Additionally guyed tower
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An additionally guyed tower is a free-standing tower
, which is also additionally guyed
.
An additional guying can be temporarily or permanently. Temporarily additional guying is used when work on static relevant parts of the tower is done.
A permanent guying is attached when the construction has to withstand strong forces in a certain direction. For example, some types of electricity pylon where the conductors change their direction or terminate. Towers carrying horizontally spun wire antennas are sometimes additionally guyed. Sometimes towers in windy areas are additionally guyed in order to withstand increased strain.
The main advantage of additional guying is that it is cheaper than building a completely free-standing tower, which can withstand the same force. Further, it allows for very easy upgrading of existing structures.
The disadvantage of additional guying is that it requires much more ground space and that the guy basements handicap the work of agriculture. There is also a danger that the guys can be damaged at their basement anchors, so the basements need to be fenced in.
Tower
A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires....
, which is also additionally guyed
Guy-wire
A guy-wire or guy-rope, also known as simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to structures . One end of the cable is attached to the structure, and the other is anchored to the ground at a distance from the structure's base...
.
An additional guying can be temporarily or permanently. Temporarily additional guying is used when work on static relevant parts of the tower is done.
A permanent guying is attached when the construction has to withstand strong forces in a certain direction. For example, some types of electricity pylon where the conductors change their direction or terminate. Towers carrying horizontally spun wire antennas are sometimes additionally guyed. Sometimes towers in windy areas are additionally guyed in order to withstand increased strain.
The main advantage of additional guying is that it is cheaper than building a completely free-standing tower, which can withstand the same force. Further, it allows for very easy upgrading of existing structures.
The disadvantage of additional guying is that it requires much more ground space and that the guy basements handicap the work of agriculture. There is also a danger that the guys can be damaged at their basement anchors, so the basements need to be fenced in.
Some additionally guyed towers
| Tower | Year | Country | Town | Pinnacle height | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torre de Collserola Torre de Collserola Torre de Collserola is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by architect Sir Norman Foster, and built in 1991 for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It features a pod for floor space like many towers but uses... |
1992 | Barcelona | 288.4 m | http://radiomap.eu/es/barcelona.htm#collserola | |
| Torre Espacial Torre Espacial Torre Espacial or Torre Interama is a 228 metre -high observation tower in the Villa Soldati section of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tower was built in 1980 in the Parque de la Ciudad amusement park, and has observation decks at 220, 124 and 185 metres of height. From the highest one it is possible... |
1980 | Buenos Aires | 228 m | ||
| RKS Liblice 1 RKS Liblice 1 RKS Liblice 1 is a facility for commercial longwave transmission located in the Czech Republic about east of Prague near Liblice. It uses as a T-antenna hung up on two tall insulated towers built of lattice steel... |
? | Liblice | 150 m | insulated against ground | |
| Kherson TV Mast | ? | Kherson | 142 m | ||
| Mount Ślęża transmitter | 1972 | Mount Ślęża | 136 m | http://radiomap.eu/pl/wroclaw.htm#sleza | |
| Portofino TV Tower Portofino transmitter Portofino transmitter is a facility for FM-/AM-/TV-broadcasting near Portofino in Italy.Portofino transmitter uses for the mediumwave transmitter, which works on 1575 kHz with 50 kW... |
Portofino | 130 m | http://mediasuk.org/archive/portofino.html, | ||
| Lezarsk TV Tower | ? | Lezarsk | 130 m | ||
| Păltiniş transmitter | ? | Vârful Onceşti | ? | http://www.predavatel.com/ro/6/sibiu.htm#paltinis | |
| Rarău transmitter | ? | Câmpulung Moldovenesc | ? | http://www.predavatel.com/ro/5/campulung-moldovenesc.htm#rarau | |
| Psunj Psunj Psunj is a mountain in the southwestern Slavonia region in eastern Croatia. It is the highest mountain of Slavonia, with the highest peak of Brezovo polje at 984 m.a.s.l. In the north it extends to Ravna gora and Papuk, while otherwise it is surrounded by lowlands... TV Tower |
1963 | Psunj | 128.5 m | Originally completely free-standing | |
| Helgoland Radio Tower Helgoland radio tower Helgoland radio tower is a 113 m high transmission tower on the island of Helgoland in Germany. It is owned by the Deutsche Telekom. It was constructed anew in 2000, replacing an older, lower mast that was subsequently demolished, and has some unusual characteristics. It uses a triangular base... |
? | Helgoland | 115 m | ||
| Nha Trang Radio Tower | ? | Vietnam | Nha Trang | ? m | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Nha_Trang_Rooftop_Panorama.jpg |
| Schöckl Transmitter Schöckl Transmitter Schöckl Transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission on the Schöckl Mountain in Steiermark, Austria. It uses as an antenna tower, a 100 metre high lattice tower, which was built in 1956.... |
1957 | Schöckl | 100 m | http://radiomap.eu/at/graz.htm#schoeckl | |
| Holstein Tower Holstein Tower Holstein Tower is a 100-metre-high gyro tower in Hansa Park, an amusement park in Sierksdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Holstein Tower was built in 1988, opposite many other similar structures additionally guyed at the machine unit.-See also:* List of towers... |
1988 | Sierksdorf | 100 m | Gyro-Tower in Hansa Park | |
| Staszyce Radio Tower | ? | Piła | 98 m | http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=203 | |
| KFJZ KFJZ KFJZ is an AM radio station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as a Spanish Catholic station. This station is licensed in Fort Worth, Texas and is owned and operated by Siga Broadcasting Corporation.-History:... -Tower |
? | Everman, Texas Everman, Texas Everman is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,108 at the 2010 census.Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith, who served from 2002–2005, was reared in Everman.-History:... |
86.6 m | Additionally guyed tower radiator Mast radiator A mast radiator is a radio mast or tower in which the whole structure itself functions as an antenna. This design is commonly used for transmitting antennas operating at low frequencies, in the VLF, LF and MF ranges, in particular those used for AM broadcasting. The metal mast is electrically... |
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| Krinichki Communications Tower | ? | Krinichki | 75 m | ||
| USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory Meteorological Tower | ? | Bushland, Texas | ? | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/USDA_windmills.jpg | |
| Rubtsovsk Radio Tower | 1957 | Rubtsovsk | 72 m | dismantled in 1966 | |
| Pohorje transmitter Pohorje transmitter Pohorje transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting in the Pohorje Mountains west of Maribor, Slovenia at 15° 34' 53" E and 46° 30' 57" N 1056 metres above sea level.... |
? | Maribor | 72 m | ||
| Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Water Tower | ? | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is a town in south-central Poland with 74,211 inhabitants .Main industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship .- History:The oldest testimonies of... |
70 m | http://www.wieze.republika.pl/OstrowiecSwietokrzyski_2.htm | |
| South Wellfleet Marconi Towers | 1902 | Cape Cod | 64 m | 4 wooden towers, dismantled in 1920 | |
| Askiz TV Tower | ? | Askiz | ? | http://abakan.rtrn.ru/data/askiz.jpg | |
| Kaliningrad Transmission Mast | ? | Kaliningrad | ? | http://kaliningrad.rtrn.ru/data/_MG_2692_.jpg | |
| RTON Błeszno Częstochowa | 1967 | Częstochowa | 67 m | :pl:RTON Błeszno Częstochowa | |
| 1 Tower of Monte Beigua transmitter | Monte Beigua Monte Beigua Monte Beigua is a mountain in the Ligurian Apennines in Liguria, northern Italy, between the two communes of Varazze and Sassello... , Savona Savona Savona is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.... |
? m | http://the-antenna-site.eu/pictures/other/donated/Italy/Savona-Monte-Beigua/Monte-Beigua04.jpg | ||
| Las Palmas Radio Towers | ? | Las Palmas | ? | http://www.senderfotos.de/images/ausland/laspalmas4.jpg, 2 towers | |
| Mount Washington TV Mast | ? | Mount Washington, New Hampshire | ? | ||
| Bytów MPEC Chimney | ? | Bytów Bytów Bytów is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland in the Bytów Lakeland with 16,888 inhabitants . Previously in Słupsk Voivodeship , it is the capital of Bytów County in Pomeranian Voivodeship .-History:... |
61 m | http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=339 | |
| Bratiya radio tower | ? | Bulgaria | Bratiya Mountain, Panagyurski kolonii | ? | http://www.predavatel.com/bg/news2011/2011_02_19_1 |
| Kmur transmitter | ? | Bosnia-Hercogowina | Kmur Kmur Kmur is a mountain in the municipality of Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has an altitude of .-References:... |
? | http://www.radiobobar.com/strana.php?id=19 |
| One tower of Monte Pellegrino Transmitter | Palermo Palermo Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old... |
? | http://radiomap.eu/it/palermo/montepellegrino_11.jpg | ||
| RR Braga Transmission Tower | ? | Braga | ? | http://mundodaradio.lusopt.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=736, http://www.postimage.org/aV2wmxJ9-82f8bd403f2c3adaa09d6d9626d4193d.jpg | |
| Santo António das Neves Radio Tower | ? | Santo António das Neves | ? | http://mundodaradio.lusopt.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=146 | |
| Coimbra Radio Tower | ? | Coimbra | ? | http://mundodaradio.lusopt.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=146 | |
| Góra Baraniec Transmitter, Tower 1 | ? | Jelenia Góra | ? | http://sf-bb.de/baraniec.htm | |
| Kospec Chimney | ? | Kościerzyna | 57 m | ||
| Varna TV Tower | ? | Varna | 52 m | http://www.predavatel.com/bg/6/varna.htm#rrts | |
| Nanos transmitter, Main Tower | 1962 | Vipava Vipava, Slovenia Vipava is a small town in western Slovenia with 1500 inhabitants. It is the center of a municipality with 5,185 people. Vipava is built near the numerous sources of the Vipava River, in the upper Vipava Valley, 102 m above sea level... |
50 m | ||
| NTL Amelin | ? | Amelin | 49 m | http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=303 | |
| MDD Furniture Factory Chimney | 1960 | Sępólno Krajeńskie | 45 m | ||
| Briançon Radio Tower | ? | Briançon | 40 m | not additionally guyed any more, http://pagesperso-orange.fr/tvignaud/galerie/tv-fm/05briancon.htm | |
| Háj u Aše Radio Tower | ? | Háj u Aše Radio | ? | http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/hajuase/H%e1j%20u%20A%9ae_2006_1.JPG | |
| Anadyr TV Tower | ? | Anadyr Anadyr (town) Anadyr is a port town and the administrative centre of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the extreme north-eastern region of Russia. It is at the mouth of the Anadyr River, on the tip of the southern promontory that sticks out into Anadyrskiy Liman... |
? | http://www.trrlsever.org/SEVER/ANADYR/anadyr_images/glr7602.jpg | |
| Szár-hegy Observation Tower | ? | Szárhegy | ? | ||
| Kazimierz Pomorski Water Tower | ? | Kazimierz Pomorski Kazimierz Pomorski Kazimierz Pomorski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Będzino, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Będzino, north-west of Koszalin, and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the... |
? | http://www.wieze.republika.pl/KazimierzPomorski.htm | |
| Havre-Aubert Lighthouse | ? | Amherst Island | ? | ||
| Kołbacz Water Tower | ? | Kołbacz | ? | http://www.wieze.republika.pl/Kolbacz_zaklad.htm | |
| Lysá Transmitter, Tower 2 | ? | Prešov | ? | http://www.radia.sk/vysielace/87_presov-lysa.html | |
| Willisville Tower | ? | Espanola | ? | dismantled in the late 1980ies, | |
| Koniaków Radio Tower | 1969 | Koniaków | 34 m | http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=20 | |
| Tower of Unity Tower of Unity The Tower of Unity is a 30 meter high observation tower on Heldrastein, a rocky mountain belonging to Treffurt in Thuringia. The tower of Unity has an unusual history and is also from unusual design, because it is additionally guyed by anchoring wires, although it is actually free standing... |
1962 | Heldrastein | 30 m | Former additionally guyed lattice tower, which was transformed into observation tower | |
| Gibberagee Tower | ? | Gibberagee | 30 m | http://www.dominionfireandrescue.com.au/forests.html | |
| Sonneberg ELOKA-Tower | ? | Sonneberg | ? | ||
| ELOKA-Tower Eisenacher Haus http://www.manfred-bischoff.de/images/BLITZ_1990.jpg | ? | Kaltennordheim | ? | ||
| Roggendorf ELOKA-Tower http://www.manfred-bischoff.de/images/FALKE1987_ER.jpg | ? | Roggendorf | ? | ||
| Fichtelberg ELOKA-Towers | ? | Oberwiesenthal | ? | 2 towers | |
| Kandelstein ELOKA-Tower http://www.manfred-bischoff.de/images/Komet_a.jpg | ? | Gutenfürst | ? | ||
| Rodacherbrunn ELOKA-Tower http://www.manfred-bischoff.de/images/SAALE_a.jpg | ? | Rodacherbrunn | ? | ||
| ELOKA-Tower Bienstädter Wartehttp://www.manfred-bischoff.de/images/Bienstedt_73.jpg | ? | Bienstädt | ? | ||
| Mount Cathead Fire Tower | 1916 | Mount Cathead | ? | Today used as radio relay link | |
| Mount Wakely Fire Tower | 1916 | Mount Wakely | ? | ||
| Mount Hadley Fire Tower | 1916 | Mount Hadley | ? | ||
| Mount Boreas Fire Tower | 1919 | Mount Boreas | ? | demolished in 1971 | |
| Mount Goodnow Fire Tower | 1922 | Mount Goodnow | ? | ||
| Hartheim Forestmeteorological Tower | 1985 | Hartheim | 30 m | Aluminium structure http://www.mif.uni-freiburg.de/proj/hartheim/Hartheim.pdf | |
| Góra Kiczera Radio Tower | ? | Baligród | 29 m | http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=43 | |
| Góra Wysokie Tower | 1993 | Limanowa / Męcina | 26 m | http://emi.emitel.pl/EMITEL/obiekty.aspx?obiekt=DODR_S5D, http://radiopolska.pl/wykaz/pokaz_lokalizacja.php?pid=195 | |
| Hochfirst Tower Hochfirst Tower Hochfirst Tower is a 25 metre tall lattice observation tower on the Hochfirst mountain near Titisee-Neustadt at 47°54'04" N and 8°11'03" E.It was built in 1890 as the replacement to a wooden observation tower... |
1890 | Titisee-Neustadt | 25 m | ||
| Berkovitsa Transmitter Tower 2 ( РРТС Петрохан) | 2000 | Berkovitsa | 25 m | http://www.predavatel.com/bg/9/montana.htm#pet | |
| Büchenbronn Observation Tower Büchenbronn Observation Tower Büchenbronn Observation Tower, built in 1883, is situated on the Buechenbronn height in the proximity of Pforzheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-west Germany... |
1883 | Büchenbronn | 24.75 m | ||
| HTM NDB Miles City | ? | Miles City, Montana | ? | Tower radiator Mast radiator A mast radiator is a radio mast or tower in which the whole structure itself functions as an antenna. This design is commonly used for transmitting antennas operating at low frequencies, in the VLF, LF and MF ranges, in particular those used for AM broadcasting. The metal mast is electrically... of NDB http://www.auroralchorus.com/ndb/htn320b.jpg |
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| Mrzlica transmitter, Main Mast | ? | Mrzlica | ? m | ||
| Harghita transmitter http://www.directiaapelormures.ro/formatia_service.html | ? | Harghita | ? | ||
| Reghin transmitter http://www.directiaapelormures.ro/formatia_service.html | ? | Reghin | ? | ||
| Suceava transmitter http://dx-eriromania.netboarder.com/antene-din-suceava-f83/info-oras-suceava-t91.htm | ? | Suceava | ? | ||
| Muntele Mare transmitter http://www.directiaapelormures.ro/formatia_service.html | ? | Muntele Mare | ? | ||
| Ferma Otopeni Water Tower http://bp0.blogger.com/_I8-aFvqTajw/RjT4-Qpt6eI/AAAAAAAAAqM/HqrI3J27ajs/s1600-h/otopeni-511.jpg | ? | Ferma Otopeni | ? | ||
| Pod Europa Water Tower http://bp0.blogger.com/_I8-aFvqTajw/Ri0UR_QaJUI/AAAAAAAAAoI/4vYIdzGO0os/s1600-h/pod-europa-23.jpg | ? | Pod Europa | ? | ||
| Crinului Water Tower http://bp1.blogger.com/_I8-aFvqTajw/Ri0USPQaJVI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/N2DyXLXhh-g/s1600-h/crinului-24.jpg | ? | Crinului | ? | ||
| Ny-Ålesund Dirigible Tower | ? | Ny-Ålesund | ? m | ||
| Krippenstein Radio Mast | ? | Obertraun, Krippenstein Mountain | ? m | ||
| Jarman Island Lighthouse | 1888 | Jarman Island | 15.5 m | ||
| Gälle Udde Lighthouse | 1906 | Gälle Udde | 15.5 m | ||
| Akraberg Lighthouse | 1909 | Akraberg Akraberg Akraberg is the southern tip of Suðuroy, 5 km south from the village Sumba, Faroe Islands. The name Akraberg derives from akur . Five kilometres south of Akraberg is the southernmost point of The Faroe Islands, a rock called Munkurin , also called Sumbiarsteinur, which is one of a group of six... |
14 m | ||
| Chenal de Groumili Lighthouse | 1928 | Saint Guénolé | 13 m | ||
| Godula transmitter | ? | Godula | 13 m | ||
| Backoefele | ? | Schneeberg Schneeberg (Fichtelgebirge) At , the Schneeberg is the highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge, a mountain range in Upper Franconia in northeast Bavaria, Germany. It can be readily identified from a distance by its squat tower - a relic of the Cold War... |
? m | ||
| Nebunu Tower http://cache.virtualtourist.com/890680-Danube_Delta_Nebunu_Tower-Tulcea.jpg | ? | Tulcea | ? | ||
| Aljaž Tower | 1895 | Triglav | 1.9 m |
