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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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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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Radio Mast Thule
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
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Towers
Almaty Tower
Aspire Tower
Bailong Elevator

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