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Emley Moor Mk. 2

Emley Moor
Huddersfield ENG United Kingdom

Status:	destroyed
Construction Dates
Finished	1964
Destroyed	1969

Building Uses

- communication

Structural Types

- guyed mast

- pole

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Description
- Owner/Developer: ITA

- Engineer: BICC

- Manufacturer: EMI

- The mast collapsed on 19th March 1969, after ice build up caused a guy cable to break.

- When built it was the 2nd tallest structure in Europe.

- This mast replaced the first transmitter tower, Emley Moor Mk. 1, built in 1956.

- This mast was replaced by the 330m (1083 ft) self-supporting TV tower completed in 1970.

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