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In 2002,
reported in July 2006 that for up to two weeks, it would broadcast analogue and digital signals at a lower power than usual, or shut down between 09:00 and 15:00 BST on weekdays from late July until 4 August, to allow
The Emley Moor transmitting station is a
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. The dismantled lattice tower was rebuilt at
The collapse left sections of twisted mast strewn over the transmitter site, and across the junction of Common Lane and Jagger Lane, and the surrounding fields. Although a falling stay cable cut through the roof of a local church and across the transmitter site buildings, no one was injured. It completely disabled the
provided a mobile mast on an telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
s and broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution (business), distribution of sound, audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio ...
facility on Emley Moor, west of the village centre of Emley, in Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England.
It is made up of a concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wi ...
tower and apparatus that began to transmit in 1971. It is protected under UK law as a Grade II listed building
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. It is the tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom
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, and 25th tallest tower in the world. It was the seventh tallest freestanding structure and was fourth tallest tower in the European Union before Brexit
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. When built it was the sixth tallest freestanding structure in the world after the Ostankino Tower, the Empire State Building
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, 875 North Michigan Avenue
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The skyscraper was designed ...
(known as The John Hancock Center), the Berliner Fernsehturm
The Berliner Fernsehturm or Fernsehturm Berlin ( en, Berlin Television Tower) is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany.
Located in the Marien quarter (''Marienviertel''), close to Alexanderplatz in the locality and district of Mitte, th ...
and Tokyo Tower
is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1958. At , it is the second- tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and i ...
.
The tower's current official name, The Arqiva Tower, is shown on a sign beside the offices at the base of the tower, but it is commonly known just as "Emley Moor Mast".
In 2021, the antenna was removed due to technical errors and it was replaced by a shorter antenna of 11m but the structure still remains the tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.
History
The present concrete tower is the third antenna support structure to have occupied the site. The originallattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a support for a ...
was erected in 1956 to provide Independent Television broadcasts to the Yorkshire area. It entered service on 3 November 1956, transmitting Granada Television
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programmes on weekdays, and ABC TV programmes at weekends. In 1964, it was replaced by a taller guyed mast
A guyed mast or guyed tower is a tall thin vertical structure that depends on guy lines (diagonal tensioned cables attached to the ground) for stability. The mast itself has the compressive strength to support its own weight, but does not ha ...
, identical to the structure at Belmont transmitting station
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in Lincolnshire, at (see map omb21 - The Transmission Gallery
. The dismantled lattice tower was rebuilt at
Craigkelly transmitting station
The Craigkelly transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility located at Craigkelly () north of the Firth of Forth above the town of Burntisland in Fife, Scotland. It has a 125-metre tall free-standing lattice tower rebuilt ...
. Yorkshire Television
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commenced broadcasting from the Emley Moor transmitter following the reorganisation of the ITV franchises on 29 July 1968 .
Collapse of second mast
Emley Moor has been a transmission site since the earliest days of commercial television in the UK. The first permanent transmitter built there was forITV
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*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
, covering much of the north of England. It had a lattice tower, which provided limited coverage. Its performance was improved in anticipation of colour PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analogue television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...
transmissions in 1966, when a guy-supported tubular mast was erected. It was constructed from curved steel segments to form a diameter tube, long, and was surmounted by a lattice section tall, and a capping cylinder, bringing the total height to . At the time of its construction, it was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world. It was designed by British Insulated Callender's Cables
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(BICC), and manufactured by EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
, and built by J. L. Eve Construction.
Its ropes weighed , made by British Ropes British Ropes was a company established on 6 June 1924 through the merger of eight companies.
The companies were:
Gateshead
* Haggie Brothers, Gateshead
* Tyne Wire Drawing Co (a subsidiary of the above)
Liverpool:
* R. S. Newall and Son
London: ...
, with steel from Steel, Peech and Tozer of Templeborough
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in southern Yorkshire. The column weighed and had 375 segments, with steel from United Steel Companies
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History
The company was registered in 1918 and the following year saw a joining together of ste ...
at Scunthorpe
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in northern Lincolnshire
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.
The cylindrical steel mast was regularly coated in ice during the winter months, and large icicle
An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes.
Formation and dynamics
Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such as ...
s formed on the guy wires, placing them under great strain. During winter, ice falling from the guy-wires was common. For this reason, red warning lights on the tower operated when ice was a hazard, and notices were posted on the fence adjacent to Jagger Lane, below the guy wire crossings.
On 19 March 1969, a combination of strong winds and the weight of ice that had formed around the top of the mast and on the guy wires caused the structure to collapse. The duty engineer wrote the following in the station's log book, demonstrating that failure of the structure was completely unexpected:
* Day hift Lee, Caffell, Vander Byl urnames* Ice hazard - Packed ice beginning to fall from mast & stays. Roads close to station temporarily closed by Councils. Please notify councils when roads are safe (!) * Pye monitor - no frame lock - V10 replaced (low ins). Monitor overheating due to fan choked up with dust- cleaned out, motor lubricated and fan blades reset. * Evening hift Glendenning, Bottom, Redgrove urnames* Mast :- Fell down across Jagger Lane (corner of Common Lane) at 17:01:45. Police, I.T.A. HQ, R.O., etc., all notified. * Mast Power Isolator :- Fuses removed & isolator locked in the "OFF" position. All isolators in basement feeding mast stump also switched off. Dehydrators & TXs switched off.
The collapse left sections of twisted mast strewn over the transmitter site, and across the junction of Common Lane and Jagger Lane, and the surrounding fields. Although a falling stay cable cut through the roof of a local church and across the transmitter site buildings, no one was injured. It completely disabled the BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
UHF transmitter and the ITV VHF transmitter, leaving several million people without service. BBC1
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VHF television transmissions continued from Holme Moss
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. The Independent Television Authority
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(ITA) owned a collapsible emergency mast, tall, which was moved to Emley from the Lichfield transmitting station
The Lichfield transmitting station is situated close to Tamworth in Staffordshire in the West Midlands between the A5 and A51. The nearest geographical feature is Hopwas Hill. The station is owned and operated by Arqiva. The mast is known ...
so that some service could be restored. ITV
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** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
signals were restored to 2.5 million viewers within four days. The BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...outside broadcast
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van to restore a restricted BBC2 colour service within two days. The ITA bought a larger temporary mast from a Swedish company. A crew of Polish riggers were hired, and a mast was erected in under 28 days at a cost of £100,000. This mast could hold only one set of antennae, so many viewers in outlying areas still could not receive colour programmes. The taller mast was brought into service on 16 April. Some weeks later, the BBC erected a mast, improving coverage.
The accumulation of ice was believed to have caused the collapse, but a committee of inquiry attributed it to a form of oscillation
Oscillation is the repetitive or periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states. Familiar examples of oscillation include a swinging pendulum ...
which occurred at a low but steady wind speed. Modifications, including hanging of steel chains within each structure, were made to similar masts at Belmont and Winter Hill. None of the modified masts have collapsed.
A section of the collapsed tower was converted for use as a racing control tower at Huddersfield Sailing Club.
New tower
After the setting up of temporary masts, erection of the currentconcrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wi ...
tower began in 1969. It was not built on the site where the original mast had stood, but slightly to the south-east at . UHF (625-line colour) transmissions commenced on 21 January 1971, and the older VHF (405-line black and white) system became operational on 21 April 1971. Local residents did not wish to see another mast on Emley Moor, and a departure from usual designs was called for. The new structure consists of a tapered cylindrical pillar, tall, constructed of reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...
, and is topped by a steel lattice mast which carries the antennae.
Structure
The structure is a tapered, reinforced concretetower
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. It is the tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom at a height of , taller than The Shard
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. Reaching the tower room at the top of the concrete structure at involves a seven-minute journey by lift. The antenna structure above it is a further tall. The mast's foundations penetrate into the ground, and the whole structure, including foundations, weighs . The tower was designed by Arup. When built, it was the third-tallest freestanding structure in Europe, after the Ostankino Tower at , and the Fernsehturm Berlin
The Berliner Fernsehturm or Fernsehturm Berlin ( en, Berlin Television Tower) is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany.
Located in the Marien quarter (''Marienviertel''), close to Alexanderplatz in the locality and district of Mitte, ...
(current height ). The top of the tower is above sea level
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, due to the site's elevated position on the eastern edge of the Pennines. The tower is not open to the public. There was an observation area off the main road that runs past it, but as of 25 February 2018, this seems to be closed. The tower has a top-floor interior equipment area at a height of , which is accessible to people.
In 2002, English Heritage
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The charity states that i ...
granted the tower Grade II listed building
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protection under UK law, being the lowest and most common of three categories, for meeting its criteria of significant architectural or historic interest.
Ownership
The tower is currently owned byArqiva
Arqiva () is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure, broadcast transmission and smart meter facilities in the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered at the former Independent Broadcasting Authority headquarters ...
, previously the Independent Broadcasting Authority
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Engineering section, privatised as NTL Broadcast.
Broadcast details
Emley Moor tower broadcasts sixdigital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advanc ...
multiplexes, three digital radio
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Types
In digital broadcasting syst ...
ensembles, and two independent local radio stations (Capital Yorkshire
Capital Yorkshire is a regional radio station owned by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire from studios in Leeds, West Yorkshire, E ...
and Heart Yorkshire
Heart Yorkshire (previously Real Radio Yorkshire) is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global as part of the Heart network. It broadcasts to South and West Yorkshire from studios in Leeds.
), over an area of approximately . It is the main station for 57 relays and repeaters throughout Yorkshire
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and the surrounding counties. In July 2007, it was confirmed by Ofcom
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Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
that Emley Moor would remain a B group transmitter after digital switchover
The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is conv ...
(DSO).
The area is important for RF, radio frequency
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transmission, and from the foot of the structure, both Holme Moss
Holme Moss ( a.s.l.) is high moorland on the border between the Holme Valley district of Kirklees in West Yorkshire and the High Peak district of Derbyshire in England. Historically on the boundary between the West Riding of Yorkshire and Che ...
and the Moorside Edge transmitter are visible. They are within a ten mile (16 km) radius, and are located to the southwest and west-northwest, respectively.
Its television coverage area is one of the largest in the UK; covering most of Yorkshire including Hull, Leeds
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, Sheffield
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and York
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. Some transmissions can be received in Greater Manchester
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across the Pennines
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due to the height of the antenna on the tower and the powerful signal.
Repairs and alterations
Over the years, the concrete structure has been updated to reflect the changing nature of communications and technology. At the top and bottom of the tower, supporting structures have been attached to accommodate dishes and aerials. TheBBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...aircraft warning lights
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to be fitted and repairs carried out. Repairs were estimated to affect around five million homes; however, a spokesperson for National Grid Wireless
Arqiva () is a British telecommunications company which provides infrastructure, broadcast transmission and smart meter facilities in the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered at the former Independent Broadcasting Authority headquarters ...
announced that the work had been scheduled around major events.
Digital UK
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reported in April 2010 that the transmitter would undergo work in preparation for the digital switchover (DSO) in 2011. Disruption to some or all Freeview Freeview may refer to:
* Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
* Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
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services was expected to last for around two months, during which time a reserve transmitter would continue to broadcast the five main analogue channels. The work was then reported to be continuing into September due to "poor weather conditions and complex engineering issues".
In March 2018, a temporary mast was erected so that work could be undertaken on the main tower's transmitting arrays without interrupting transmissions.
Channels listed by frequency
Analogue radio (FM)
Digital radio (DAB)
Digital television (DVB-T/DVB-T2)
Before switchover
Analogue television
At Emley Moor, BBC Two analogue closed on 7 September 2011, and ITV temporarily moved onto its frequency at the time to allow the BBC A mux to launch in its place. The remaining four analogue services closed on 21 September 2011, when the remaining digital multiplexes were allowed to transmit with increased power.Relays
Below is a list of transmitters that relay Emley Moor.Digital television
Other structures of comparable height
;Taller structures * It is shorter thanSkelton transmitting station
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in Cumbria
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, a guyed mast, which at is the highest structure (of any kind) in the UK
**Skelton is comparable to the:
*** Gerbrandy Tower
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*Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
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, partially guyed, between IJsselstein
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and Lopik
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in the Netherlands at ;
*** Torreta de Guardamar
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, guyed, in Spain at
* The Ostankino Tower, in Moscow, is the tallest freestanding structure in Europe, at .
* The Kyiv TV Tower
The Kyiv TV Tower ( uk, Телевізійна вежа, translit=Televiziyna vezha) is a lattice metal tower on Oranzhereina Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, and is the tallest structure in the country. The tower was built in 1973 while Kyiv was the cap ...
is the next-tallest freestanding structure in Europe at
* The Riga radio and TV tower
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follows at ;
;Smaller structures
* It is taller than The Shard
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in London, which is the next-tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom;
* It is taller than One Canada Square
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by Canary Wharf, London, Britain's second tallest building;
* Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower
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in Belgium is ;
* The Eiffel Tower
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Locally nicknamed "'' ...
in Paris, France is , plus a antenna;
See also
*Telecommunications in the United Kingdom
Telecommunications in the United Kingdom have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern broadband and mobile phone networks with Internet services.
History
National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 188 ...
*List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
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National analogue and digital (DAB) stations
This list does not include stations which broadcast on numerous local digital multiplexes or MW licences to achieve near-national coverage.
DA ...
*List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain
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Entries in ''italics'' denote approximate figures.
Structures taller than 300 ...
*Radio masts and towers
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*List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers
This is a list of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers.
Masts and towers can collapse as a result of natural disasters, such as storms and fires; from engineering defects; and from accidents, sabotage and bendover.
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*List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
*List of masts
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*List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
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*Listed buildings in Denby Dale
Denby Dale is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 82 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of ...
References
;References * ;NotesExternal links
The Transmission Gallery: photographs, coverage maps and information
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