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=== Tallest lattice towers, all types === List of all '''supertall''' lattice tower structures in the world. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Rank ! Name ! Type ! Year ! Built in ! City/location ! Height m ! Height ft ! Cost ! Weight ! Remarks |- | 1 | [[Petronius Compliant Tower]] | Oil Platform, Compliant tower | 2000 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 640 | 2,100 | $500 million | 50,500<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/featureinto-the-abyss-the-worlds-deepest-offshore-oil-rigs/|title=Into the abyss – the world's deepest offshore oil rigs|date=11 October 2011|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311021630/https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/featureinto-the-abyss-the-worlds-deepest-offshore-oil-rigs/|url-status=live}}</ref> | Tallest lattice tower of any type. Supported by water |- | 2 | [[Tokyo Skytree]] | Lattice tower | 2012 | Japan | [[Sumida, Tokyo]] | 634 | 2,080 | $806 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mmtimes.com/2012/business/617/biz61714.html |title=Japan finishes Tokyo Sky Tree |website=www.mmtimes.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203154812/http://www.mmtimes.com/2012/business/617/biz61714.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | 36,000 tons<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/en/event/special/manga-design/|title=The Story of TOKYO SKYTREE® Manga Design Guide | TOKYO SKYTREE|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715052822/https://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/en/event/special/manga-design/|url-status=live}}</ref> | Tallest free standing lattice tower |- | 3 | [[Baldpate (oil platform)|Baldpate Compliant Tower]] | Oil Platform, Compliant tower | 1998 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 581.5 | 1,908 | $300 million | 38,700 tons | Tallest structure in the world 1998–2000 |- | 4 | [[Bullwinkle Platform]] | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1989 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 529 | 1,736 | $500 million | 72,000 tons | Tallest fixed/rigged structure built in water |- | 5 | [[Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform]]<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://chevroncorp.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/chevron-announces-first-oil-production-benguela-belize|title=Chevron Announces First Oil Production from Benguela-Belize Development, Deepwater Block 14, Offshore Angola | Chevron Corporation|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713231945/https://chevroncorp.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/chevron-announces-first-oil-production-benguela-belize|url-status=live}}</ref> | Oil Platform, Compliant tower | 2008 | United States | [[Congo Basin]] | 512 | 1,680 | $820 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/equipment-engineering/article/16754508/chevron-starts-production-from-first-compliant-tower-outside-gom|title=StackPath|date=February 2006 |access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2022-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307124158/https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/equipment-engineering/article/16754508/chevron-starts-production-from-first-compliant-tower-outside-gom|url-status=live}}</ref> | 69,500 tons | |- | 6 | [[Pompano Platform]] | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1994 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 477 | 1,565 | | 39,890 tons (not including platform)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://pubs.spe.org/en/ogf/ogf-article-detail/?art=440|title = Charting New Waters: Decommissioning of Deepwater Structures|date = 9 March 2013|access-date = 7 March 2022|archive-date = 1 October 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201001152434/https://pubs.spe.org/en/ogf/ogf-article-detail/?art=440|url-status = live}}</ref> | |- | 7 | [[Tombua Landana platform]]<ref name=":6">{{cite news|url=https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/tombua-landana/#:~:text=Tombua%20Landana%20platform,seafloor%20by%2012%20foundation%20piles.|title=Tombua-Landana Project - Offshore Technology | Oil and Gas News and Market Analysis|newspaper=Offshore Technology |access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229080112/https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/tombua-landana/#:~:text=Tombua%20Landana%20platform,seafloor%20by%2012%20foundation%20piles.|url-status=live}}</ref> | Oil Platform, Compliant tower | 2009 | United States | [[Congo Basin]] | 474 | 1,554 | $200 million<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url=https://www.offshore-mag.com/subsea/article/16757984/tombualandana-a-monument-to-innovation-off-angola#:~:text=The%2035%2C300%2Dton%20(32%2C024%2D,%2Dmetric%20ton)%20compliant%20tower.|title=StackPath|date=December 2009 |access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628000844/https://www.offshore-mag.com/subsea/article/16757984/tombualandana-a-monument-to-innovation-off-angola#:~:text=The%2035%2C300%2Dton%20(32%2C024%2D,%2Dmetric%20ton)%20compliant%20tower.|url-status=live}}</ref> | 81,500 tons<ref name=":7"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hmc.heerema.com/projects/tombua-landana/|title=Heerema Marine Contractors | Projects|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418024942/https://hmc.heerema.com/projects/tombua-landana|url-status=live}}</ref> | |- | 8 | [[Harmony Platform]]<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |url=http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/secondarypages/MIDDLE%20AGES.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2020-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206190826/http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/secondarypages/MIDDLE%20AGES.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1992 | South Korea<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|chapter-url = https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-5773-MS|doi = 10.4043/5773-MS|chapter = Fabrication of the Harmony and Heritage Jackets for 1,200 and 1,075 Ft of Water in California's Santa Barbara Channel|title = Offshore Technology Conference|year = 1988|last1 = Fry|first1 = R.K.|last2 = Rhude|first2 = D.E.|access-date = 2022-03-07|archive-date = 2018-06-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180602170035/https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-5773-MS|url-status = live}}</ref> | California | 366 | 1,200 | | 44,100 (not including platform)<ref name=":9"/> | height listed is only to water level, likely to be 1,500 ft or more in total height |- | 9 | [[Virgo Platform]]<ref name=":8"/> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1999 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 344 | 1,130 | | | height listed is only to water level, likely to be {{cvt|1400|ft}} or more in total height |- | 10 | [[Coelacanth Platform]]<ref name=":10">{{cite web|url=http://www.walteroil.com/e-p-operations/coelacanth-project.html|title=Coelacanth Project - Walter Oil & Gas Corporation|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025504/http://www.walteroil.com/e-p-operations/coelacanth-project.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 2016 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 400 | 1,312 | | | |- | 11 | [[Heritage Platform]]<ref name=":8"/> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1992 | South Korea<ref name=":9"/> | California | 326 | 1,070 | | 35,500 (not including platform)<ref name=":9"/> | height listed is only to water level, likely to be {{cvt|1300|ft}} or more in total height |- | 12 | [[Cognac Platform]]<ref name=":11">{{cite web|url=https://maritimelegalhelp.com/oil-rig-cognac/|title=Oil Rig – A-Cognac|date=12 September 2017|access-date=7 March 2022|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715072037/https://maritimelegalhelp.com/oil-rig-cognac/|url-status=live}}</ref> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1977 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 385.5 | 1,265 | $100 million<ref name=":3"/> or $265 million<ref name=":4"/> | 59,000 tons |- | 13 | [[Kyiv TV Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1973 | [[Ukraine]] | Kyiv | 385 | 1,263 | $12 million | | |- | 14 tie | Jintang and Cezi islands Overhead Powerline Tie, East Tower<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-begins-construction-of-world-s-highest-power-pylon-117100300935_1.html|title = China begins construction of world's highest power pylon|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 3 October 2017|agency = Press Trust of India|access-date = 7 March 2022|archive-date = 3 October 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171003171135/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-begins-construction-of-world-s-highest-power-pylon-117100300935_1.html|url-status = live}}</ref> | Hydro Pylon | 2019 | China | Jintang Island | 380 | 1,247 | $67 million<ref name=":12">{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/FXXqe2_uFyk| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXXqe2_uFyk&ab_channel=SouthChinaMorningPost| title = World's tallest electricity towers undergo final check in China | website=YouTube| date = 6 January 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | | Tallest [[electricity pylon|pylons]] in the world |- | 14 tie | Jintang and Cezi islands Overhead Powerline Tie, West Tower | Hydro Pylon | 2019 | China | Jintang Island | 380 | 1,247 | $67 million | | Tallest [[electricity pylon|pylons]] in the world |- | 16 | [[Tashkent Tower]] | Lattice tower/Steel tower | 1985 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 374.9 | 1,230 | | 6,000 tons<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tourstouzbekistan.com/en/sights/tashkent/tashkent-tv-tower.html|title=Tashkent TV Tower, Sights of Uzbekistan, Sights of Tashkent, The restaurant "Koinot"|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-date=2021-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423041426/https://www.tourstouzbekistan.com/en/sights/tashkent/tashkent-tv-tower.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | may be categorized as a steel tower rather than a lattice tower |- | 17 tie | [[Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie]], North tower | Hydro Pylon | 2009 | China | Damao Island | 370 | 1,214 | | | |- | 17 tie | [[Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie]], South tower | Hydro Pylon | 2009 | China | Damao Island | 370 | 1,214 | | | |- | 19 | [[Amberjack Platform]]<ref name=":8"/> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1991 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 314 | 1,030 | | | height listed is only to water level, likely to be {{cvt|1200|ft}} or more in total height |- | 20 | [[Hondo Platform]] | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1976 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 354.5 | 1,163 | $70 million<ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/10/archives/exxon-nears-completion-of-deepest-offshore-rig-exxon-crews-near.html|title = Exxon Nears Completion of Deepest Offshore Rig|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 10 November 1976|access-date = 7 March 2022|archive-date = 12 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200712043041/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/10/archives/exxon-nears-completion-of-deepest-offshore-rig-exxon-crews-near.html|url-status = live}}</ref> | | |- | 21 tie | [[Yangtze River Crossing|Yangtze River Crossing Jiangyin]], North tower | Hydro Pylon | 2003 | China | Jiangyin | 346.5 | 1,137 | | 4,000 tons<ref name=":14"/> | |- | 21 tie | [[Yangtze River Crossing|Yangtze River Crossing Jiangyin]], South tower | Hydro Pylon | 2003 | China | Jiangyin | 346.5 | 1,137 | | 4,000 tons | |- | 23 | [[Dragon Tower]] | Lattice tower | 2000 | China | Harbin | 336 | 1,102 | | | |- | 24 | [[Tokyo Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1957 | Japan | Tokyo | 333 | 1,093 | $8.4 million | 4,000 tons | |- | 25 | [[WITI TV Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1962 | United States | Shorewood, Wisconsin | 329.4 | 1,081 | | | |- | 26 | [[Cerveza Platform]]<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |url=https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/assets/imported/transforms/content-block/UsefulDownloads_Download/2015F191205A4FB492B68B6FC2FC4501/alecture7%20choo.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2020-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713231955/https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/assets/imported/transforms/content-block/UsefulDownloads_Download/2015F191205A4FB492B68B6FC2FC4501/alecture7%20choo.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1981 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 327 | 1,073 | $90 million<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |url=https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/mars-deepwater-gulf/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2019/06/Hewett-The-Shape-of-These-Monsters-June-2019.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-03-07 |archive-date=2021-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728082218/https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/mars-deepwater-gulf/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2019/06/Hewett-The-Shape-of-These-Monsters-June-2019.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | | |- | 27 | [[Cerveza Light Platform]]<ref name=":15"/> | Oil Platform, Steel Truss | 1981 | United States | [[Gulf of Mexico]] | 327 | 1,073 | $60 million<ref name=":16"/> | | |- | 28 | [[St. Petersburg TV Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1962 | Russia | Saint Petersburg | 326 | 1,070 | | | |- | 29 | [[Eiffel Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1889 | France | Paris | 324 | 1,063 | $1.5 million | 10,100 tons | |- | 30 | [[WHDH-TV Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1960 | United States | Newton, Massachusetts | 323.8 | 1,062 | | | |- | 31 | [[KCTV Broadcast Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1956 | United States | Kansas City, Missouri | 317.6 | 1,042 | $0.42 million | 600 tons<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/your-kcq/article221363865.html |title=Will the KCTV5 tower ever light up the KC skyline again? We answer your KCQ |first=Matt |last=Campbell |newspaper=[[Kansas City Star]] |date=13 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113193341/https://www.kansascity.com/news/your-kcq/article221363865.html |archive-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> | |- | 32 | [[Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower|Turner Broadcasting Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1967 | United States | Atlanta, Georgia | 314.3 | 1,031 | | | disassembled in 2010 |- | 33 | [[Yerevan TV Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1977 | Armenia | Yerevan | 311.7 | 1,023 | | | tallest structure in [[Armenia]] |- | 34 | [[Fazilka TV Tower]] | Lattice tower | 2007 | India | Fazilka | 304.8 | 1,000 | $2.1 million | 15,100 tons | | tallest lattice tower in India |- | 35 | [[Mumbai Television Tower]] | Lattice tower | 1972 | India | Mumbai | 300 | 984 | | | |}
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