Vännäs TV Tower (Swedish: Vännäsmasten) is a Swedish concrete television tower that has a mast on top. It is used for transmitting FM-/TV-broadcasting.[1]
| Vännäs Television Tower | |
|---|---|
Vännäsmasten | |
  Location within Sweden | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Partially guyed concrete television tower |
| Location | Vännäs, Vännäs Municipality, Västerbotten County,  Sweden |
| Coordinates | 63°50′25″N 19°49′21″E / 63.84028°N 19.82250°E |
| Construction started | 1958 |
| Completed | 1960 |
| Height | 323 m (1,060 ft) (rounded-off) |
The Vännäs TV Tower resembles the Gerbrandy Tower in IJsselstein, the Netherlands. They both are a concrete tower with a steel mast on top that is guyed to the ground. The Gerbrandy Tower is 367 m (1,204 ft) tall, while the Vännäs Tower is shorter at 323 m (1,060 ft) tall.
Vännäs TV Tower was close to collapsing due to heavy icing in 1988. They managed to save the tower by spraying hot water and glycol from a helicopter.
Geography
editVännäs TV Tower lies in the statistical-designated place of Vännäs, which in turn, is the seat of the municipality of Vännäs, in the county of Västerbotten, situated in the northern part of the Kingdom of Sweden.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Latitude.to. "GPS coordinates of Vännäs TV Tower, Sweden. Latitude: 63.8375 Longitude: 19.8202". Latitude.to, maps, geolocated articles, latitude longitude coordinate conversion. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
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