Lafayette transmitter
Lafayette transmitter
Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers (each 250 metres tall) with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest free-standing towers in the world. The 250-meter-high tripod pylons were supplied by Pitt-Des Moines Co steelworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and transported by water to Bordeaux.[1]
In 1944 the installations of Lafayette transmitter were destroyed by retreating German troops. The last of the towers was demolished in 1953.
See also[]
- Lattice tower
- List of tallest structures in France
- List of famous transmission sites
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". dspt.club.fr. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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Categories:
- Lattice towers
- Towers in France
- 1920 establishments in France
- Transmitter sites in France
- Former radio masts and towers
- Demolished buildings and structures in France
- 1953 disestablishments in France