Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic
VLF
Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively. The band is also known as the myriameter band or myriameter wave a ...
-transmission, located at
Marcheprime,
Aquitaine
Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 Janu ...
,
France
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. The Lafayette transmitter used an
antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing
lattice 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 ...
s (each 250 metres tall) with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest free-standing towers in the world. The 250-meter-high tripod pylons were supplied by Pitt-Des Moines Co steelworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and transported by water to Bordeaux.
In 1944 the installations of Lafayette transmitter were destroyed by retreating German troops. The last of the towers was demolished in 1953.
See also
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Lattice 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 ...
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List of tallest structures in France
An incomplete list of the tallest structures in France. The list contains all types of structures, may be incomplete and should be expanded.
Overseas territories of France
See also
* List of tallest buildings in France
* List of tallest bu ...
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List of famous transmission sites
In the following there are lists of sites of notable radio transmitters. During the early history of radio many countries had only a few high power radio stations, operated either by the government or large corporations, which broadcast to the po ...
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070609135453/http://dspt.club.fr/lafayette.htm
* http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b63230
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070929132104/http://www.u-e-f.net/uef-histoire/croixhins.htm
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Lattice towers
Towers in France
1920 establishments in France
Transmitter sites in France
Former radio masts and towers
Demolished buildings and structures in France
1953 disestablishments in France