Lattice tower

A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding framework tower. They can be used as electricity transmission towers especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts, as a radio tower (a self-radiating tower or as a carrier for aerials) or as an observation tower.

Before 1940, they were used as radio transmission towers especially for short and medium wave, occasionally lattice towers consisting of wood were utilized. The tallest wooden lattice tower was at Mühlacker, Germany. It had a height of 190 metres (620 ft) and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945. Most wood lattice towers were demolished before 1960. In Germany the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the Golm transmitter and the transmitter Ismaning. They were demolished in 1979 and 1983 respectively.

The tallest lattice tower is the Tokyo Skytree, with a height of 634 metres (2,080 ft).

Lattice towers are often designed as either a space frame or a hyperboloid structure.

Wooden lattice towers

Existing towers

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Radio Tower Gliwice	1935	Poland	Gliwice	118 m	Museum on Radio History and Visual Arts
Rottenbuch Radio Tower	2002	Germany	Peiting	66 m	Tower for directional radio and mobile phone services
Tour du Millénaire	2001	Belgium	Gedinne	60 m	interesting design
Aalborgtårnet	1933	Denmark	Aalborg	54.9 m	observation tower
Aerial test facility Brück	1963	Germany	Brück	54 m	Two towers of different design
Torre de Herveo	1922	Colombia	Manizales	52 m	former support structure of aerial tramway
Linsentower	2005	Germany	Linsengericht	45 m	observation tower
Observation Tower Blumenthal	2004	Germany	Blumenthal	45 m	observation tower
Copenhagen Zoo Tower	1905	Denmark	Copenhagen	43.5	observation tower
Goethe Tower	1931	Germany	Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen	43 m	observation tower
Chuderhüsi Tower	2001	Switzerland	Röthenbach	42 m	observation tower
Teltschik Tower	2001	Germany	Wilhelmsfeld	41 m	observation tower
Veitsch Mount of Olives Pilgrims Cross	2004	Austria	Veitsch	40.6 m	observation tower
Wil Tower	2006	Switzerland	Wil	38 m	observation tower
Raiffeisen Observation Tower	1990	Germany	Aldorf	35 m	observation tower
Oberpfalz Tower	2000	Germany	Platte	35 m	observation tower
Loorenkopf Observation Tower	1954	Switzerland	Zurich	33 m	observation tower
Eugen-Keidel Tower	1981	Germany	Schauinsland mountain	31 m	observation tower
Atzelberg Tower	1980	Germany	Kelkheim	30.39 m	observation tower
Fire observation Tower Rennbeck	?	Germany	Oer	30 m	fire observation tower
Idarkopf Tower	1980	Germany	Idarkopf	28 m	observation tower
Wood Mountain Tower	2004–2005	Germany	Wood Mountain	28 m	observation tower
Hohenmirsberg Observation Tower	2008	Germany	Pottenstein	28 m	observation tower
Höhbeck Observation Tower	2008	Germany	Höhbeck	26 m	observation tower
Loth Tower	2003	Switzerland	Magglingen	25 m	observation tower
Salzkopfturm	1975	Germany	Salzkopf	24 m	observation tower
Observation Tower Burgstall	2000	Austria	Kirchberg/Donau	24 m	observation tower
Krawutschke Tower	1972	Germany	Burgberg	13 m	observation tower

Destroyed towers

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle height	Date of demolition	Remarks
Transmission Tower Mühlacker	1934	Germany	Mühlacker	190 m	April 6, 1945
Transmitter Berlin-Tegel	1933	Germany	Berlin	165 m	December 16, 1948
Sendeturm Ismaning	1932	Germany	Ismaning	163 m	March 16, 1983
Sendeturm Langenberg	1934	Germany	Velbert-Langenberg	160 m	October 10, 1935	destroyed by a tornado
Sendeturm Wiederau	1935	Germany	Wiederau	150 m	October 27, 1953
Sendeturm Hamburg-Billstedt	1934	Germany	Hamburg	145 m	September 1949
Transmitter Żórawina	1932	Germany	Żórawina, Poland	140 m	Fall 1990
Transmitter Nuremberg-Kleinreuth	1935	Germany	Nuremberg	124 m	July 12, 1961
Madona Radio Towers	1932	Latvia	Madona	116 m	1944
Transmitter Heilsberg	1935	Germany	Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland	115 m	1940
Freiburg-Lehen transmitter	1933	Germany	Freiburg	107 m	April 21, 1945
Heiligenstock transmitter	1934	Germany	Frankfurt/Main	107 m	March 25, 1945
Transmitter Koblenz	1934	Germany	Koblenz	107 m	1965
Transmitter Trier	1935	Germany	Trier	107 m	1948
Transmitter Heilsberg	1930	Germany	Lidzbark Warmiński, Poland	102 m	1935	Two towers
Reichenbach transmitter	1937	Germany	Reichenbach/Oberlausitz	100 m	May 7, 1945
Golm transmitter	1948	Germany	Golm	100 m	October 25, 1979
Stettin Radio Tower	1934	Poland	Szczecin	93 m	1945
Utbremen Radio Tower	1933	Germany	Bremen	90 m	1939	destroyed by lightning
Flensburg Radio Tower	1928	Germany	Flensburg	90 m	1957
Pillar of Mittersill goods aerial tramway	194?	Austria	Mittersill	80 m	195?	Aerial tramway support pillar of goods aerial tramway, which never went in service
Stadelheim Transmitter	1926	Germany	Munich-Stadelheim	75 m	1930s	Two towers
Chain Home Reception Towers	1939	UK	multiple locations	73.15 m	1945–1960
Wood Transmitting Tower Zeesen	1931	Germany	Zeesen	70 m	1939
Reception Tower Utlandshörn	1935	Germany	Utlandshörn	65 m	1977
Towers of South Wellfleet Marconi Wireless Station	1902	United States	South Wellfleet, Massachusetts	64 m	1920	4 towers [1]
Towers of Königsberg Air Traffic Control Centre	1926	Russia	Kaliningrad	63 m	1945	Two towers
Palatine Transmitter	1926	Germany	Kaiserslautern	60 m	1945	Two towers
Huizen transmitter	1937	Netherlands	Huizen	60 m	1940
Holmudden Radar Tower [2]	1948	Sweden	Holmudden	?	1958
Wardenclyffe Tower	1899	United States	Shoreham	57 m	1917
Wiesbaden Bismarck Tower	1910	Germany	Wiesbaden	50 m	1918
Sahlenburg Marine Radio Station	1937	Germany	Cuxhaven	50 m	1967/1970	Three towers, two demolished in 1967, third tower demolished in 1970
Stolp transmitter	1938/1939	Poland	Dębnica Kaszubska	50 m	1955	7 towers
Jelenia Góra transmitter	1957	Poland	Jelenia Góra	47 m	1967
Towers of triangle antenna Langenberg	1935	Germany	Velbert-Langenberg	45 m	April 12, 1945	Three towers
Bayreuth transmitter, T-antenna	194?	Germany	Bayreuth	40 m	1954	2 towers in a distance of 70 metres
Augsburg-Hochzoll transmitter	194?	Germany	Augsburg	40 m	1952	2 towers
Kempten-Engelshalde Transmitter	1951	Germany	Kempten	40 m	1956	Two towers
Heusweiler Mast 1	1935	Germany	Heusweiler	35 m	March 17, 1945
Schneeberg Air Force Tower	1938	Germany	Bischofsgrün	35 m	1942
Heusweiler Mast 2	1935	Germany	Heusweiler	31 m	March 17, 1945

Steel lattice towers

Radio towers with observation decks and observation towers

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Tashkent Tower	1985	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	374.9 m
Dragon Tower	2000	China	Harbin	336 m
Tokyo Tower	1957	Japan	Tokyo	333 m
Eiffel Tower	1889	France	Paris	324 m
Shijiazhuang TV-tower	1998	China	Shijiazhuang	280 m
Qingdao TV Tower	1994	China	Quingdao	232 m
Brasília TV Tower	1967	Brazil	Brasília	218 m
Guangzhou TV Tower	1991	China	Guangzhou	217 m
Guangdong TV Tower^{[citation needed]}	1965	China	Guangdong	200 m
Nagoya TV Tower	1954	Japan	Nagoya	180 m
Odinstårnet	1935	Denmark	Odense	175 m	destroyed on December 14, 1944
New Brighton Tower	1900	UK	Liverpool	172.8 m	destroyed
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower	1999	United States	Las Vegas	165 m	Replica of Eiffel Tower
Osaka ABC Tower	1966	Japan	Osaka	160 m	demolished in 2009
Blackpool Tower	1894	United Kingdom	Blackpool	158 m
Funkturm Berlin	1926	Germany	Berlin	150 m	Only observation tower standing on insulators
Sapporo TV Tower	1957	Japan	Sapporo	147.2 m
Vasco-da-Gama-Tower	1998	Portugal	Lisbon	145 m
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie	1997	Canada	Shawinigan, Quebec	115 m
Torre Branca	1933	Italy	Milan	108.6 m
Kobe Port Tower	1963	Japan	Kobe	108 m
Marine Tower Yokohama	1961	Japan	Yokohama	106 m
Tsutenkaku	1956	Japan	Osaka	103 m
Hakata Port Tower	1964	Japan	Fukuoka	103 m
Beppu Tower	1957	Japan	Beppu	100 m
Cholfirst Radio Tower	1973	Switzerland	Flurlingen	96 m
Tour métallique de Fourvière	1894	France	Lyon	85.9 m	Not used as observation tower since 1953
Sunsphere	1982	United States	Knoxville	81.07 m
Torre Sant Sebastia	1931	Spain	Barcelona	78 m	Harbour terminal aerial tramway
Hiratsuka TV Tower	1972	Japan	Hiratsuka	70 m
Hot Springs Mountain Tower	1983	United States	Hot Springs Mountain	65.8 m
Petřínská rozhledna	1891	Czech	Prague	60 m
Bachtel Tower	1986	Switzerland	Hinwil	60 m
Green Tower	1998	Japan	Sanbu	60 m
Gross Reken Melchenberg Radio Tower	?	Germany	Reken	60 m
Schomberg Observation Tower	2005/2006	Germany	Sundern	60 m
Aalborgtårnet	1933	Denmark	Aalborg	54.9 m
Observation Tower Ahlbeck	1998	Germany	Ahlbeck	50 m
Watkins' Tower	1891	UK	London	46 m	never completed, dismantled
Joseph's Cross	1896	Germany	Stolberg	38 m
Poppenberg Observation Tower	1897	Germany	Ilfeld	33 m
Lemberg Tower	1899	Germany	Lemberg Mountain	33 m
Wanne Observation Tower	1888	Germany	Villingen-Schwenningen	30 m
Gehrenberg Tower	1903	Germany	Markdorf	30 m
Tower of Unity	1962	Germany	Heldrastein	30 m	Former additionally guyed lattice tower, which was transformed into observation tower
Gustav-Vietor-Tower	1882	Germany	Hohe Wurzel (Taunus)	25 m	demolished in 2006
Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen	1883	Germany	Neustadt/Saxony	25 m
Hochfirst Tower	1890	Germany	Titisee-Neustadt	25 m	Additionally guyed
Büchenbronn Observation Tower	1883	Germany	Büchenbronn	24.75 m	Additionally guyed
Tour du Belvédère	1898	France	Mulhouse-Belvédère	20 m
Salzgitter Bismarck Tower	1900	Germany	Salzgitter	17 m
Gillerberg Observation Tower	1892	Germany	Hilchenbach	15 m
Tokyo Skytree	2012	Japan	Sumida, Tokyo	634 m
Gettysburg National Tower	1974	United States	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	120 m	Demolished on July 3, 2000

Radio tower carrying aerials

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Kyiv TV Tower	1973	Ukraine	Kyiv	385 m	Tallest lattice tower in the world
WITI TV Tower	1962	United States	Shorewood, Wisconsin	329 m
WHDH-TV Tower	1994	United States	Newton, Massachusetts	323.8 m
KCTV-Tower	1956	United States	Kansas City, Missouri	317.6 m
Atlanta Turner Broadcasting Tower	1980	United States	Atlanta, Georgia	314.3 m	Disassembled in 2010
Yerevan TV Tower	1977	Armenia	Yerevan	311.7 m
St. Petersburg TV Tower	1962	Russia	Saint Petersburg	310 m
Fazilka TV Tower	?	India	Fazilka	304.8 m
Mumbai Television Tower	?	India	Mumbai	300 m
Star Tower	1991	United States	Cincinnati, Ohio	291 m
Sutro Tower	1973	United States	San Francisco, California	295 m
Dudelange Radio Tower	1957	Luxembourg	Dudelange	285 m
Moscow Octod Tower	2006	Russia	Moscow	258 m
Grodno TV Tower	1984	Belarus	Grodno	254 m
Towers of Lafayette transmitter	1920	France	Marcheprime	250 m	8 towers, demolished between 1944 and 1953
Longwave transmitter Junglinster	1932	Luxembourg	Junglinster	250 m	3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m
NSS Annapolis	1936	United States	Annapolis	243.8 m	destroyed
Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)	1925	Germany	Koenigs Wusterhausen	243 m	collapsed on November 15, 1972
Kharkiv TV Tower	?	Ukraine	Kharkiv	242.5 m
FM/TV-Tower Wavre	?	Belgium	Wavre	232 m
WOR TV Tower	1949	United States	North Bergen, New Jersey	231,65 m	dismantled
Crystal Palace Transmitter	1950	United Kingdom	London	222 m
Torre TV Bandeirantes	1997	Brazil	São Paulo	212 m
TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée	?	Belgium	Bol d'Air-Ougrée	210 m
VRT Zendmast Genk	?	Belgium	Genk	200 m
Kherson TV Tower	?	Ukraine	Kherson	200 m
Mulhouse-Belvédère Transmission Tower	1997	France	Mulhouse-Belvédère	194 m
Transmitter Sottens	1989	Switzerland	Sottens	188 m	Mediumwave
Santa Palomba transmitter, Main tower	?	Italy	Santa Palomba	186 m	Free-standing lattice tower equipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting
Criggion VLF transmitter	1941	UK	Criggion, Powys	182.9 m	3 towers, demolished
Transmission tower of Moscow Radio Centre 13	?	Russia	Balashikha	176 m
Zagreb TV Tower	1973	Croatia	Zagreb	169 m	Built on 1035m high summit of Medvednica mountain.
TV Tower Namur-Profondville	?	Belgium	Namur-Profondville	163 m
Shukhov radio tower	1922	Russia	Moscow	160 m	Hyperboloid structure. Currently under threat of demolition.
CBC Jarvis St. Tower	1952	Canada	Toronto	160 m	Demolished in 2002
TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont	?	Belgium	Tournai-Froidmont	157 m
Mesquite Tower	1990	United States	Mesquite, Texas	155.3 m
Croydon Transmitter	1962	UK	London, Surrey	152 m
RKS Mělník-Chloumek	?	Czech Republic	Mělník	152 m	Mediumwave
RKS Dobrochov	?	Czech Republic	Dobrochov	152 m	Mediumwave
Longwave transmitter Lahti	1927	Finland	Lahti	150 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave
RKS Liblice 1	?	Czech Republic	Liblice	150 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave, demolished in 2004
Mannesmann Tower Vienna	1954	Germany	Vienna	150 m
TV Tower Leglise-Anlier	?	Belgium	Leglise-Anlier	150 m
Halle Radio Tower	2005	Germany	Halle	150 m
Zendstation Ugchelen	1959	Netherlands	Ugchelen	142 m
Monte Mario Tower	?	Italy	Rome	140 m
Frémont Point Transmitter	?	UK	Fremont Point, Jersey	139 m
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower	?	Germany	Hohenstadt	137 m
St. Chrischona, old tower	1962	Switzerland	St. Chrischona	136 m
Mount Ślęża transmitter	1972	Poland	Mount Ślęża	136 m	Additionally guyed
Transmission Tower Hardberg	1951	Germany	Hardberg	135 m
Trollhättan TV Tower	?	Sweden	Trollhättan	135 m
Transmission Tower Emley Moor	1956	UK	Emley Moor, Yorkshire	135 m	dismantled
Soelvesborg transmitter	1985	Sweden	Sölvesborg	135 m	Mediumwave, 2 towers
Lezarsk TV Tower	?	Poland	Lezarsk	130 m	Additionally guyed
Portofino TV Tower	?	Italy	Portofino	130 m	Additionally guyed
Armstrong Tower	1938	United States	Alpine, New Jersey	129.6 m
Piatkowo transmitter, Tower 2	1993	Poland	Poznań	128 m
VLF transmitter Grimeton	1923	Sweden	Grimeton	127 m	VLF, 6 towers
HBG Prangins	1931	Switzerland	Prangins	125 m	Two towers carrying a longwave antenna
Craigkelly TV Tower	?	UK	Craigkelly	125 m
Longwave transmitter Motala	1927	Sweden	Motala	120 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave
Mannesmann Tower Hannover	1955	Austria	Hanover	120 m
Transmitter Kalundborg	1927	Denmark	Kalundborg	118 m	Two towers carrying an antenna for longwave
Nordschwarzwaldturm	1974	Germany	Schömberg-Langenbrand	118 m
Kvitsøy Tower	1981/82	Norway	Kvitsøy	117.5 m	Mediumwave
Richtfunkstelle Berlin-Frohnau	1973	Germany	Berlin	117 m
Helgoland Radio Tower	2000	Germany	Helgoland	115 m	Additionally guyed
Jagodnik transmitter	?	Poland	Jagodnik	115 m
Transmission Tower La Dole	1958	Switzerland	La Dole	112 m
Swingate Transmitter	?	UK	Swingate, Kent	111 m	3 towers
Fleckendorf Radio Tower	1955	Austria	Ansfelden	110 m
Radio Tower at Rundemanen	?	Norway	Bergen	106 m
Radio Tower of School for Radiotechnology Nuremberg	?	Germany	Nuremberg	108 m
Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site	?	Japan	Yokosuka	106.7 m	demolished
Zakopane-Gubałówka transmitter	?	Poland	Zakopane	102 m
Central Tower Deutsch-Altenburg Radio Station	1925	Austria	Dutsch-Altenburg	100 m	demolished
Schöckl Transmitter	1956	Austria	Schöckl Mountain	100 m
Gaisberg Transmitter	1956	Austria	Gaisberg Mountain	100 m
Osmolin Radio Tower	?	Poland	Osmolin	100 m
Torii-Tower	1972	Germany	Gusborn	97 m	Double Tower
Directional Radio Tower Solec Kujawski	1999	Poland	Solec Kujawski	?
Medium Wave Transmitter Romainville	1934	France	Romainville	?	two towers
Pfänder Transmitter	1958	Austria	Pfänder Mountain	94.7 m
Transmitter Santa Maria di Galeria	?	Italy	Santa Maria di Galeria	94 m	exclave of Vatican City, Mediumwave
Stuttgart-Möhringen directional radio tower	1975	Germany	Stuttgart	93 m
Directional Radio Tower Mühlacker	2004	Germany	Mühlacker	93 m
Grünten Transmission Tower	1951	Germany	Grünten Mountain	92 m
Zendstation Zwollerkerspel	1985	Netherlands	Zwollerkerpsel	90 m
TV Tower Słupsk	1991	Poland	Słupsk	90 m
Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc	1972	Andorra	Pic Blanc	86 m	two towers
Transmission Tower Les Ordons	?	Switzerland	Les Ordons	80 m
Directional Radio Tower Konstantynów	1974	Poland	Gabin-Konstantynów	76 m
Radio Tower Colmar	?	France	Colmar	72 m
Radio Tower Bonhoure	?	France	Toulouse	72 m
Pohorje transmitter	?	Slovenia	Maribor	72 m	Additionally guyed
Ionosonde Juliusruh	1961	Germany	Juliusruh	70 m
Transmission Tower Engelskirchen	1992	Germany	Engelskirchen	70 m
Brookmans Park Transmitter	1929	UK	Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire	60.96 m
Etzenricht Directional Radio Tower	1973	Germany	Etzenricht	55 m
Transmitter Turners Hill	?	United Kingdom	Turners Hill, West Midland	?
The Wrekin Transmitter	?	UK	The Wrekin, Shropshire	52 m
Beacon Hill Transmitter	?	UK	Beacon Hill, Devon	?
Patscherkofel Transmitter	1958	Austria	Patscherkofel Mountain	50 m
TV Tower Henley on Thames	?	UK	Henley on Thames, Berkshire	50 m
Friolzheimer Riese	?	Germany	Friolzheim	47 m
Hidden Radio Tower	2002	Germany	Stuttgart	42 m

Selfradiating transmission tower

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Longwave transmitter Junglinster	1932	Luxembourg	Junglinster	250 m	3 towers, insulated against ground, height since 1980 216 m
Blosenbergturm	1937	Switzerland	Beromünster	216 m	Insulated against ground
Novosemejkino transmitter	1943	Russia	Novosemejkino	205 m	Multiple towers, insulated against ground
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach	?	United States	Carolina Beach	190.5 m	Insulated against ground
Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower	1948	Switzerland	Sottens	190 m	demolished in 1989, insulated against ground
Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower	1948	Cambridge Bay	Canada	189 m	Operates as NDB with callsign CB
Transmitter Beromünster, backup transmission tower	1937	Switzerland	Beromünster	126 m	Insulated against ground
Transmitter Sottens, backup transmission tower	1931	Switzerland	Sottens	125 m	Insulated against ground
Transmitter Monte Ceneri	1933	Lattice tower	Monte Ceneri pass	120 m	insulated against ground, since 1978 used for TV-broadcasting ( today DVB-T and DAB)
Limassol BBC Relay, 639 kHz Antenna	?	Cyprus	Akrotiri	120 m	4 towers, insulated against ground
Orfordness transmitting station, 648 kHz Antenna	?	United Kingdom	Orfordness	106.7 m	Insulated against ground, multiple lattice towers
Limassol BBC Relay, 720 kHz Antenna	?	Cyprus	Akrotiri	102 m	4 towers, insulated against ground
Puckeridge DECCA tower	194?	UK	Puckeridge	100 m	Insulated against ground
Perea Mediumwave Transmitter	1947	Greece	Thessaloniki	99.5 m	2 towers, insulated against ground, demolished
Freemen's Common Radio Tower	?	UK	Freemen's Common	?	Insulated against ground
Orfordness transmitting station, 1296 kHz Antenna	?	United Kingdom	Orfordness	?	Insulated against ground, multiple lattice towers
Camphin en Carembault Transmitter, Reserve Transmission Tower	?	France	Camphin en Carembault	?	Insulated against ground
Florence, Old Radio Tower	?	Italy	Florence	?	Insulated against ground, [3]
Ashton Moss Transmitter	?	UK	Ashton-under-Lyne	?	3 towers, insulated against ground
Szombathely transmitter	1955	Hungary	Szombathely	60 m
Lutsk Mediumwave Transmitter	?	Ukraine	Lutsk	50 m
NKR	197?	Germany	Leimen	20 m	Insulated against ground

Pylons

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie	2009	China	Damao Island	370 m	Tallest pylons in the world
Yangtze River Crossing	2003	China	Jiangyin	346.5m
Amazonas Crossing of Tucuruí transmission line	2012	Brazil	Almeirim	295 m
Pylons of Pearl River Crossing	1987	China	Pearl River	253 m + 240 m
Orinoco River Crossing	?	Venezuela	Caroní	240 m	Tallest electricity pylons in South America
Pylons of Messina	1957	Italy	Messina	232 m ( 224 m without basement)	not used as pylons any more
HVDC Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu	2003	China	?	229 m	Tallest electricity pylons used for HVDC
Elbe Crossing 2	1976–1978	Germany	Stade	227 m
Chūshi Powerline Crossing	1962	Japan	Takehara	226 m	Tallest electricity pylons in Japan
Daqi-Channel-Crossing	1997	Japan	Takehara	223 m
Overhead line crossing Suez Canal	1998	Egypt		221 m
Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower East	?	Russia	Balakovo	197 m
LingBei-Channel-Crossing	1993	Japan	Reihoku	195 m
400 kV Thames Crossing	1965	UK	West Thurrock	190 m
Elbe Crossing 1	1958–1962	Germany	Stade	189 m
Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Crossing	?	Canada	Tracy	174.6 m	tallest electricity pylon in Canada
Lekkerkerk Crossing 1	1970	Netherlands	Lekkerkerk	163 m	Tallest crossing in the Netherlands
Bosporus overhead line crossing III	1999	Turkey	Istanbul	160 m
Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower West	?	Russia	Balakovo	159 m
Pylons of Cadiz	?	Spain	Cadiz	158 m
Aust Severn Powerline Crossing	?	UK	Aust	148.75 m
132 kV Thames Crossing	1932	UK	West Thurrock	148.4 m	demolished in 1987
Karmsundet Powerline Crossing	?	Norway	Karmsundet	143.5 m
Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 2	?	Denmark	Raerup	141.7 m
Saint Lawrence River HVDC Quebec-New England Overhead Powerline Crossing	1989	Canada	Deschambault-Grondines	140 m	dismantled in 1992
Pylons of Voerde	1926	Germany	Voerde	138 m
Köhlbrand Powerline Crossing	?	Germany	Hamburg	138 m
Bremen-Farge Weser Powerline Crossing	?	Germany	Bremen	135 m
Pylons of Ghesm Crossing	1984	Iran	Strait of Ghesm	130 m	One pylon standing on a caisson in the sea
Shukhov tower on the Oka River	1929	Russia	Dzerzhinsk	128 m	Hyperboloid structure, 2 towers, one of them demolished
Tarchomin pylon of Tarchomin-Łomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Tarchomin	127 m
Skolwin pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Skolwin	126 m
Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2	1977	Ukraine	Enerhodar	126 m
Inoujście pylon of Skolwin-Inoujście Odra Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Inoujście	125 m
Bosporus overhead line crossing II	1983	Turkey	Istanbul	124 m
Duisburg-Wanheim Powerline Rhine Crossing	?	Germany	Duisburg	122 m
Łomianki pylon of Tarchomin-Łomianki Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Łomianki	121 m
Pylons of Duisburg-Rheinhausen	1926	Germany	Duisburg-Rheinhausen	118.8 m
Bullenhausen Elbe Powerline Crossing	?	Germany	Bullenhausen	117 m
Lubaniew-Bobrowniki Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Lubaniew/Bobrowniki	117 m
Świeże Górne-Rybakow Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Świeże Górne/Rybaków	116 m
Ostrówek-Tursko Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Ostrówek/Tursko	115 m
Bosporus overhead line crossing I	1957	Turkey	Istanbul	113 m
Bremen-Industriehafen Weser Powerline Crossing	?	Germany	Bremen	111 m	two parallel running powerlines
Probostwo Dolne pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Nowy Bógpomóż/Probostwo Dolne	111 m
Daugava Powerline Crossing	1975	Latvia	Riga	110 m
Nowy Bógpomóż pylon of Nowy Bógpomóż-Probostwo Dolne Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Nowy Bógpomóż	109 m
Regów Gołąb Vistula Powerline Crossing	?	Poland	Regów/Gołąb	108 m
Orsoy Rhine Crossing	?	Germany	Orsoy	105 m
Limfjorden Overhead powerline crossing 1	?	Denmark	Raerup	101.2 m
Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing 2	1977	Ukraine	Enerhodar	100 m
Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing	1917	Germany	Düsseldorf	?	Under the legs of the pylon on the east shore of Rhine there runs the rail to nearby Holthausen substation
Strelasund Powerline Crossing	?	Germany	Sundhagen	85 m
380 kV Ems Overhead Powerline Crossing	?	Germany	Mark (south of Weener)	84 m
Pylon in the artificial lake of Santa Maria	1959	Switzerland	Lake of Santa Maria	75 m	Pylon in an artificial lake
Zaporizhzhia Pylon Triple	?	Ukraine	Zaporizhzhia	74.5 m	Two triple pylns used for a powerline crossing from Khortytsia Island to the east shore of Dneipr
Aggersund Crossing of Cross-Skagerrak	1977	Denmark	Aggersund	70 m
Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing	1901	United States	Benicia	68 m + 20 m	World's first powerline crossing of a larger waterway
Anlage 2610, Mast 69	?	Germany	Bochum	47 m	Pylon of 220 kV powerline decorated with balls in Ruhr-Park mall.
Colossus of Eislingen	1980	Germany	Eislingen/Fils	47 m
Pink Pylon	?	UK	Ashworth Valley	?	demounted in 2003
Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon	?	UK	Stalybridge, Greater Manchester	?

Monuments

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Torre del Reformador	1935	Guatemala	Guatemala City	75 m
Mount Gorbea summit cross	1907	Spain	Mount Gorbea	17.2 m

Lighthouses

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Campen Lighthouse	1889	Germany	Krummhörn	65.3 m

Wind turbines

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Nowy Tomyśl Wind Turbines	2012	Poland	Nowy Tomyśl, Poland	210 m	160 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 100 metres diameter
Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow	2006	Germany	Laasow, Brandenburg	205 m	160 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter
Fuhrländer Wind Turbines Spremberg	2009	Germany	Spremberg, Brandenburg	191 m	141 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 100 metres diameter, 9 units
Laubersreuth Fuhrländer Wind Turbines	2010	Germany	Münchberg, Bavaria	191 m	141 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 100 metres diameter, 2 units
Ewiger Fuhrmann Vestas V66 Wind Turbine		Germany	Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia	150 m	117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter
Oyten Vestas V-66 Wind Turbines	2000/2002	Germany	Oyten, Lower-Saxony	150 m	117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 2 units
Elspe Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbine	2001	Germany	Elspe, North Rhine-Westphalia	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter
Melle Südwind S77 Wind Turbines	2001/2003	Germany	Melle, Lower Saxony	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 6 units
Heisberg Südwind S77 Wind Turbine	2002	Germany	Freudenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter
Wallmersbach Südwind S77 Wind Turbine	2002	Germany	Uffenheim, Bavaria	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter
Achim Vestas V66 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Achim, Lower Saxony	150 m	117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 3 units
Badbergen Südwind S70\1500 wind turbines	2002	Germany	Badbergen, Lower-Saxony	150 m	114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter, 12 units
Dinklage Südwind S70\1500 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Dinklage, Lower Saxony	150 m	114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter, 5 units
Beedenbostel Vestas V66 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Beedenbostel, Lower Saxony	150 m	117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 5 units
Büddenstedt Südwind S77 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Helmstedt, Lower Saxony	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Schwagstorf Südwind S70\1500 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Ostercappeln, Lower Saxony	150 m	114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter, 12 units
Kamp-Lintfort Südwind S77 Wind Turbines	2003	Germany	Kamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Wetzdorf REpower MD77 Wind Turbines	2003	Germany	Wetzdorf, Thuringia	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter,2 units
Hilgershausen Südwind S77 Wind Turbines	2003/ 2004	Germany	Felsberg, Hesse	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Kirchlinteln Vestas V66 Wind Turbines	2004	Germany	Kirchlinteln, Lower Saxony	150 m	117 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 66 metres diameter, 4 units
Dretzen Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbines	2005	Germany	Dretzen, Brandenburg	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 10 units
Bad Laer Nordex N90 Wind Turbine	2005	Germany	Bad Laer, Lower Saxony	150 m	105 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter
Achmer Nordex N90 wind turbines	2006	Germany	Achmer, Lower-Saxony	150 m	105 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter, 9 units
Alfhausen Nordex N90 wind turbines		Germany	Alfhausen, Lower-Saxony	150 m	105 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 90 metres diameter, 12 units
Nike Laakdal Wind Park	2006	Belgium	Laakdal	150 m	111.5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 6 units
Voltlage Nordex S77 wind turbines	2006	Germany	Voltlage, Lower-Saxony	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 7 units
Pattensen REpower MD77 Wind Turbine	2007	Germany	Pattensen, Lower Saxony	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter
Kölkebeck REpower MD77 Wind Turbines	2007	Germany	Kölkebeck, North Rhine-Westphalia	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Schorbus REpower MD77 Wind Turbines	2007	Germany	Schorbus, Brandenburg	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter,2 units
Illerich Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbines	2005	Germany	Illerich, Rheinland-Pfalz	150 m	111,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Glandorf Fuhrländer FL 70 Wind Turbine	2003	Germany	Glandorf, Lower Saxony	149,5 m	114,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 70 metres diameter
Urfeld Südwind S77 Wind Turbines	2001	Germany	Wesseling, North Rhine-Westphalia	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Vorderbreitenthann Südwind S77 Wind Turbine	2002	Germany	Uffenheim, Bavaria	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter
Muthmannshofen Südwind S77 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Muthmannshofen, Bavaria	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Werl REpower MD 77 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Werl, North Rhine-Westphalia	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 Anlage
Bennien Südwind S77 Wind Turbines	2003	Germany	Melle, Lower Saxony	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 4 units
Wetzdorf REpower MD77 Wind Turbines	2003	Germany	Wetzdorf, Thuringia	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter,2 units
Kölkebeck Nordex S77 Wind Turbine	2006	Germany	Kölkebeck, North Rhine-Westphalia	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter
Litzendorf REpower MD77 Wind Turbines	2008	Germany	Litzendorf, Bavaria	135 m	96,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 77 metres diameter, 2 units
Auetal Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines	2001	Germany	Auetal, Lower Saxony	100 m	69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameter, 3 units
Möllenberg Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines	2001	Germany	Möllenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia	100 m	69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameter, 4 units
Vechta Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines	2001	Germany	Vechta, Lower Saxony	100 m	69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameter, 3 units
Qingdao Nordex N 62 Wind Turbines	2003	China	Qingdao	100 m	69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 62 metres diameterr, 12 units
Barnstorf Vestas V 47 Wind Turbines	2000	Germany	Barnstorf, Lower Saxony	99,5 m	76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter, 4 units
Barver Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine	2000	Germany	Barver, Lower Saxony	99,5 m	76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter
Blender Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine	2000	Germany	Blender, Lower Saxony	99,5 m	76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter
Meinerzhagen Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine	2000	Germany	Meinerzhagen, Lower Saxony	99,5 m	76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter
Ronnenberg Vestas V 47 Wind Turbines	2001	Germany	Ronnenberg, Lower Saxony	99,5 m	76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter
Blieskastel Vestas V 47 Wind Turbine	2001	Germany	Blieskastel, Rheinland-Pfalz	99,5 m	76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter
Zehlendorf Vestas V 47 Wind Turbines	2002	Germany	Zehlendorf, Brandenburg	99,5 m	76 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 47 metres diameter
Stemwede Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines	1997	Germany	Stemwede, North Rhine-Westphalia	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 10 units
Oelde Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	1997	Germany	Oelde, North Rhine-Westphalia	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Silixen Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	1998	Germany	Silixen, North Rhine-Westphalia	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Sassenberg Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	1998	Germany	Sassenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Osnabrück Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	1998	Germany	Osnabrück, Lower Saxony	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Celle Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	1998	Germany	Celle, Lower Saxony	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Alzey-Hochborn Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines	1998/1999	Germany	Alzey-Hochborn, Rheinland-Pfalz	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 14 units
Fürfeld Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines	1999	Germany	Fürfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 2 units
Brest Nordex N 60 Wind Turbines	1999/2000	Germany	Brest, Lower Saxony	99 m	69 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 60 metres diameter, 11 units
Lotte Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	2001	Germany	Lotte, Lower Saxony	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Fürfeld Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	2001	Germany	Fürfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Rödinghausen Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	2001	Germany	Rödinghausen, Lower Saxony	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Mücheln-Oechlitz Nordex N 43 Wind Turbines	2003	Germany	Mücheln-Oechlitz, Saxony	99 m	77,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter, 3 units
Erbendorf SB 56 Wind Turbines	2003	Germany	Erbendorf, Bavaria	99 m	71 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 56 metres diameter, 3 units
Neustadt/Rübenberge Nordex N 60 Wind Turbines	1999/2000	Germany	Neustadt/Rübenberge, Lower Saxony	95 m	65 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 60 metres diameter, 9 units
Karpatos Nordex N 43 Wind Turbine	1999	Greece	Karpatos	71,5 m	50 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 43 metres diameter
Vöhrenbach-Fernhöhe Nordex N29 Wind Turbine	1996	Germany	Vöhrenbach, Baden-Württemberg	66,25 m	51,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 29,5 metres diameter
Salzburger Kopf Nordex N29 Wind Turbine	1996	Germany	Salzburg, Rhineland-Palatine	66,25 m	51,5 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 29,5 metres diameter
Ramsloh Nordex N27 Wind Turbine	1995	Germany	Saterland, Lower-Saxony	54 m	41 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 27 metres diameter
Schwanebeck Nordex N29 Wind Turbine		Germany	Schwanebeck, Saxony-Anhalt
Windkraftanlage Axel Hettich	2002	Germany	Schonach, Baden-Württemberg	36 m	Type: Enercon E-12/30, 30 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 12 metres diameter
Vorob'evskaya Wind Park		Ukraine	Vorob'evskaya	26,5 m	18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter
Novoazovskaya Wind Park		Ukraine	Novoazovskaya	26,5 m	18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter
Donuzlavskaya Wind Park		Ukraine	Donuzlavskaya	26,5 m	18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter
Tarkhankut Wind Park		Ukraine	Chornomorske	26,5 m	18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter
Myrne Wind Park		Ukraine	Myrne	26,5 m	18 metre tall lattice tower carrying a rotor with 17 metres diameter
Gross Schenkenberg Enercon E-16 Wind Turbine		Germany	Gross Schenkenberg, Lower Saxony

Pillars of aerial tramways

Tramway	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III	1966	Austria	Kaprun	113.6 m	Tallest pillar of aerial tramway in the world
Torre Jaume I	1931	Spain	Barcelona	107 m	Intermediate stop, also observation tower
Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway	?	Switzerland	Zermatt	94 m
Eibsee Aerial Tramway	1962	Germany	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	85 m
3S Aerial Tramway	2004	Austria	Kitzbühel	80 m
Torre Sant Sebastia	1931	Spain	Barcelona	78 m	Terminal of harbour aerial tramway of Barcelona Spain
Wendelstein Aerial Tramway	1970	Germany	Bischofsmais	75 m
Sandia Peak Tramway	1965	United States	Albuquerque	70,7 m	inclined in an angle of 18 degree
Eibsee Aerial Tramway	1962	Germany	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	65 m

Other uses

Tower	Year	Country	Town	Pinnacle	Remarks
Parachute Tower Katowice	1937	Poland	Katowice	50 m