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Globecom Tower

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Globecom Tower was completed in 1954. It was, at completion, the tallest man-made structure outside of the United States and the third tallest in the world after
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The tower, unused for years, was brought down with explosive charges set and detonated by US Army combat engineers in the spring of 1992.
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insulated against the ground and equipped with an elevator running up to a height of 360 m (1,181.10 ft).
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with a triangular cross section (sidelength: 4.75 metres), which is anchored in three levels. It is designed as a
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Turmbauwerke, Bauverlag GmbH, Wiesbaden (Deutschland), Germany, 1966 (there mentioned as "Funkmast in der Arktis")
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https://web.archive.org/web/20080313111152/http://www.thuleforum.com/north_mountain.htm
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Mast radiator insulated against ground in Pituffik Space Base, Greenland
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Installations of the United States Air Force in Greenland
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Globecom Tower, whose design is similar to that of 699: 670: 639: 596: 298: 143: 138: 130: 122: 114: 106: 67: 53: 43: 35: 30: 21: 208:Globecom Tower was used for transmitting military 268: 8: 248:http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b870 158:was a 378.25 m (1,240.98 ft) tall 830:Buildings and structures demolished in 1992 790:Military radio systems of the United States 388:Jiangsu Nanjing Broadcast Television Tower 275: 261: 253: 18: 800:Equipment of the United States Air Force 684:Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie 293:indicate structures under construction 48:Mast radiator insulated against ground 7: 678:Jintang-Cezi Overhead Powerline Link 825:1992 disestablishments in Greenland 690:Yangtze River power line crossings 518:Tianjin Radio and Television Tower 338:China Central Radio & TV Tower 14: 815:1954 establishments in Greenland 764:Tallest buildings and structures 769:Tallest freestanding structures 408:Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower 358:Emley Moor transmitting station 121: 113: 110:180.45 m (592.03 ft) 1: 795:Former radio masts and towers 513:Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower 134:360 m (1,181.10 ft) 630:Sutong Yangtze River Bridge 846: 538:Tortoise Mountain TV Tower 754: 618:Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge 543:Turner Broadcasting tower 468:Saint Petersburg TV Tower 378:Indosiar Television Tower 288: 91:76.5530111°N 68.5509583°W 26: 820:Towers completed in 1954 478:Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower 463:Riga Radio and TV Tower 433:Mumbai Television Tower 148:United States Air Force 139:Design and construction 96:76.5530111; 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Mast radiator insulated against ground
Pituffik Space Base
Greenland
Coordinates
76°33′10.84″N 68°33′3.45″W / 76.5530111°N 68.5509583°W / 76.5530111; -68.5509583
United States Air Force
guyed mast
longwave
Northmountain
Pituffik Space Base
Greenland
Forestport Tower
lattice steel tower
mast radiator
KWTV Mast
Oklahoma City
Empire State Building
telex
CFB Goose Bay
callsign
https://web.archive.org/web/20080313111152/http://www.thuleforum.com/north_mountain.htm
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b870
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Towers
Almaty Tower
Aspire Tower
Bailong Elevator
Baku TV Tower

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