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Official sources:
Unofficial sources: http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0012625 , Klawitter, Gerd 100 Jahre Funktechnik in Deutschland, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Technik, Berlin (Germany) , 1997; Page 114-128
Building Name: Goliath Transmitter Central Masts
Native Name: Zentralmaste des Goliath Sendemastes
Other Names:
Address: Goliath transmitter
City: Kalbe an der Milbe
Postal Code: 39624
State/Province: Saxony-Anhalt
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words): 3 guyed masts of same type. These masts stood in the middle of the antenna and carryed the antenna in the middle.
These masts were insulated against ground for a voltage of 300000 volts!
Heights--
PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna: 204 metres
- spire:
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Destroyed
Construction Dates--
- started: 1941
- finished: 1943
- destroyed: 1946
Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 3 ( please add as 1, as all were of same type)
Structure Type(s): Guyed Masts
Building Use(s): Communication
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Steel
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Official sources:
Unofficial sources: http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0012626 , Klawitter, Gerd 100 Jahre Funktechnik in Deutschland, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Technik, Berlin (Germany) , 1997; Page 114-128
Building Name: Goliath Transmitter Ring Masts
Native Name: Außenmaste des Goliath Sendemastes
Other Names:
Address: Goliath transmitter
City: Kalbe an der Milbe
Postal Code: 39624
State/Province: Saxony-Anhalt
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words): 15 guyed masts of same structural type. These masts, which were grounded carryed the antennas
of Goliath transmitter
Heights--
PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna: 170 metres
- spire:
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Destroyed
Construction Dates--
- started: 1941
- finished: 1943
- destroyed: 1946
Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 15 ( please add as 1, as all were of same type)
Structure Type(s): Guyed Masts
Building Use(s): Communication
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Steel
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Information to Goliath transmitter (belongs to both masts)
Goliath transmitter was a facility of the German Navy for transmitting messages to submerged submarines and for transmitting messages to Japan, when shortwave worked poor. Construction started in 1941 and was terminated in 1943.
It was with a transmission power of 1000 kilowatts one of the most powerful transmitters of those days.
Goliath transmitter used three antennas. Each consist of a 204 metre tall central steel mast, which was insulated against ground and which was used of feeder for
the tuning coil and 6 170 metre tall guyed lattice steel masts, which were grounded and just used for carrying the antenna.
Hereby three masts were used as ring masts for two antenna systems, so only 15 ring masts were necessary.
The design of Goliath transmitter was a model for many other VLF-transmitters throughout the world.
After World War II the area of the transmitter was used, as it was fenced in, as camp for inprisoned soldiers.
In 1946 the Soviet authorities dismantled the facility and rebuilt it in Russia ( exact location unknown. Some claim it was rebuilt near Nishnij Novgorod and transmits today
there time signals for Russian military, other claim near Charkiv in today's Ukraina). Afterwards the buildings were destroyed.
The only easy visible relict from this large facility, which was larger than Monaco, is a relict of a basement of one of the ring masts!
City request for Kalbe
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City Name: Kalbe an der Milbe
Native Name:
State/Province: Saxony-Anhalt
Country: Germany
Population: 2808
Population Source & Year: http://www.destatis.de/cgi-bin/druckansicht_gvsuche.pl?2007318203627.htm ( December 31st, 2005)
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Drawings available!
Official sources:
Unofficial sources: http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0012625 , Klawitter, Gerd 100 Jahre Funktechnik in Deutschland, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Technik, Berlin (Germany) , 1997; Page 114-128
Building Name: Goliath Transmitter Central Masts
Native Name: Zentralmaste des Goliath Sendemastes
Other Names:
Address: Goliath transmitter
City: Kalbe an der Milbe
Postal Code: 39624
State/Province: Saxony-Anhalt
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words): 3 guyed masts of same type. These masts stood in the middle of the antenna and carryed the antenna in the middle.
These masts were insulated against ground for a voltage of 300000 volts!
Heights--
PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna: 204 metres
- spire:
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Destroyed
Construction Dates--
- started: 1941
- finished: 1943
- destroyed: 1946
Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 3 ( please add as 1, as all were of same type)
Structure Type(s): Guyed Masts
Building Use(s): Communication
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Steel
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Official sources:
Unofficial sources: http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0012626 , Klawitter, Gerd 100 Jahre Funktechnik in Deutschland, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Technik, Berlin (Germany) , 1997; Page 114-128
Building Name: Goliath Transmitter Ring Masts
Native Name: Außenmaste des Goliath Sendemastes
Other Names:
Address: Goliath transmitter
City: Kalbe an der Milbe
Postal Code: 39624
State/Province: Saxony-Anhalt
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words): 15 guyed masts of same structural type. These masts, which were grounded carryed the antennas
of Goliath transmitter
Heights--
PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna: 170 metres
- spire:
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Destroyed
Construction Dates--
- started: 1941
- finished: 1943
- destroyed: 1946
Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 15 ( please add as 1, as all were of same type)
Structure Type(s): Guyed Masts
Building Use(s): Communication
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Steel
------------------------
Information to Goliath transmitter (belongs to both masts)
Goliath transmitter was a facility of the German Navy for transmitting messages to submerged submarines and for transmitting messages to Japan, when shortwave worked poor. Construction started in 1941 and was terminated in 1943.
It was with a transmission power of 1000 kilowatts one of the most powerful transmitters of those days.
Goliath transmitter used three antennas. Each consist of a 204 metre tall central steel mast, which was insulated against ground and which was used of feeder for
the tuning coil and 6 170 metre tall guyed lattice steel masts, which were grounded and just used for carrying the antenna.
Hereby three masts were used as ring masts for two antenna systems, so only 15 ring masts were necessary.
The design of Goliath transmitter was a model for many other VLF-transmitters throughout the world.
After World War II the area of the transmitter was used, as it was fenced in, as camp for inprisoned soldiers.
In 1946 the Soviet authorities dismantled the facility and rebuilt it in Russia ( exact location unknown. Some claim it was rebuilt near Nishnij Novgorod and transmits today
there time signals for Russian military, other claim near Charkiv in today's Ukraina). Afterwards the buildings were destroyed.
The only easy visible relict from this large facility, which was larger than Monaco, is a relict of a basement of one of the ring masts!
City request for Kalbe
------------------------
City Name: Kalbe an der Milbe
Native Name:
State/Province: Saxony-Anhalt
Country: Germany
Population: 2808
Population Source & Year: http://www.destatis.de/cgi-bin/druckansicht_gvsuche.pl?2007318203627.htm ( December 31st, 2005)
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Drawings available!