Radio Tower Collapse Accidents and Vandalism
... or terrorist sabotage?
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This is a list of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers. Masts and towerscan collapse as a result of natural disasters, such as storms and fires; from
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August 2013
Prospect Park Fire Destroys Day Care and Radio Tower August 1, 2013 In Prospect Park near the University stadium in Minneapolis, an unexplained fire collapsed a 300 radio tower and damaged 3 businesses including an auto body shop and day care center
200 ft Rocky Ridge Radio Tower in Contra Costa County Falls To Vandals July 28, 2013 A massive 200 ft Rocky Ridge communications tower south of Moraga in Contra Costa County fell. It appeared least six of the supporting guy wires were severed with a bolt cutter. The loss was estimated at $1 million but had no significant impact on transmissions for emergency services who use the tower for their communications. It was believed to be caused by vandals, but no motive was established.
July 2013
INTERNATIONAL FALLS - A Christian
radio station is using a temporary low-power facility after its
tower collapsed early Sunday morning. The 650-foot
tower along …
July 18, 2013 suspected to be caused by winds from a storm front.
July 2011
The top section of the Hoogersmilde
radio and TV broadcasting
tower in the east of the Netherlands has
collapsed following a fire. No one was injured in the incident ...F
ire also broke out at a broadcasting tower in the central town of Lopik last night. As yet no connection between the two blazes has been established.
The top section of the Hoogersmilde radio and TV broadcasting tower in the east of the Netherlands has collapsed following a fire.
No one was injured in the incident; fire fighters working to put out the rapidly spreading fire had withdrawn from the tower shortly before the collapse. Police had already cordoned off the area around the burning tower.
The cause of the fire that raged around 100 metres above ground is unknown. The power supply to the tower was cut off soon after the blaze broke out, disrupting radio and TV broadcasts to parts of the Netherlands.
Fire also broke out at a broadcasting tower in the central town of Lopik last night. As yet no connection between the two blazes has been established.
Before the collapse, the 300m tower was one of the tallest in the Netherlands.
| WLHR-FM Radio Tower Lavonia, GA, USA | January 30, 2010 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 86 m | Sabotage | Guyed wires cut |
Radio Towers in Pennsylvania and Washington are Downed 5 Hours Apart September 4, 2009 In Whitehall township in Pennsylvania, the radio tower for conservative station WAEB valued at $150,000 fell when
someone cut the supporting wires. Just fives hours later in Washington state near Everett, two KRKO radio towers 349 and 199 feet tall were knocked down by a bulldozer where vandals left "ELF" messages suggesting they were environmental extremists from the Earth Liberation Front. The FBI stated there was no connection between the events on either side of the continent, stating "There was the coincidence of timing, but it appears at this time that this was an act of vandalism and nothing more sinister than that".
| Peterborough, Great Britain | October 30, 2004 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 163 m | Fire (suspected vandalism) | Temporary replacement mast constructed shortly thereafter. New permanent mast entered full service in February 2006 |
| One World Trade Center broadcast tower, New York City, NY | September 11, 2001 | Truses and Axis | 526.3 m | Terrorist attack | Tower was destroyed as a result of a terrorist attack in which a commercial airliner rammed into the side of the building causing it and the broadcast tower to collapse under its own weight. |
| WNWI 1080-Towers, Oak Lawn (Chicago), Illinois, USA | July 9, 2000 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 61 m | Sabotage | Two towers collapsed |
December 12, 1982 In Lawrence Kansas, a 680 foot radio tower used by KANU-FM an NPR affliate toppled onto a building and across a road at teh University of Kansas weset campus. This was week after a deadly collapse in Houston
The Day New London Conn Dec 13, 1982
December 6, 1982 a 1,800 ft tower television tower near Houston fell when a guy wire snapped, killing five and injuring 3 others. source:
The Day New London Conn Dec 13, 1982
| Senior Road Tower, Missouri City, Texas, USA | 1982 | Guyed steel lattice mast | 569.8 m | Guy wire severed | Total collapse during installation of 6-ton FM antenna on new 1800 ft. tower. 5 technicians killed, 3 on the hoist and 2 on the tower. Determined insufficient sized bolts on the makeshift lifting lug extension failed. The falling debris severed one of the tower's guy wires which caused the tower to whip back and forth and collapse, video here. |
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Videos of radio tower collapse
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Months-long construction and 17 second destruction of the 1,975 foot Senior Road TV and FM tower near Houston in 1982. NOTE: seven people lost their lives ...
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas ... Main article: List of catastrophic collapses of radio masts and towers. Law
Jul 15, 2011 · A broadcasting tower in the Dutch town of Hoogersmilde has collapsed. The 300-metre high mast came down following a fire in the building. No injuries have ...
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An engineer brings down an old 200-foot tall radio tower by cutting the guy wires. This was a planned project and done intentionally.
An engineer brings down an old 200-foot tall radio tower by cutting the guy wires. This was a planned project and done intentionally.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A radio tower in northeastern Tippecanoe County collapsed this morning, killing 2 men who were adding another segment onto the structure. At ...
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Radio tower collapses after guy-wires are cut. ... Watch this video of a plannedcollapse and decommission of a 200-foot cell tower as one set of guy-wires are cut.
www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100724/news/100729788
ANNISTON | Two Albertville men have died in the collapse of a radio tower that they were working on when a vehicle struck a guy wire connected to the tower ...
Radio tower in the Netherlands
collapses after fire. ... A broadcasting
tower in the Dutch town of Hoogersmilde has
collapsed. The 200-metre high mast came down
The 200-metre high mast came down following a fire in the building…Large parts of the Netherlands have been left without reception on their radio FM frequencies as a result of the fire....
Radio tower at Fullerton collapses, again The KFI radio tower being rebuilt near Fullerton Municipal Airport in Fullerton, Calif., collapsed on March 18 because of ...
Logonix Bridgeway Tower Collapse Story Page ... Bridgeway Radio Tower Collapses. The Bridgeway Radio Tower has collapsed overnight.
