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KEMA Toren is a broadcasting tower built of reinforced concrete at
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Communication towers in the Netherlands Towers in Gelderland Buildings and structures in Arnhem Towers completed in 1969 1969 establishments in the Netherlands 20th-century architecture in the Netherlands {{Europe-mast-stub
KEMA Toren is a broadcasting tower built of reinforced concrete at Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...
, Netherlands. It was built in 1969 by KEMA
Kema or KEMA may refer to:
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* Kema (river), a river in Russia
* Kema District, a district in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
*Kema Chikwe, Nigerian politician
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for communicating between high voltage substations throughout the Netherlands. It is now used for public radio
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...
and TV broadcasting. It is also known as TenneT Toren, after TenneT
TenneT is a transmission system operator in the Netherlands and in a large part of Germany.
''TenneT B.V.'' is the national electricity transmission system operator of the Netherlands, headquartered in Arnhem. Controlled and owned by the Dutch g ...
, the present owner of the tower.
See also
*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' ...
External links
*Page at emporis.com
Page at SkyscraperCity
Photo at nederlandonline
Communication towers in the Netherlands Towers in Gelderland Buildings and structures in Arnhem Towers completed in 1969 1969 establishments in the Netherlands 20th-century architecture in the Netherlands {{Europe-mast-stub