List of Catastrophic Collapses of Radio Masts and Towers - By Height

By Height

Name Pinnacle height Year Country Town Remarks
Warsaw Radio Mast 2121 ft 646.4 m 1972–1974 Poland Gabin-Konstantynów, Masovian Voivodeship collapsed on August 8, 1991 during guy wire exchange, insulated against ground
WCIX/CH6 TV Mast 2000 ft 609.6 m 1992 U.S. Homestead, Florida collapsed during Hurricane Andrew in 1992
KATV/CH7 TV Mast 2000 ft 609.6 m 2008 U.S. Redfield, Arkansas collapsed during Maintenance in 2008
WEAU/CH13 NBC TV Tower 2000 ft 609.6 m 2011 U.S. Fairchild, WI collapsed during weather related events (ice) March 22, 2011
KHYS Tower 1992 ft 607.2 m 1997 U.S. Devers, Texas dismantled
KNOE-TV Tower 1989 ft 606.25 m 1997 U.S. Monroe, Louisiana collapsed when workers failed to install temporary braces
KDUH/CH4 TV Mast 1969 ft 599 m 1969 U.S. Hemingford, Nebraska collapsed on September 24, 2003
Capitol Broadcasting Tower Broadway 1749 ft 533.1 m 1985 U.S. Broadway, North Carolina dismantled
WAEO Tower 1720 ft 524.25 m 1966 U.S. Starks, Wisconsin collapse due to plane collision with guy wire on November 17, 1968 (NTSB incident CHI69A0053)
KSLA-TV Tower 1709 ft 521 m 1977 U.S. Mooringsport, Louisiana Cause never identified
KDEB Tower 1627 ft 496 m 1968 U.S. Fordland, Missouri also known as American Towers Tower Fordland, dismantled
WJJY TV Mast 1611 ft 491 m U.S. Bluffs, Illinois collapsed during ice storm on March 26, 1978 (Easter Sunday)
DBA Tower 1577 ft 482.2 m 1997 U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas dismantled
WVAH Tower 1551 ft 473 m 1980 U.S. Scott Depot, West Virginia destroyed on February 19, 2003
Taymylyr CHAYKA-Mast 1516 ft 462 m Russia Taymylyr demolished on September 24, 2009 by explosives
Nebraska Education Tower Angora 1,499 ft 456.9 m 1966–1978 U.S. Angora, Nebraska collapsed in February 1978
Pinnacle Towers Tower La Feria 1501 ft 454.8 m 1981 U.S. La Feria, Texas dismantled
OMEGA transmitter Chabrier 1403 ft 428 m 1976 France (Réunion) Chabrier, Réunion demolished on April 14, 1999
KETV TV Tower 1329 ft 415.1 m 1966–2003 U.S. Omaha, Nebraska collapsed
Angissq LORAN-C transmitter (old mast) 1350 ft 411.48 m 1963 Denmark, Greenland Angissq collapsed on July 27, 1964
Marcus Island LORAN-C transmitter (old mast) 1350 ft 411.48 m 1964 Japan Markus Island dismantled in 1985
Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter 1350 ft 411.48 m 1963/1965 Japan Iwo Jima destroyed in 1965, afterwards rebuilt, rebuilt mast dismantled in 1993
Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter (old mast) 1350 ft 411.48 m 1965 Canada Cape Race collapsed on February 2, 1993
American Tower Newton 1349 ft 411.2 m ? U.S. Newton, Massachusetts dismantled
South Carolina Educational TV Tower 1329 ft 401.7 m 1975 U.S. Green Pond, South Carolina dismantled
WAND TV Tower Decatur 1314 ft 400.5 m ? U.S. Decatur, Illinois collapsed during ice storm on March 26, 1978 (Easter Sunday)
KXAN TV Tower (Old) 1299 ft 395.9 m 1964 U.S. Austin, Texas dismantled
Forestport Tower 1280 ft 390.1 m 1950 U.S. Forestport, New York demolished on April 21, 1998 by explosives
Emley Moor Mk. 2 1265 ft 385 m 1964 UK Emley Moor, West Yorkshire destroyed on March 19, 1969
CBC Tower 1217 ft 371 m 1972 Canada Shawinigan, Quebec demolished after plane crash
Omega Tower Trelew 1201 ft 366 m 1976 Argentina Golfo Nuevo demolished
NSS Annapolis 1200 ft 365.8 m + 243.8 m U.S. Annapolis, Maryland 365.8 m high mast insulated against ground, demolished
South Carolina Educational TV tower Sumter 1194 ft 363.3 m 1975 U.S. Sumter, South Carolina dismantled
KPXE Tower 1164 ft 354.8 m 1978 U.S. Kansas City, Missouri dismantled
Sender Zehlendorf (old longwave transmission mast) 1180 ft 351 m 1962 Germany Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Brandenburg destroyed on May 18, 1978 at aircraft collision
Sendemast SL3 1149 ft 350 m 1968 East Germany Burg bei Magdeburg (today in Saxony-Anhalt) collapsed on February 18, 1976
Grant Radio Tower Carrollton 1123 ft 342.6 m 1987 U.S. Carrollton, Alabama dismantled
Deutschlandsender Herzberg/Elster 1108 ft 337 m 1939 Germany Herzberg insulated against ground, dismantled
RFM TV Tower Fort Worth 1098 ft 334.7 m 1988 U.S. Fort Worth, Texas dismantled
Gray Television Madison Tower 1080 ft 334.4 m 1993 U.S. Madison, Wisconsin dismantled
Gray TV Tower Lorena 1080 ft 329.2 m 1962 U.S. Lorena, Texas dismantled
Nebraska Education Tower Atlanta 1065 ft 324.8 m 1965 U.S. Atlanta, Nebraska destroyed at aircraft collision
Vysílač Krašov (old mast) 1058 ft 324 m 1959/60 Czech Republic near Bezvěrov collapsed in 1979
South Texas Broadcasting Tower Loganville 1032 ft 319.7 m 1989 U.S. Loganville, Georgia dismantled
Putlitzer Broadcasting Artesia Tower 1149 ft 319 m 1965 U.S. Artesia, New Mexico dismantled
JCORP-Tower 1149 ft 317.9 m 1978 U.S. Bartlett, Tennessee dismantled
Pinnacle Tower Hollywood 1149 ft 317.4 m 1989 U.S. Hollywood, Florida dismantled
University of North Carolina Columbia Tower 1080 ft 317 m 1964 U.S. Columbia, North Carolina dismantled
RTM Tower ~1040 ft ~317 m 1966 Malaysia Johor Bahru dismantled in 2006
WPTV TV-Tower 1149 ft 314.2 m 1963 U.S. Greenacres, Florida dismantled
WAWS TV-Tower 1149 ft 313,5 m 1980 U.S. Greenacres, Florida dismantled
WorldCom Tower Petal 1058 ft 313 m 1996 U.S. Petal, Mississippi dismantled
WVEC TV Tower 1024 ft 312 m 1995 U.S. Suffolk, Virginia dismantled
Paxon Tower Felsmere 1023 ft 311.7 m 1984 U.S. Felsmere, Florida dismantled
Union Pacific Railroad Tower Chicago 1021 ft 311.2 m 1987 U.S. Chicago, Illinois dismantled
Nextel Onondaga Tower 1149 ft 307 m 1994 U.S. Onondaga, Michigan dismantled
Transmitter Kojál (old mast) 305 m 1959/60 Czech Republic near Krásensko demolished in 1985
Cox Radio Tower Sheppard 1000 ft 305 m 1992 U.S. Sheppard, Texas dismantled
WAAY-TV TV Tower 1000 ft 304.8 m 2003 U.S. Huntsville, AL 3 workers killed in collapse
Yap LORAN-C transmitter 1000 ft 304.8 m 1964 Federated States of Micronesia Yap Island dismantled in 1987
Century Cellunet Tower 1149 ft 304.8 m 1994 U.S. Kingsley, Michigan dismantled
CKVR Television Tower 1000 ft 304.8 m 1978 Canada Barrie, Ontario rebuilt 1978, plane crash destroyed previous mast
South Carolina Educational TV Tower Columbia 1000 ft 304.8 m 1966 U.S. Columbia, South Carolina dismantled
Raycom Tower Doerun 1000 ft 304.8 m 1980 U.S. Doerun, Georgia dismantled
KTRK-TV Tower Shepard 1000 ft 304.8 m 1998 U.S. Shepard, Texas dismantled
Chevron Tower Cedar Hill 1000 ft 304 m 1973 U.S. Cedar Hill, Texas dismantled
Zendstation Smilde 1011 ft 303.5 m 2011 Netherlands Hoogersmilde Tubular steel superstructure collapsed, new steel lattice superstructure constructed (2012) on top of existing concrete base tower
MCI Tower Houston 1000 ft 300.2 m 1993 U.S. Houston, Texas dismantled

Read more about this topic:  List Of Catastrophic Collapses Of Radio Masts And Towers

Famous quotes containing the word height:

    “The Woodrovian style, at the height of the Wilson hallucination, was much praised by cornfed connoisseurs.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer.”
    —Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)