Vännäs Television Tower | |
Native Name: | Vännäsmasten |
Native Name Lang: | sv |
Status: | Complete |
Start Date: | 1958 |
Completion Date: | 1960 |
Location: | Vännäs, Vännäs Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden |
Coordinates: | 63.8403°N 19.8225°W |
Map Type: | Sweden |
Map Size: | 250 |
Height: | 3230NaN0 (rounded-off) |
Building Type: | Partially guyed concrete television tower |
Vännäs TV Tower (Swedish: '''Vännäsmasten''') is a Swedish concrete television tower that has a mast on top. It is used for transmitting FM-/TV-broadcasting.[1]
The Vännäs TV Tower resembles the Gerbrandy Tower in IJsselstein, the Netherlands. They both are a concrete tower with a steel mast on top that is guyed to the ground. The Gerbrandy Tower is 3670NaN0 tall, while the Vännäs Tower is shorter at 3230NaN0 tall.
Vännäs TV Tower was close to collapsing due to heavy icing in 1988. They managed to save the tower by spraying hot water and glycol from a helicopter.
Vännäs TV Tower lies in the statistical-designated place of Vännäs, which in turn, is the seat of the municipality of Vännäs, in the county of Västerbotten, situated in the northern part of the Kingdom of Sweden.