The WLBT Tower was a 610 meter (2000 feet) high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV-programs from Raymond, Mississippi, USA for the Jackson metro area. The mast, constructed in 1966, was located at 32°12′50″N 90°22′57″W / 32.21389°N 90.3825°W / 32.21389; -90.3825. On October 23, 1997 the mast, which was property of Cosmos Broadcasting (WLBT is a local NBC affiliate) collapsed during the renovation of its guy wires. Three workers were killed. The tower has since been rebuilt.
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“Shall I still be love’s house on the widdershin earth,
Woe to the windy masons at my shelter?
Love’s house, they answer, and the tower death
Lie all unknowing of the grave sin-eater.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)