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Old Posted Oct 24, 2005, 9:44 AM
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Old TV Tower Brocken - world's first tower built for TV transmission

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Official sources: http://www.structurae.net/structures...fm?ID=s0011494
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: Old TV Tower Brocken
Native Name: Alter Fernsehturm auf dem Brocken
Other Names:
Address:
City: Brocken
Postal Code:
State/Province: Saxony-Anhalt (native name: Sachsen-Anhalt)
Country: Germany
Official Building Website URL:
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Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):First tower in the world built for TV transmission, so the first "real" TV tower. Famous landmark and observation tower. Mixture of tower and highrise


Heights--
- antenna: 95 metres
- spire:
- roof: 53 metres
- top floor:
- other heights:

Remark to heights: The old TV Tower carried until the beginning of the 90ies a mast on its top with aerials for TV transmission. With this mast its height was 95 metres. Now it carries a radom on its top. Unfortunately I do not have data how tall it is today with the radom of the top.

Construction Dates--
- started: 1936
- finished: 1937
- destroyed:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built


Above ground floors: 14
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count: 1
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Tower
Building Use(s): Communication, Observation
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Concrete


Old TV Tower Brocken as it still had its aerial mast on its top


Old TV Tower Brocken (tall building on the right)

Note: the tower is situated close to http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b2085

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Old Posted Oct 24, 2005, 5:49 PM
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Wait, what does it look like today? And how big would you guess the change in height would be? I will not the antenna height, but only make note of it.
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Old Posted Oct 24, 2005, 10:39 PM
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So it looks like today (tower on the right), estimated height today approximately 65 metres

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