Yakutsk TV Tower

Steel lattice television tower in Sakha Republic, Russia

62°1′38.72″N 129°43′24.12″E / 62.0274222°N 129.7233667°E / 62.0274222; 129.7233667Construction started1982Completed1982HeightAntenna spire241.71 m (793 ft)Roof225.86 m (741 ft)Technical detailsMaterialSteelReferences^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Yakutsk Television Tower (Russian: Якутская телебашня), also known as RTPC Jakutsk^[4] (PТПК Якутск) and/or RTPTS Yakutsk^[2] (РТПЦ Якутск), is a steel 242-metre-tall (794 ft) lattice television tower in the city of Yakutsk, Russia.

The Yakutsk TV Tower transmits FM and TV throughout Yakutsk. The Yakutsk Television Tower is the eighth-oldest of the tallest towers in Russia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The Yakutsk TV Tower is the fourth-tallest standardized free-standing lattice tower in the Russian Federation, 242 m (794 ft) tall. The tower possesses a roof, set at 225.86 m (741 ft) above sea level, and a radio-transmitting antenna mounted atop the television tower, reaching 241.71 m (793 ft) above sea level.^[1]^[2] At the time of its construction in 1982, the Yakutsk TV Tower was the tallest structure ever built on permafrost.^[3]

History

Construction began in 1982 and took several months of construction.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

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