Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower
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Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower is a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at Wotton-under-Edge
in Gloucestershire
, UK. Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower is one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete
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Wotton-under-Edge
Wotton-under-Edge is a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. Located near the southern end of the Cotswolds, the Cotswold Way long-distance footpath passes through the town. Standing on the B4058 Wotton is about from the M5 motorway. The nearest railway station is...
in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, UK. Wotton-under-Edge BT Tower is one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
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See also
- British Telecom microwave networkBritish Telecom microwave networkThe British Telecom microwave network was a network of point-to-point microwave radio links in the United Kingdom, operated at first by the General Post Office, and subsequently by its successor BT plc...
- BT Tower (disambiguation)BT Tower (disambiguation)BT Group owns at least 200 radio masts and towers in Britain. Of these, twelve are reinforced concrete towers. The rest are of steel lattice construction....