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=== 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. |}
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