transmitter Żórawina]]
| Żórawina, Poland
| 1932
| 140
| 459
| Demolished during Fall 1990
|-
| 1990
| current
| [[Radio Tower Gliwice]]
| Gliwice, Poland
| 1935
| 118
| 387
| 
|}

=== Land and water record, overall ===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"| Held record
!rowspan="2"| Name
!rowspan="2"| Location
!rowspan="2"| Completed
!rowspan="2"| Height (m)
!rowspan="2"| Height (ft)
!rowspan="2"| Notes
|-
! From !! To
|-
| 1852
| 1853
| [[Carysfort Reef Light]]
| Key Largo, Florida, US
| 1852
| 36.6
| 120
|
|-
| 1853
| 1856
| [[Latting Observatory]]
| New York City, United States
| 1853
| 96
| 315
| Burned down in 1856, structure was an inspiration for the Eiffel Tower
|-
| 1856
| 1881
| [[Carysfort Reef Light]]
| Key Largo, Florida, US
| 1852
| 36.6
| 120
|
|-
| 1881
| 1889
| [[San Jose electric light tower]]
| San Jose, California, US
| 1881
| 72
| 237
| Built using an unusual design featuring circular cross-beams
|-
| 1889
| 1956
| [[Eiffel Tower]]
| Paris, France
| 1889
| 312.3
| 1,025
| Weight of iron framework 7,300 tons total weight of the tower 10,100 tons
|-
| 1956
| 1957
| [[KCTV Broadcast Tower]]
| Kansas City, Missouri, US
| 1956
| 317.6
| 1,042
| Weight; [[KCTV Broadcast Tower|600 tons]]
|-
| 1889
| 1958
| [[Eiffel Tower]]
| Paris, France
| 1889
| 321
| 1,053
|
|-
| 1958
| 1973
| [[Tokyo Tower]]
| Tokyo, Japan
| 1957
| 333
| 1,093
| Weight; 4,000 tons
|-
| 1973
| 1977
| [[Kyiv TV Tower]]
| Kyiv, Ukraine
| 1973
| 385
| 1,263
| Weight; 3,000 tons
|-
| 1977
| 1989
| [[Cognac Platform]]
| [[Gulf of Mexico]]
| 1977
| 385.5
| 1,265
| Weight; 45,000 tons<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/13/archives/shell-will-build-skyscrapersized-oil-rig-skyscrapersize-oil-rig.html|title = Shell Will Build Skyscraper-Sized Oil Rig|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 13 December 1975|access-date = 7 March 2022|archive-date = 7 March 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220307124157/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/13/archives/shell-will-build-skyscrapersized-oil-rig-skyscrapersize-oil-rig.html|url-status = live}}</ref> or 59,000 tons<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ySZhMJrzhw4C&q=Cognac+Platform+59%2C000+weight+tons&pg=RA6-PA5|title = Popular Science|date = January 1981|access-date = 2022-03-07|archive-date = 2022-03-07|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220307124157/https://books.google.com/books?id=ySZhMJrzhw4C&q=Cognac+Platform+59%2C000+weight+tons&pg=RA6-PA5|url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
| 1998
| [[Bullwinkle Platform]]
| [[Gulf of Mexico]]
| 1989
| 529
| 1,736
| Weight of the steel jacket 49,375 tons, total weight of the platform 72,000 tons
|-
| 1998
| 2000
| [[Baldpate (oil platform)|Baldpate Compliant Tower]]
| [[Gulf of Mexico]]
| 1998
| 581.5
| 1,908
| Weight of the steel jacket 28,900 tons, total weight of the platform 38,700 tons
|-
| 2000
| current
| [[Petronius Compliant Tower]]
| [[Gulf of Mexico]]
| 2012
| 640
| 2,100
| Weight of the steel jacket 43,000 tons, total weight of the platform 50,500 tons. When built held the absolute height record for tallest structure of any type in the world until 2010.
|}