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== Tallest lattice towers, by design type == List of the tallest lattice towers by ''common''(min 5) design types. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! design Type ! total built ! Name ! Year ! Built in ! City/location ! Height m ! Height ft ! Remarks |- | [[Compliant tower]](Oil Platform) | 5 | [[Petronius Compliant Tower]] | 2000 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 640 | 2,100 | tallest lattice tower of any type, |- | Additionally supported by a solid core, Concrete | unknown >10 | [[Tokyo Skytree]] | 2012 | Japan | [[Sumida, Tokyo]] | 634 | 2,080 | tallest lattice tower of any type built on land |- | Self-supported steel truss of any type | unknown | [[Bullwinkle Platform]] | 1989 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 529 | 1,736 | tallest fixed/rigged freestanding steel-only truss structure built on land or sea |- | Additionally supported by a solid core, Steel | unknown >10 | [[Kyiv TV Tower]] | 1973 | [[Ukraine]] | Kyiv | 385 | 1,263 | |- | Hydro Pylons | thousands | Jintang and Cezi islands Overhead Powerline Tie, East & West towers | 2019 | China | Jintang Island | 380 | 1,247 | tallest [[electricity pylon|pylons]] in the world |- | 4-sided steel lattice tower(land-based) | thousands | [[Tokyo Tower]] | 1957 | Japan | Tokyo | 333 | 1,093 | |- | 3-sided steel lattice tower | thousands | [[WITI TV Tower]] | 1962 | United States | Shorewood, Wisconsin | 329.4 | 1,081 | |- | [[Landmark Tower Company|Landmark tower]] | 10 | [[Star Tower]] | 1991 | United States | Cincinnati, Ohio | 290.8 m | 954 ft | |- | [[Hyperboloid structure]] | >10 | Perm TV Tower | 2016 | Russia | Perm | 275 m | 902 ft | |- | [[Top guyed lattice tower]], featuring a guyed upper section with four horizontal crossbars | 5 | [[Grodno TV Tower]] | 1984 | Belarus | Grodno | 254 m | 833 ft | tallest freestanding structure in [[Belarus]] |- | [[Annapolis type]] | 40~ | [[Lafayette transmitter]], Towers 1-8 | 1918 | France | Marcheprime | 250 m | 820 ft | demolished in 1944 & 1953 |- | Non-tapering | unknown >100 | Noble Lloyd Noble(Oil Platform) | | | | 214 m | 702 ft | all lattice towers above this height use a tapering design |- | [[3803 KM]] design | 83 | Edineţ TV Tower & Rezeknes TV Tower | ? | Latvia | Edineţ & Rezeknes | 204 m | 669 ft | |- | Wooden lattice tower | unknown >100 | [[Transmission Tower Mühlacker]] | 1934 | Germany | | 190 m | 623 ft | demolished in 1945, tallest structure ever built out of wood |} Unique lattice tower designs. Minimum height of 120 m / 400 ft. <br /> {{Color box|#D3D3D3|border=darkgray}} indicates a structure that is no longer standing. === Hyperboloid structures === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Tower !! Year !! Country !! Town !! Height m !! Height ft !! Remarks |- | Perm TV tower<ref name=":48"/> | 2016 | Russia | Perm | 275 m | 902 ft | |- | [[Moscow Octod Tower]] | 2006 | Russia | Moscow | 258 m | 846 ft | |- | Hitachinaka Power Plant Chimney<ref name=":42"/><ref name=":43"/> | 2003 | Japan | Hitachinaka | 230 m | 754 ft | Lattice chimney |- | Orion Tower<ref name=":24"/><ref name=":25"/> | 2001 | Russia | Samara | 201 m | 660 ft | |- | Radio Mast at Krupskoi Street<ref name=":31"/> | 2003 | Russia | Perm | 180 m | 591 ft | |- | [[Shukhov Tower|Shukhov radio Tower]] | 1922 | Russia | Moscow | 160 m | 525 ft | |- | [[Pylons of Cádiz]], west tower | 1960 | Spain | Cádiz | 158 m | 518 ft | Electrical pylons |- | [[Pylons of Cádiz]], east tower | 1960 | Spain | Cádiz | 158 m | 518 ft | Electrical pylons |- | [[Shukhov tower on the Oka River]], west tower | 1929 | Russia | [[Dzerzhinsk, Russia|Dzerzhinsk]] | 128 m | 420 ft | Electrical pylons |- style="background:#d3d3d3;" | [[Shukhov tower on the Oka River]], east tower | 1929 | Russia | [[Dzerzhinsk, Russia|Dzerzhinsk]] | 128 m | 420 ft | Electrical pylons, demolished in May 2005. |- style="background:#d3d3d3;" | [[Gettysburg National Tower]] | 1974 | United States | [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]] | 120 m | 394 ft | demolished on July 3, 2000 |} === Landmark towers === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Tower !! Year !! Country !! Town !! Height m !! Height ft !! Remarks |- | [[Star Tower]] | 1991 | United States | Cincinnati, Ohio | 291 m | 954 ft | Tallest Landmark tower ever built, assembled by helicopter |- | [[Hughes Memorial Tower]] | 1989 | United States | Washington, DC | 232 m | 761 ft | Tallest structure in Washington DC |- style="background:#d3d3d3;" | [[WCCV-TV|Yiye Avila Tower]] | 1991 | United States | Utuado, Puerto Rico | 167 m | 548 ft | Tallest freestanding structure in Puerto Rico. Collapsed during [[Hurricane Maria]] |- | [[WLLY-FM|WLLY Tower]]<ref name=":37"/><ref name=":38"/> | 1995<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/soaring-761-feet-this-radio-and-tv-tower-on-georgia-avenue-nw-is-the-citys-tallest/2014/05/24/a28e9006-e216-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html| title = Soaring 761 feet, this radio and TV tower on Georgia Avenue NW is the city's tallest - The Washington Post| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]| access-date = 2022-03-07| archive-date = 2021-02-04| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210204181339/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/soaring-761-feet-this-radio-and-tv-tower-on-georgia-avenue-nw-is-the-citys-tallest/2014/05/24/a28e9006-e216-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html| url-status = live}}</ref> | United States | Mangonia Park, Florida | 158.2 m | 519 ft | |- | [[Mesquite Tower]] | 1990 | United States | Mesquite, Texas | 155.3 m | 509.5 ft | |- | Cumulus Media Tower<ref name=":40"/><ref name=":41"/> | <2002 | United States | Shreveport, Louisiana | 152 m | 499 ft | |- | Tower at 3551 J.R. Lynch Street (Extension)<ref name=":0"/> | <1996 | United States | Jackson, Mississippi | 152 m | 499 ft | |- | Telecourier Communications Tower<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProASRLookup.php?sASR=1008865&tabSearchType=ASR+Search|title=FCCInfo Structure Registration Results|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203230745/https://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProASRLookup.php?sASR=1008865&tabSearchType=ASR+Search|url-status=live}}</ref> | 1989 | United States | Bloomington, Illinois | 152 m | 418 ft | |} === Blaw-Knox towers === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Tower !! Year !! Country !! Town !! Height m !! Height ft !! Remarks |- | [[Lakihegy Tower]] | 1946 | Hungary | Szigetszentmiklós-Lakihegy | 314 m | 1030 ft | The current tower is a rebuild of the original tower which was constructed in 1933 but destroyed at the end of World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226375/lakihegy-blaw-knox-radio-tower-budapest-hungary |title=Lakihegy Blaw-Knox Radio Tower, Budapest | 1226375 | EMPORIS |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2021-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205102531/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226375/lakihegy-blaw-knox-radio-tower-budapest-hungary |url-status=usurped }}</ref> |- style="background:#d3d3d3;" | Liblice Blaw-Knox Radio Mast<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226311/liblice-blaw-knox-tower-liblice-czech-republic |title=Liblice Blaw-Knox Tower, Liblice | 1226311 | EMPORIS |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2021-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204214720/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226311/liblice-blaw-knox-tower-liblice-czech-republic |url-status=usurped }}</ref> | 1936 | Czech Republic | Liblice | 280.40 m | 920 ft | demolished on October 17, 1972 |- | [[WSM (AM)|WSM]] Tower | 1932 | United States | Nashville, Tennessee | 246 m | 808 ft | The first Blaw-Knox tower ever built, originally 267 m (874 ft) in height |- | [[WLW]] Tower | 1934 | United States | Cincinnati, Ohio | 227 m | 747 ft | Originally 253 m (831 ft) in height |- style="background:#d3d3d3;" | Vakarel Blaw-Knox Radio Mast<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226448/vakarel-blaw-knox-radio-mast-elin-pelin-bulgaria |title=Vakarel Blaw-Knox Radio Mast, Elin Pelin | 1226448 | EMPORIS |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307124831/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226448/vakarel-blaw-knox-radio-mast-elin-pelin-bulgaria |url-status=usurped }}</ref> | 1937 | Bulgaria | Elin Pelin | 215 | 705 ft | demolished on September 16, 2020<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/QwELjpzWpmw| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwELjpzWpmw&ab_channel=PredavatelRadiomap| title = Събаране на антената на Вакарел, 16.09.2020 г. | website=YouTube| date = 17 September 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- | [[WBT (AM)|WBT]] Tower 1 | 1934 | United States | Charlotte, North Carolina | 130 m | 426 ft | Three towers in total, one original, two reproductions from the original plans after the originals were destroyed by [[Hurricane Hugo]] in 1989. |- | [[WBT (AM)|WBT]] Tower 2 | 1989 | United States | Charlotte, North Carolina | 130 m | 426 ft | |- | [[WBT (AM)|WBT]] Tower 3 | 1989 | United States | Charlotte, North Carolina | 130 m | 426 ft | |- style="background:#d3d3d3;" | [[WADO]] Tower<ref>{{cite web|url=http://j-hawkins.com/wado.shtml|title=Jim Hawkins' WADO Transmitter Page|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515015542/http://j-hawkins.com/wado.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | 1934 | United States | Carlstadt, New Jersey | 129 m | 424 ft | Demolished on October 17, 1999 |- style="background:#d3d3d3;" | LVRTC Riga Blaw Knox Radiator<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226603/lvrtc-riga-blaw-knox-radiator-riga-latvia |title=LVRTC Riga Blaw Knox Radiator, Riga | 1226603 | EMPORIS |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2022-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307124751/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226603/lvrtc-riga-blaw-knox-radiator-riga-latvia |url-status=usurped }}</ref> | 1947 | Latvia | Riga | 125 m | 410 ft | Demolished in 2010 |- | [[WFEA]] Tower<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25005 |title=WFEA Blaw-Knox Radiator, Manchester - SkyscraperPage.com |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2021-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710005430/https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25005 |url-status=live }}</ref> | 1931 | United States | Manchester, New Hampshire | 121 m | 396 ft | |} === Top guyed lattice towers === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !Tower !! Year !! Country !! Town !! Height m !! Height ft !! Remarks |- | [[Grodno TV Tower]] | 1984 | Belarus | Grodno | 254 m | 833 ft | Tallest freestanding structure in [[Belarus]] |- | [[Vitebsk TV Tower]] | 1983 | Belarus | Vitebsk | 244 m | 801 ft | |- | [[Astara TV Tower]] | 1981 | Republic of Azerbaijan | Astara | 243.84 m | 800 ft | |- | [[Wavre Transmitter]] | 1983 | Belgium | Wavre | 232 m | 761 ft | Tallest lattice tower in Belgium |- | Tour Dégueu<ref name=":33"/> | ? | Belgium | Leglise-Anlier | 151 m | 495 ft | |}
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