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 and in observation towers. Its advantage is good shear strength at a much lower weight than a tower of solid construction would have as well as lower wind resistance.
In structural engineering, the term lattice tower is used for a freestanding structure, while a lattice mast is a guyed mast supported by guy lines. Lattices of triangular cross-section are most common, particularly in North America. Square lattices are also widely used and are most common in Eurasia. A lattice towers is often designed as either a space frame or a hyperboloid structure.
Before 1940, they were used as radio transmission towers especially for short and medium wave. Occasionally lattice towers consisting of wood were utilized. The tallest wooden lattice tower was at Mühlacker, Germany. It had a height of and was built in 1934 and demolished in 1945. Most wood lattice towers were demolished before 1960. In Germany, the last big radio towers consisting of wood were the transmission towers of the Golm transmitter and the transmitter Ismaning. They were demolished in 1979 and 1983 respectively.
The tallest free-standing lattice tower is the Tokyo Skytree, with a height of. The Petronius Compliant Tower is the tallest supported lattice tower at, being partially submerged. The city most renowned for lattice towers is Cincinnati, Ohio, which features four towers above in height. Tokyo is the only other city in the world that has more than one above that height.
The majority of the tallest steel lattice towers in the world are actually built in water and used as oil platforms. These structures are usually built in large pieces on land, most commonly in Texas or Louisiana, and then moved by barge to their final resting place. Since a large portion of these towers is underwater, the official height of such structures is often held in dispute. The steel lattice truss for these structures, known as jackets in the oil industry, are typically far more robust and reinforced than their land-based counterparts, sometimes weighing more than 50,000 tons as is the case for the Bullwinkle and Baldpate platforms, whereas tall land-based lattice towers range from a high of 10,000 tons as is the case in the Eiffel Tower to as low as a few hundred tons. They are built to a higher standard to support the weight of the oil platforms built on top of them and because of the forces to which they are subjected. As a result, the cost to build these structures can run into the hundreds of millions. These costs are justified due to the resulting oil and gas revenues, whereas land-based towers have a much lower stream of revenue and therefore the capital costs of towers are typically much less.

Timeline of world's tallest lattice tower

Since end of the 19th century, tall lattice towers were built. Lattice towers have even held the absolute height record. They are among the tallest free-standing architectural structures and hold a number of national records, such as the tallest free-standing or even overall tallest structure of a country.

Steel lattice towers

Tallest lattice towers, all types

List of all supertall lattice tower structures in the world.
RankNameTypeYearBuilt inCity/locationHeight mHeight ftCostWeightRemarks
1Petronius Compliant TowerOil Platform, Compliant tower2000United StatesGulf of Mexico6402,100$500 million50,500 tonsTallest lattice tower of any type, water depth of 1,754 ft
2Tokyo SkytreeLattice tower2012JapanSumida, Tokyo6342,080$806 million36,000 tonsTallest free standing lattice tower
3Baldpate Compliant TowerOil Platform, Compliant tower1998United StatesGulf of Mexico581.51,908$300 million38,700 tonsTallest structure in the world 1998–2000, water depth of 1,647 ft
4Bullwinkle PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1989United StatesGulf of Mexico5291,736$500 million72,000 tonsTallest fixed/rigged structure built in water, water depth of 1,352 ft
5Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco PlatformOil Platform, Compliant tower2008United StatesCongo Basin5121,680$820 million69,500 tonswater depth of 1,280 ft
6Pompano PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1994United StatesGulf of Mexico4771,56539,890 tons water depth of 1,290 ft
7Tombua Landana platformOil Platform, Compliant tower2009United StatesCongo Basin4741,554$200 million81,500 tonswater depth of 1,200 ft
8Harmony PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1992South KoreaCalifornia3661,20044,100 The height listed is only to water level, the tallest point of the structure is likely to be ~1,500 ft or more as seen for the Tombua Landana and other platforms above
9Virgo PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1999United StatesGulf of Mexico3441,130height listed is only to water level, likely to be ~ or more in total height
10Coelacanth PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss2016United StatesGulf of Mexico4001,312water depth of 1,186 ft
11Heritage PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1992South KoreaCalifornia3261,07035,500 height listed is only to water level, likely to be ~ or more in total height
12Cognac PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1977United StatesGulf of Mexico385.51,265$100 million or $265 million59,000 tonswater depth of 1,025 ft
13 tieKyiv TV TowerLattice tower1973UkraineKyiv3851,263$12 million
13 tieYangtze River Crossing Jiangyin, North East towerHydro Pylon2022ChinaJiangyin3851,26313,000 tons 410 tonstallest pylons in the world
13 tieYangtze River Crossing Jiangyin, South East towerHydro Pylon2022ChinaJiangyin3851,26313,000 tons 410 tonstallest pylons in the world
16 tieJintang and Cezi islands Overhead Powerline Tie, East TowerHydro Pylon2019ChinaJintang Island3801,247$67 millionformerly tallest pylons in the world
16 tieJintang and Cezi islands Overhead Powerline Tie, West TowerHydro Pylon2019ChinaJintang Island3801,247$67 millionformerly tallest pylons in the world
18Tashkent TowerLattice tower/Steel tower1985UzbekistanTashkent374.91,2306,000 tonsmay be categorized as a steel tower rather than a lattice tower
19 tieZhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie, North towerHydro Pylon2009ChinaDamao Island3701,214
19 tieZhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie, South towerHydro Pylon2009ChinaDamao Island3701,214
21Amberjack PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1991United StatesGulf of Mexico3141,030height listed is only to water level, likely to be or more in total height
22Schipkau Wind TurbineWind Turbine2025GermanySchipkau, Lusatia3651,198300 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 126 m, hub diameter of 4 m+2,000 tons 400-450 tonsWorld's tallest and first supertall wind turbine
23Hondo PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1976United StatesGulf of Mexico354.51,163$70 millionwater depth of 850 ft
24 tieYangtze River Crossing Jiangyin, North West towerHydro Pylon2003ChinaJiangyin346.51,1374,000 tons
24 tieYangtze River Crossing Jiangyin, South West towerHydro Pylon2003ChinaJiangyin346.51,1374,000 tons
26Dragon TowerLattice tower2000ChinaHarbin3361,102
27Tokyo TowerLattice tower1957JapanTokyo3331,093$8.4 million4,000 tons
28WITI TV TowerLattice tower1962United StatesShorewood, Wisconsin329.41,081
29Cerveza PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1981United StatesGulf of Mexico3271,073$90 millionwater depth of 935 ft
30Cerveza Light PlatformOil Platform, Steel Truss1981United StatesGulf of Mexico3271,073$60 millionwater depth of 925 ft
31St. Petersburg TV TowerLattice tower1962RussiaSaint Petersburg3261,070
32Eiffel TowerLattice tower1889FranceParis3241,063$1.5 million10,100 tons
33WHDH-TV TowerLattice tower1960United StatesNewton, Massachusetts323.81,062
34KCTV Broadcast TowerLattice tower1956United StatesKansas City, Missouri317.61,042$0.42 million600 tons
35Turner Broadcasting TowerLattice tower1967United StatesAtlanta, Georgia314.31,031disassembled in 2010
36Yerevan TV TowerLattice tower1977ArmeniaYerevan311.71,023tallest structure in Armenia
37Fazilka TV TowerLattice tower2007IndiaFazilka304.81,000$2.1 million15,100 tonstallest lattice tower in India
38Mumbai Television TowerLattice tower1972IndiaMumbai300984

Lattice towers with observation decks

indicates a structure that is no longer standing.

TowerYearCountryTownHeight mHeight ftRemarks
Tokyo Skytree2012JapanSumida, Tokyo634 m2080 ftTallest Lattice tower in the world
Tashkent Tower1985UzbekistanTashkent374.9 m1230 ft
Dragon Tower2000ChinaHarbin336 m1102 ft
Tokyo Tower1957JapanTokyo333 m1093 ft
Eiffel Tower1889FranceParis330 m1083 ft
Zhuzhou Television Tower1999ChinaZhuzhou293 m961 ft
Shijiazhuang TV-tower1998ChinaShijiazhuang280 m919 ft
Kaifeng TV Tower1995ChinaKaifeng268 m879 ft
Daqing Radio and Television Tower1989ChinaDaqing260 m853 ft
Foshan TV Tower?ChinaFoshan238 m781 ft
Qingdao TV Tower1994ChinaQingdao232 m761 ft
Hongguangshan TV Tower?ChinaÜrümqi230 m754 ft
Brasília TV Tower1967BrazilBrasília224 m735 ftformerly the tallest structure in Brazil 1967-2004
Changchun Radio and Television Tower1997ChinaQingdao218 m715 ft
Guangzhou TV Tower1991ChinaGuangzhou217 m712 ft
Guangdong TV Tower1965ChinaGuangdong200 m656 ft
Dalian Radio & TV Tower1990ChinaDalian191 m627 ftHas a thick solid concrete core with an exterior steel lattice, it is unknown which provides most of the structural support but the steel lattice is a very prominent feature of the tower
Nagoya TV Tower1954JapanNagoya180 m590 ft
Odinstårnet1935DenmarkOdense175 m574 ftdemolished on December 14, 1944
New Brighton Tower1900UKLiverpool172.8 m567 ftdismantled from 1919 to 1921
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower1999United StatesLas Vegas165 m541 ft1:2 scale replica of Eiffel Tower
Osaka ABC Tower1966JapanOsaka160 m525 ftdemolished in September 2009
The Parisian Macao2016ChinaMacau160 m525 ft1:2 scale replica of Eiffel Tower
Blackpool Tower1894United KingdomBlackpool158 m518 ft
Funkturm Berlin1926GermanyBerlin150 m492 ftOnly observation tower standing on insulators
Sapporo TV Tower1957JapanSapporo147.2 m483 ft
Vasco-da-Gama-Tower1998PortugalLisbon145 m476 ft
Alphabetic Tower2012GeorgiaBatumi130 m427 ft
Gettysburg National Tower1974United StatesGettysburg, Pennsylvania120 m394 ftdemolished on July 3, 2000 Hyperboloid structure
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie1997CanadaShawinigan, Quebec115 m377 ft
Torre Branca1933ItalyMilan108.6 m356 ft
Kobe Port Tower1963JapanKobe108 m354 ft
Eiffel Tower of Window of the World1993ChinaShenzhen108 m354 ft1:3 scale replica of Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower of Tiandu City Community2007ChinaMacau108 m354 ft1:3 scale replica of Eiffel Tower
Marine Tower Yokohama1961JapanYokohama106 m348 ft
Tsutenkaku1956JapanOsaka103 m338 ft
Hakata Port Tower1964JapanFukuoka103 m338 ft
Tour métallique de Fourvière1894FranceLyon101 m331 ftNot used as observation tower since 1953
Total Tower1994United StatesDenver100.6 m330 ft
Beppu Tower1957JapanBeppu100 m328 ft
Eiffel Tower of Kings Island1972United StatesMason, Ohio96 m315 ft1:3.5 scale replica of Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower of Kings Dominion1975United StatesDoswell, Virginia96 m315 ft1:3.5 scale replica of Eiffel Tower
Cholfirst Radio Tower1973SwitzerlandFlurlingen96 m315 ft
Sunsphere1982United StatesKnoxville81.07 m266 ft
Eiffel Tower replica in Bahria Town2014PakistanBahria80 m262 ft1:4 scale replica of Eiffel Tower
Torre Sant Sebastia1931SpainBarcelona78 m256 ftHarbour terminal aerial tramway
Hiratsuka TV Tower1972JapanHiratsuka70 m256 ft
Facility 4101, Tower 931975GermanyHürth74.84 m246 ftElectricity pylon, which carried from 1977 to 2010 in a height of 27 metres an observation deck
Morecambe Tower1898UKMorecambe71 m232 ftdismantled during the first world war, built on top of a theatre
Hot Springs Mountain Tower1983United StatesHot Springs Mountain65.8 m216 ft
Petřínská rozhledna1891CzechPrague60 m197 ft
Bachtel Tower1986SwitzerlandHinwil60 m197 ft
Green Tower1998JapanSanbu60 m197 ft
Gross Reken Melchenberg Radio Tower2002GermanyReken60 m197 ft
Schomberg Observation Tower2006GermanySundern60 m197 ft
Aalborgtårnet1933DenmarkAalborg54.9 m180 ftdismantled and rebuilt from the ground up in 2005
Observation Tower Ahlbeck1998GermanyAhlbeck50 m164 ft
Watkins' Tower1891UKLondon47 m154 ftnever completed & dismantled in 1907 was to be 358 m / 1175 ft in height
Morsbach Observation Tower1962GermanyMorsbach45 m148 ft
Joseph's Cross1896GermanyStolberg38 m124 ft
Poppenberg Observation Tower1897GermanyIlfeld33 m108 ft
Lemberg Tower1899GermanyLemberg Mountain33 m108 ft
Wanne Observation Tower1888GermanyVillingen-Schwenningen30 m98 ft
Gehrenberg Tower1903GermanyMarkdorf30 m98 ft
Tower of Unity1962GermanyHeldrastein30 m98 ftFormer additionally guyed lattice tower, which was transformed into observation tower
Gustav-Vietor-Tower1882GermanyHohe Wurzel 25 m82 ftdemolished in 2006
Observation Tower at Goetzinger's Height1883GermanyNeustadt/Saxony25 m82 ft
Hochfirst Tower1890GermanyTitisee-Neustadt25 m82 ftAdditionally guyed
Büchenbronn Observation Tower1883GermanyBüchenbronn24.75 m81 ftAdditionally guyed
Tour du Belvédère1898FranceMulhouse-Belvédère20 m65 ft
Salzgitter Bismarck Tower1900GermanySalzgitter17 m56 ft
Gillerberg Observation Tower1892GermanyHilchenbach15 m49 ft

Radio towers carrying aerials

List of radio tower above in height.
indicates a structure that is no longer standing.

indicates a structure that has had a change in height or has been rebuilt.
TowerYearCountryTownHeight mHeight ftDesign typeNotable for
Tokyo Skytree2012JapanTokyo634 m2080 ftsolid reinforced concrete core supported by cylindrical lattice framethe tallest tower of any type in the world and the tallest land-based lattice tower, tallest structure in Japan
Kyiv TV Tower1973UkraineKyiv385 m1263 ftsolid steel core supported by a 6-sided lattice frame with 4 legstallest land based lattice tower from 1973 to 2012, tallest structure in Ukraine
Tashkent Tower1985UzbekistanTashkent374.9 m1230 ftsolid steel core supported by cylindrical lattice frame with 3 steel legsmore likely to be categorized as a steel tower than a lattice tower, tallest structure in Uzbekistan
Dragon Tower2000ChinaHarbin336 m1102 ftsolid core supported by 6-sided lattice frame, 4-sided upper portion
Tokyo Tower1957JapanTokyo333 m1093 ft4-sided, 4 leggedtallest lattice tower in the world from 1957 to 1973
Eiffel Tower1889FranceParis330 m1083 ft4-sided, 4 leggedtallest lattice tower in the world from 1889 to 1956, has undergone multiple height changes, original height of to tip of flagpole
WITI TV Tower1962United StatesShorewood, Wisconsin329.4 m1081 ft3-sidedtallest land based lattice tower in the United States, second tallest in the world when completed in 1962
St. Petersburg TV Tower1962RussiaSaint Petersburg326 m1070 ftsolid central core supported by 6-sided lattice frametallest lattice tower in Russia, height increase of in 2011
WHDH-TV Tower1960United StatesNewton, Massachusetts323.8 m1062 ft3-sided
KCTV Broadcast Tower1956United StatesKansas City, Missouri317.6 m1042 ft4-sided, pyramid typebriefly became the tallest lattice tower in the world when completed in 1956 surpassing the Eiffel Tower's original height by 17 feet weight; 600 tons
Turner Broadcasting Tower1967United StatesAtlanta, Georgia314.3 m1031 ft3-sideddismantled in 2010
Yerevan TV Tower1977ArmeniaYerevan311.7 m1023 ftsolid steel core supported by 3-sided lattice frametallest structure in Armenia
Fazilka TV Tower2007IndiaFazilka304.8 m1000 ft4-sidedtallest lattice tower in India
Mumbai Television Tower1972IndiaMumbai300 m984 ft4-sided
Sutro Tower1973United StatesSan Francisco, California297.8 m977 ft3 legged guyed upper section and candelabra top
WKRQ Tower1960'sUnited StatesCincinnati, Ohio294.6 m967 ft3-sided
Zhuzhou Television Tower1999ChinaZhuzhou293 m961 ftsolid core supported by 6-sided lattice frame
Star Tower1991United StatesCincinnati, Ohio290.8 m954 ftLandmark tower designLast lattice tower above 700 feet built in the United States
WLWT TV Tower1978United StatesCincinnati, Ohio289.6 m950 ft3-sided
Dudelange Radio Tower1957LuxembourgDudelange285 m935 ft3-sidedtallest free-standing structure in Luxembourg, rebuilt in 1981 following an aircraft collision
AIR Tower2013IndiaAmritsar282 m925 ft4-sidedThe AIR tower was originally intended to be 1000 feet tall. According to some sources it reached this height but others claim it only reached a peak of or so before plans were made to reduce its height to due to a tilt being noticed in the towers angle at the top.. More recent documentation has indicated that the towers height is specifically 282m.. But photos seem to show a more significant portion of the upper section of the tower as having been removed after its initial construction such that its current height is somewhere in the range of 230 to 250 meters tall.
Shijiazhuang TV-tower1998ChinaShijiazhuang280 m919 ftsolid core supported by 8-sided lattice frame with 4 legs
Net 25 Tower1990PhilippinesQuezon City276.4 m907 ft3-sidedtallest structure in the Philippines
WCPO TV Tower1965United StatesCincinnati, Ohio276 m905 ft3-sided
Perm TV tower2016RussiaPerm275 m902 ftHyperboloid structureweight; 657 tons
Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower1972GeorgiaTbilisi274.5 m901 ftsolid steel core supported by 3-sided lattice frame with 2 legsmore likely to be categorized as a steel tower than a lattice tower, tallest structure in Georgia
RCTI TV Tower?IndonesiaJakarta274 m900 ft3-sidedtallest lattice tower in Indonesia
Kaifeng TV Tower1989ChinaKaifeng268 m879 ftsolid core supported by 8-sided lattice frame with 4 legs
Daqing Radio and Television Tower1989ChinaDaqing260 m853 ftsolid core supported by 6-sided lattice frame, 4-sided upper portion
Moscow Octod Tower2006RussiaMoscow258 m846 ftHyperboloid structureStructure has been partially disassembled
WTVR TV Tower1953United StatesRichmond, Virginia257 m843 ft4-sided, pyramid typesecond tallest lattice tower in the world when completed in 1953
Volgograd regional radio and television transmitting center2016RussiaVolgograd256 m840 ft4-sided
WBNS TV Tower1955United StatesColumbus, Ohio255.8 m839 ft3-sided
Grodno TV Tower1984BelarusGrodno254 m833 ft4-sided, Top guyed lattice tower, featuring a guyed upper section with four horizontal crossbarstallest freestanding structure in Belarus
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 11918FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usesix of the eight towers were built by 1918, the last two were completed in 1920. The retreating German army demolished all but one of the towers in 1944
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 21918FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1944
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 31918FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1944
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 41918FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1944
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 51918FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1944
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 61920FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1944
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 71920FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1944
Lafayette transmitter, Tower 81920FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usethe final tower was dismantled in 1953
Longwave transmitter Junglinster, Tower 11932LuxembourgJunglinster250 m820 ft3-sided, insulated against groundThe 2nd & 3rd towers were built at a later date, all three towers were reduced in height in 1983 to
Longwave transmitter Junglinster, Tower 21954LuxembourgJunglinster250 m820 ft3-sided, insulated against groundheight since 1983;
Longwave transmitter Junglinster, Tower 31959LuxembourgJunglinster250 m820 ft3-sided, insulated against groundheight since 1983;
Novodnistrovsk TV Tower1987UkraineDunaivtsi250 m820 ft4-sided
Hanoi TV Tower2013VietnamHanoi250 m820 ft4-sided, 4 leggedtallest lattice tower in Vietnam
River Road Tower1965United StatesWashington, DC246.6 m809 ft3-sided candelabra top
Seto Digital Tower2011JapanSeto244.7 m803 ftcentral lattice mast supported by 6 exterior legs
Vitebsk TV Tower1983BelarusVitebsk244 m801 ft4-sided, Top guyed lattice tower, featuring a guyed upper section with four horizontal crossbars
Astara TV Tower1981Republic of AzerbaijanAstara243.84 m800 ft4-sided, Top guyed lattice tower, featuring a guyed upper section with four horizontal crossbars
Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)1925GermanyKoenigs Wusterhausen243 m797 ft3-sidedcollapsed during storm on November 15, 1972
Yakutsk TV Tower1982RussiaYakutsk241.71 m793 ft4-sidedantenna; 241.7 metres 793 ft, roof; 225.7 m 740 ft
Birobidzhan TV Tower1972RussiaBirobidzhan241 m791 ft4-sided
Kharkiv TV Tower1981UkraineKharkiv240.7 m790 ftsolid steel core supported by 6-sided lattice frame with 3 legsPartially destroyed by a Russian airstrike on April 22, 2024. The top half of the tower collapsed, but the lower half supported by the lattice structure remains standing.
Foshan TV Tower?ChinaFoshan238 m781 ftsolid core supported by 8-sided lattice frame with 4 legs, 4-sided upper portion
Tower of Power1988PhilippinesQuezon City236.8 m777 ft4-sided
Channel 9 TV Tower1965AustraliaSydney233 m764 ft4-sideddismantled in August 2021
Wavre Transmitter1983BelgiumWavre232 m761 ft4-sided, Top guyed lattice tower, featuring a guyed upper section with four horizontal crossbarstallest lattice tower in Belgium
Hughes Memorial Tower1989United StatesWashington, DC232 m761 ftLandmark tower design
Qingdao TV Tower1994ChinaQingdao232 m761 ftsolid central core supported by 6-sided lattice frame, 4-sided upper portion
WOR TV Tower1949United StatesNorth Bergen, New Jersey231.65 m760 ft4-sideddismantled after being struck by an aircraft in 1956
Hongguangshan TV Tower?ChinaÜrümqi230 m754 ftsolid central core supported by 6-sided lattice frame, 4-sided upper portion
Belgorod TV Tower2013RussiaBelgorod230 m754 ft4-sided
KQTV Tower1953United StatesSt. Joseph, Missouri229 m750 ft4-sided, pyramid typeheight since 2009;
WIVB TV Tower1948United StatesBuffalo, New York226.2 m742 ft3-sided
TV5 Tower?BangkokThailand225 m740 ft3-sidedtallest lattice tower in Thailand
WTRF-TV Tower1962United StatesBridgeport, Ohio225 m738 ft3-sided
Brasília TV Tower1967BrazilBrasília224 m735 ft6-sided
Millennium Transmitter1969PhilippinesQuezon City219.5 m720 ft4-sided
Sahiwal TV Tower1970'sPakistanSahiwal219.5 m720 ft4-sidedtallest structure in Pakistan
Crystal Palace Transmitter1950UKLondon219 m719 ft4-sidedtallest lattice tower in England
Changchun Radio and Television Tower1997ChinaQingdao218 m715 ftsolid core supported by 6-sided lattice frame, 4-sided upper portion
Mediacorp TV tower2006SingaporeBukit Batok217 m712 ft4-sided, built on a hill, height from lowest leg is
Guangzhou TV Tower1991ChinaGuangzhou217 m712 ft4-sided, 4 legged
Blosenbergturm1937SwitzerlandBeromünster216 m709 ft4-sidedselfradiating tower insulated against ground
Melitopol Retransmitter Tower1981UkraineMelitopol216 m709 ft4-sided
Deyang TV Tower1991ChinaDeyang216 m709 ft12-sided, 4 legged
Channel 7/10 TV Tower1965AustraliaSydney216 m708 ft4-sidedtallest lattice tower in Australia
WBIR TV Tower1956United StatesKnoxville, Tennessee215.5 m707 ft3-sideddismantled in August 2023
WTTG TV Tower1963United StatesWashington, DC214.8705 ft3-sided
Mariupol TV Tower1981UkraineMariupol214 m702 ft4-sided
Zlatoust TV Tower1983RussiaZlatoust213 m699 ft4-sided
Torre TV Bandeirantes1997BrazilSão Paulo212 m696 ft4-sided non-tapering, weight; 650 tons
WJLA TV Tower1972United StatesWashington, DC210.9692 ft3-sided
TV Tower Bol d'Air-Ougrée?BelgiumBol d'Air-Ougrée210 m689 ft4-sided
Cherepovets TV Tower1969RussiaCherepovets208.5 m684 ft4-sided
KTWB-TV Tower1979United StatesSeattle, Washington208 m682 ft3-sided
Khmelnytsky TV Tower1980UkraineKhmelnytskyi208 m682 ft4-sided
Arkhangelsk TV Tower2004RussiaArkhangelsk208 m682 ft4-sided
Cimişlia TV Tower?MoldovaCimişlia208 m682 ft4-sided
Novosemeykino Longwave Transmission, Tower 11943RussiaNovosemeykino205 m673 ft3-sided, military usedemolished in 2010, selfradiating insulated against ground
Novosemeykino Longwave Transmission, Tower 21943RussiaNovosemeykino205 m673 ft3-sided, military usedemolished in 2010, selfradiating insulated against ground
Novosemeykino Longwave Transmission, Tower 31943RussiaNovosemeykino205 m673 ft3-sided, military usedemolished in 2010, selfradiating insulated against ground
Novosemeykino Longwave Transmission, Tower 41943RussiaNovosemeykino205 m673 ft3-sided, military usedemolished in 2010, selfradiating insulated against ground
Cesvaine TV Tower?LatviaCesvaine204 m669 ft4-sided
Edineţ TV Tower?MoldovaEdineţ204 m669 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Rezeknes TV Tower?LatviaRezeknes204 m669 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Valmieras TV Tower?LatviaValmieras204 m669 ft4-sided
Antananarivo TV Tower?MadagascarAntananarivo203 m665 ft
Klaipeda Radio and Television Station1960LithuaniaKlaipeda202 m663 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Daugavpils TV Tower1956LatviaDaugavpils202 m663 ft4-sidedheight increased in 1989
WRC TV Tower1989?United StatesWashington, DC201.8 m662 ft3-sided
Brisbane Channel 10 TV Tower?AustraliaBrisbane201.8 m662 ft4-sided
Orion Tower2001RussiaSamara201 m660 ftHyperboloid structure
WKBN TV Tower1976United StatesYoungstown, Ohio200.3 m657 ft3-sided
Gomel TV Tower1957BelarusHomel200 m656 ft4-sided
Kirovohrad TV Tower1964UkraineKropyvnytskyi200 m656 ft4-sided
Guangdong TV Tower1965ChinaGuangdong200 m656 ft8-sided
WMBC TV Tower1965United StatesMontclair, New Jersey200 m656 ft3-sided
TV Tower on Mount Papula1966RussiaVyborg200 m656 ft4-sided
Khust TV Tower1975UkraineKhust200 m656 ft4-sided
Olevsk Communication Tower1989UkraineOlevsk200 m656 ft4-sided
VRT Zendmast Genk?BelgiumGenk200 m656 ft4-sided
Ciurel Telecommunications Tower?RomaniaBucharest200 m656 ft4-sided
TV5 Transmitter Tower?PhilippinesQuezon City200 m656 ft4-sided
St. Petersburg American Tower1985United StatesSt. Petersburg199.6 m655 ft3-sided
New Krasnoyarsk TV Tower2013RussiaKrasnoyarsk199.4 m654 ft4-sided
Odessa TV Tower1958UkraineOdessa199 m653 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Kherson TV Tower1994UkraineKherson199 m653 ft4-sided
Novosibirsk TV Tower1957RussiaNovosibirsk198 m650 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Voronezh TV Tower1958RussiaVoronezh198 m650 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Rádio Transamérica?BrazilSão Paulo198 m650 ft3-sided
Krasnodar TV Tower1959RussiaKrasnodar197 m646 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Türi Radio Mast1937EstoniaTüri196.6 m645 ft3-sideddemolished in 1941. At time of completion was the tallest structure in Northern Europe, built by an American company
Old Yerevan TV Tower1956ArmeniaYerevan196 m643 ft4-sided, 3803 KMdemolition date unknown
Chelyabinsk TV Tower1958RussiaChelyabinsk196 m643 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Penza Television Centre Transmitter1958RussiaPenza196 m643 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Rostov TV Tower1958RussiaRostov196 m643 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Omsk TV Tower1959KazakhstanOmsk196 m643 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Pärnu TV Tower1963EstoniaPärnu196 m643 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Cherkaska TV Tower1964UkraineCherkaska196 m643 ft4-sided
Bilopillia TV Tower1966UkraineBilopillia196 m643 ft4-sided
Trostianets TV Tower1985UkraineTrostianets196 m643 ft4-sided
Ivano-Frankivsk TV Tower1965UkraineIvano-Frankivsk195 m640 ft4-sided
Sky Tower West Tokyo1980JapanTokyo195 m640 ft8-sided non-tapering
Mulhouse-Belvédère Transmission Tower1997FranceMulhouse195 m640 ft3-sided
Tower at 3710 Marquis St1992United StatesGarland, Texas194.2 m637 ft3-sided
Bryansk TV Tower1958RussiaBryansk194 m637 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Dnipropetrovsk TV Tower1958UkraineDnipropetrovsk194 m637 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Lugansk TV Tower1958UkraineLugansk194 m637 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Kamenske TV Tower1965UkraineKamenske194 m637 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
KSTW-TV Tower1979United StatesSeattle, Washington194 m636 ft3-sided
Karaganda TV Tower19KazakhstanQaragandy194 m635 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Mykolaiv TV Tower1958UkraineMykolaiv193 m633 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Bishkek TV Tower1958KyrgyzstanBishkek193 m633 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Ulaanbaatar Radio Station Tower1967MongoliaUlaanbaatar193 m633 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
KEZK-FM Tower1981United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri192.3 m631 ft3-sided
Tallinn TV Mast1955EstoniaTallinn192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KMdismantled in 1984
Yekaterinburg TV Tower 1955RussiaYekaterinburg192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Donetsk TV Tower 11956UkraineDonetsk192 m630 ft4-sided
Baku Communication Tower1956AzerbaijanBaku192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KMdemolished in 2008
Irkutsk TV Tower1957RussiaIrkutsk192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Murmansk TV Tower1957RussiaMurmansk192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Lviv TV Tower1957UkraineLviv192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Simferopol TV Tower1958RussiaSimferopol192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Ulyanovsk TV Tower1959RussiaUlyanovsk192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Zaporizhzhya TV Tower1959UkraineZaporizhzhya192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM single platform
Lipetsk TV Tower1960RussiaLipetsk192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Annunciation TV Tower1964RussiaBlagoveshchensk192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Abakan TV Tower1965RussiaAbakan192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Almaty Old TV tower?KazakhstanAlmaty192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Pavlodar TV Tower?KazakhstanPavlodar192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tomsk TV Tower?RussiaTomsk192 m630 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Orissaare TV Tower1965EstoniaOrissaare191 m627 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Leipzig Radio Tower2015GermanyLeipzig191 m627 ft4-sided
LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach1952United StatesCarolina Beach, North Carolina190.5 m625 ftcollapsed caused by Hurricane Helene September 26, 1958
Stonehenge Tower1990United StatesPortland, Oregon190.5 m625 ftsolid steel core supported by 3 legsmore likely to be categorized as a steel tower than a lattice tower
Transmitter Sottens, old transmission tower1948SwitzerlandSottens190 m623 ft4-sideddemolished in 1989, mediumwave selfradiating tower insulated against ground
Bratsk TV Tower1963RussiaBratsk190 m623 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
ATV10 Tower1964AustraliaMelbourne190 m623 ft4-sidedheight increase of in 2001
Cayey Naval Station, Tower 11919United StatesCayey, Puerto Rico189 m620 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1938
Cayey Naval Station, Tower 21919United StatesCayey, Puerto Rico189 m620 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1938
Cayey Naval Station, Tower 31919United StatesCayey, Puerto Rico189 m620 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1938
Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower1948CanadaCambridge Bay189 m620 ft4-sideddemolished in August 2014
Sottens Radio Tower1989SwitzerlandSottens188 m617 ft4-sidedmediumwave, selfradiating tower insulated against ground
Soinaste Telemast1957EstoniaTartu186 m610 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Chisinau TV Tower1958MoldovaChisinau186 m610 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Petrozavodsk TV Tower1959RussiaPetrozavodsk186 m610 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
KIRO TV Tower1958United StatesSeattle, Washington186 m609 ft3-sided
Santa Palomba transmitter, Main Tower?ItalySanta Palomba186 m609 ft4-sidedequipped with cage antenna for mediumwave broadcasting
Ovce Pole Radio Tower?MacedoniaLozovo185 m608 ft4-sided
Semipalatinsk TV Tower?KazakhstanSemey185 m608 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Ekibastuz TV Tower1967KazakhstanEkibastuz185 m607 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Vlessart TV Tower?BelgiumRue Vlessart Airmont Léglise185 m607 ft4-sided, horizontal bars of frame are fixed at the centre column
Anderlues TV Tower?BelgiumAnderlues185 m607 ft4-sided
Tower at 4800 Reagan Drive2004United StatesCharlotte, North Carolina184.4 m605 ft3-sided
Brisbane ABQ TV Tower1959AustraliaBrisbane184.3 m605 ft4-sided27°27′52″S 152°56′51″E
KWEX TV Tower1998United StatesSan Antonio, Texas184.1 m604 ft3-sided
NAA (Virginia), Tower 11913United StatesArlington, Virginia183 m600 ft4-sided, military usedismantled in 1941, was the first of many US Naval radio transmitting station, it was the tallest lattice tower in the United States when built and second tallest in the world after the Eiffel Tower the site also featured two 450-foot tall lattice towers which were possibly the 3rd and 4th tallest in the world at that time
US Naval Communications Station Balboa - Panama, Tower 11914United States Balboa183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military use6 towers on site built by the US Navy, began operations in 1912, tower possibly demolished in 1993, site returned to Panama in 1996 and station decommissioned by 1999
US Naval Communications Station Balboa - Panama, Tower 21914United States Balboa183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished by 1999
US Naval Communications Station Balboa - Panama, Tower 31914United States Balboa183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished by 1999
US Naval Communications Station Balboa - Panama, Tower 41914United States Balboa183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished by 1999
US Naval Communications Station Balboa - Panama, Tower 51914United States Balboa183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished by 1999
US Naval Communications Station Balboa - Panama, Tower 61914United States Balboa183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished by 1999
Naval Station Sangley Point, Tower 11915United States Cavite183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1971, 3 towers on site built by the US Navy
Naval Station Sangley Point, Tower 21915United States Cavite183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1971
Naval Station Sangley Point, Tower 31915United States Cavite183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1971
Chollas Heights Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 11917United StatesSan Diego183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1995, 3 towers on site built by the US Navy
Chollas Heights Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 21917United StatesSan Diego183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1995
Chollas Heights Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 31917United StatesSan Diego183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1995
US Naval Radio Station Pearl Harbor, Tower 11917United StatesPearl Harbor183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedismantled in 1936, the transmitters were later used at Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility
US Naval Radio Station Pearl Harbor, Tower 21917United StatesPearl Harbor183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedismantled in 1936
US Naval Radio Station Pearl Harbor, Tower 31917United StatesPearl Harbor183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedismantled in 1936
NSS Annapolis, Tower 11918United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1969. The site originally had a total of 9 self-supporting 600-foot tall the most lattice towers of that height ever built in a single location. Four were built in 1918, two more in 1922 and the final three in 1938. The 6 towers built in 1918 & 1922 were demolished in 1969 while the 3 towers built in 1938 remain today. Tied for tallest lattice towers in the United States from 1918 to 1949
NSS Annapolis, Tower 21918United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1969
NSS Annapolis, Tower 31918United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1969
NSS Annapolis, Tower 41918United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1969
NSS Annapolis, Tower 51922United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1969
NSS Annapolis, Tower 61922United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1969
NSS Annapolis, Tower 71938United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided Annapolis type3 towers remaining, site previously had a total of 9 towers
NSS Annapolis, Tower 81938United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided Annapolis type
NSS Annapolis, Tower 91938United StatesAnnapolis183 m600 ft3-sided Annapolis type
Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 11936United StatesLualualei183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1972, 7 possibly 8 towers on site built by the US Navy, these were later replaced in 1972 with two 1,500-foot tall guyed masts
Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 21936United StatesLualualei183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1972
Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 31936United StatesLualualei183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1972
Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 41936United StatesLualualei183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1972
Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 51936United StatesLualualei183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1972
Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 61936United StatesLualualei183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1972
Lualualei Naval Radio Transmitting Facility, Tower 71936United StatesLualualei183 m600 ft3-sided, Annapolis type military usedemolished in 1972
Criggion VLF transmitter, Tower 11941UKCriggion, Powys182.9 m600 ft4-sided, military usedemolished in 2003
Criggion VLF transmitter, Tower 21941UKCriggion, Powys182.9 m600 ft4-sided, military usedemolished in 2003
Criggion VLF transmitter, Tower 31941UKCriggion, Powys182.9 m600 ft4-sided, military usedemolished in 2003
Mulhouse-Belvédère Transmission, Old Tower1955FranceMulhouse182.9 m600 ft3-sideddemolished in 1998
TV Tower RTPTS Berezniki1961RussiaBerezniki183 m600 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tower at 503 Mcarthur Drive2016United StatesNew Bedford, Massachusetts182.9 m600 ft3-sided
Launch Pad 39b Tower 12022United StatesTitusville, Florida182.9 m600 ft3-sided
Launch Pad 39b Tower 22022United StatesTitusville, Florida182.9 m600 ft3-sided
Launch Pad 39b Tower 32022United StatesTitusville, Florida182.9 m600 ft3-sided
Ryazan TV Tower1956RussiaRyazan182.5 m599 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Nizhny Novgorod TV Tower1957RussiaNizhny Novgorod182 m597 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Old Ufa TV Tower1958RussiaUfa182 m597 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Old Perm TV Tower1958RussiaPerm182 m597 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Kazan TV Tower1959RussiaKazan182 m597 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tower located on the State Fair of Texas grounds?United StatesDallas, Texas181.5 m596 ft3-sideddismantled in 2016
Old WBNS TV Tower1948United StatesColumbus, Ohio181.3 m595 ft3-sidedoriginal WBNS tower, replaced by a taller tower in 1955
KSTP TV Tower1948United StatesSaint Paul, Minnesota181.1 m594 ft3-sided
Old WSTM-TV Tower1953United StatesSyracuse, New York181.0 m594 ft4-sideddemolished in 2003
WQED TV Tower1954United StatesPittsburgh, Pennsylvania181.1 m594 ft3-sided candelabra top
KCTS TV Tower Tower1965United StatesSeattle, Washington181.1 m594 ft3-sided
Tower on Mamayev Kurgan1956RussiaVolgograd180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Vladimirskaya TV Tower1956RussiaVladimirskaya180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Old Krasnoyarsk TV Tower1957RussiaKrasnoyarsk180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Samara TV Tower1957RussiaSamara180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Kemerovo TV Tower1958RussiaKemerovo180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Sochi TV Tower1958RussiaSochi180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
KRTPTS Eagle's Nest1959RussiaVladivostok180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Arzamas TV Tower1960RussiaArzamas180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tambov TV Tower1960RussiaTambov180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Yoshkar-Ola TV Tower1960RussiaYoshkar-Ola180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Astrakhan TV Tower1961RussiaAstrakhan180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Cheboksary TV Tower1961RussiaCheboksary180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Kurgan TV Tower1961RussiaKurgan180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Leninsk-Kuznetsky TV Tower1962RussiaLeninsk-Kuznetsky180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Magnitogorsk TV Tower1962RussiaMagnitogorsk180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Novokuznetsk TV Tower1962RussiaNovokuznetsk180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tula TV Tower1963RussiaTula180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Khabarovsk TV Tower1964RussiaKhabarovsk180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Syktyvkar TV Tower1964RussiaSyktyvkar180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Donetsk TV Tower 21964UkraineDonetsk180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Yarok TV and Radio Tower1964UkraineYarok180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Kokshetau TV Tower1965KazakhstanKokshetau180 m591 ft4-sided with lateral supports added in 2002 for vertical stability after washout
Nalchik TV Tower1967RussiaNalchik180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Andriivka TV Tower1969UkraineAndriivka180 m591 ft4-sided
Kotovsk Communication Tower1972UkraineVesternychany180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Mezhdurechenskaya TV tower1972RussiaMezhdurechensk180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Chongqing Radio & TV Tower1973ChinaYuzhong, Chongqing CQ180 m591 ft4-sided
Kuldiga TV Tower?LatviaKuldiga180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Uralsvyazinform tower2003RussiaPerm180 m591 ftHyperboloid structure
Aktobe TV Tower?KazakhstanAktobe180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Ust-Kamenogorsk TV Tower?KazakhstanOskemen180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Petropavlovsk TV Tower?KazakhstanOskemen180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Makhachkala TV Tower?RussiaMakhachkala180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tobolsk TV Tower?RussiaTobolsk180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tyumen TV Tower?RussiaTyumen180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Tashkent Old TV Tower?UzbekistanTashkent180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Gyumri TV Tower?ArmeniaGyumri180 m591 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
Nagoya TV Tower1954JapanNagoya180 m590 ft4-sided
Smolensk TV Tower1957RussiaSmolensk180 m590 ft
Funabashi Miyama Broadcasting Station A Radio Tower1970JapanTokyo180 m590 ft4-sided
KDFW TV Tower1949United StatesDallas, Texas179 m587 ft4-sidedcurrent height 149.8 m
WTOB-TV Tower1953United StatesWinston-Salem, North Carolina178.61 m586 ft3-sidedRemoved 1967, more than a decade after the TV station closed. Was lit yearly at Christmas from 1957 to 1966.
1230 East Mermaid Lane Tower1957United StatesWyndmoor, Pennsylvania178 m585 ft3-sided
WTNV Tower1947United StatesJackson, Tennessee176.8 m580 ft4-sidedcollapsed caused by tornado on May 4, 2003
KGO-TV Tower1949United StatesSan Francisco, California176.8 m580 ft3-sideddemolished in 1972 to make way for the Sutro Tower
Ministry of Defense Building B1996JapanTokyo177 m580 ft12-sided, built on top of a buildingtotal height including building is
Balashikha Tower?RussiaBalashikha176 m577 ft4-sided non-tapering
Old WLWT TV Tower1948United StatesCincinnati173.7 m570 ft4-sideddismantled in 2005, replaced by the WLWT TV Tower
KING TV Tower1952United StatesSeattle, Washington174 m570 ft4-sided
KGHL Tower1928United StatesBillings173 m568 ft3-sideddemolished in 2020
Hirano Radio Tower1971JapanSaitama173 m568 ftsolid central core supported with 4 legs,central core possibly made out of concrete?
Tower at 777 Winks Lane?United StatesBensalem, PA173.1 m568 ft3-sided
WDET Tower1996United StatesDetroit, Michigan172.5 m566 ft3-sided
KOMO TV Tower1952United StatesSeattle, Washington172 m564 ft3-sided
Yokohama Radio Tower?JapanYokohama172 m564 ft4-sided35°31'28.15"N 139°39'50.84"E
Bell Canada Pharmacy Avenue Tower1970CanadaToronto160 m563 ft3-sided non-tapering
Tower at 1230 East Mermaid Lane?United StatesWyndmoor, PA171.3 m562 ft3-sided
Original TCN TV Tower1956AustraliaSydney171 m561 ft4-sideddemolished in 1966
Rimavská Sobota SW Transmitter, Tower 11956SlovakiaRimavská Sobota171 m561 ft4-sided4 identical towers
Rimavská Sobota SW Transmitter, Tower 21956SlovakiaRimavská Sobota171 m561 ft4-sided
Rimavská Sobota SW Transmitter, Tower 31956SlovakiaRimavská Sobota171 m561 ft4-sided
Rimavská Sobota SW Transmitter, Tower 41956SlovakiaRimavská Sobota171 m561 ft4-sided
Hearst Stations Tower1957United StatesSacramento, California170.2 m558 ft3-sided
Tower at 2740 South Freeway1992United StatesFort Worth, Texas170.1 m558 ft4-sided
WHHL-FM Tower2008United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri170.1 m558 ft3-sided
Rimavská Sobota SW Transmitter, Tower 51956SlovakiaRimavská Sobota170 m558 ft4-sided
Rimavská Sobota SW Transmitter, Tower 61956SlovakiaRimavská Sobota170 m558 ft4-sided
Gore Hill ABC TV Tower1957AustraliaSydney170 m558 ft4-sided
VRT Zendmast Oostvleteren1969BelgiumOostvleteren170 m558 ft4-sided
WTVH TV Tower1948United StatesSyracuse, New York169.5 m556 ft4-sided
KSAT TV Tower1957United StatesSan Antonio, Texas168.9 m554 ft3-sided
Gaocheng TV Tower?ChinaGaocheng168 m551 ft
WWVR Tower1954United StatesTerre Haute, Indiana167.6 m550 ft3-sided
Yiye Avila Tower1991United StatesUtuado, Puerto Rico167 m548 ftLandmark tower designcollapsed caused by Hurricane Maria September 2017
VRT Zendmast Schoten1969BelgiumSchoten167 m548 ft4-sided
KNBC Mount Wilson Tower1998United StatesMount Wilson, California166 m545 ft4-sided
KSEG TV Tower?United StatesSacramento, California166 m542 ft3-sided
CBC Jarvis St. Tower1952CanadaToronto164.6 m540 ft4-sideddemolished in 2002
RTBF Profondeville?BelgiumRiviere164 m538 ft
KCCI TV Tower1985United StatesDes Moines, Iowa163.6 m537 ft3-sided
TV Tower Tournai-Froidmont1967BelgiumTournai-Froidmont163 m535 ft4-sided
WJAR TV Tower2013United StatesRehoboth, Massachusetts162.7 m534 ft4-sided
WRAT Tower?United StatesLake Como, NJ162.5 m533 ft3-sided-
WXRT Tower1971United StatesChicago, Illinois162.2 m532 ft3-sided
Higashiyama TV Tower1969JapanNagoya162 m532 ft4-sided
WOWT TV Tower1949United StatesOmaha, Nebraska161.6 m530 ft3-sided
Tower at 2599 Palumbo Drive1991United StatesLexington, Kentucky161.5 m530 ft3-sided, 8-sided top
Ishikawa TV Broadcasting TowerJapanKanazawa162 m530 ftsolid steel core supported by a 8-sided non-tapering lattice36°35'17.37"N 136°36'21.62"E
Martina Franca Tower 1?ItalyMartina Franca161 m528 ft4-sided
WIZF Tower1976United StatesCincinnati, Ohio160.9 m528 ft4-sided
KDNL TV Tower1947United StatesSaint Louis, Missouri160.8 m528 ft4-sided
Shukhov radio Tower1922RussiaMoscow160 m525 ftHyperboloid structure
Luch Tower 11954UkraineLuch160 m525 ft4-sided
Luch Tower 21954UkraineLuch160 m525 ft4-sided
Torre Bruxelas1983BrazilSão Paulo160 m525 ft4-sided23°32'36.94"S 46°40'58.31"W
Tverskaya TV Tower2005RussiaTverskaya160 m525 ft4-sided
Torre da TV Bahia?BrazilSalvador160 m525 ft4-sided
Canal Tower 4 ?UruguayMontevideo160 m525 ft4-sided
Ural TV Tower?KazakhstanUralsk160 m524 ft4-sided, 3803 KM
City of Dallas Tower1983United StatesDallas, Texas159.4 m523 ft4-sided
WSAV TV Tower1956United StatesSavannah, Georgia159.1 m522 ft3-sided
Chernihiv TV Tower1959UkraineChernihiv159 m522 ft4-sided
Telecomm Antenna?BrazilRio de Janeiro159 m522 ft4-sided
To Kannondomachi TV TowerJapanKanazawa159.5 m520 ft4-sided36°35'22.37"N 136°36'28.83"E
WLLY Tower1995United StatesMangonia Park, Florida158.2 m519 ftLandmark tower design
Zendmast Zichtenburg2007NetherlandsThe Hague158 m518 ft3-sided
Skytel Tower2004United StatesDes Moines157.8 m518 ft3-sided
WHIO (AM) Tower1948United StatesDayton, Ohio157.6 m517 ft4-sideddemolished in 2013
CFCN TV Tower1960CanadaCalgary157.6 m517 ft3-sided
RaTel Tower1950UkraineKyiv157 m515 ft4-sided
Houdeng Radio Tower?BelgiumHoudeng156 m512 ft4-sidedselfradiating tower insulated against ground
Tower at 47 S State Avenue1991United StatesIndianapolis, Indiana155.4 m510 ft3-sided
Tower at 1220 S Acacia Avenue1994United StatesRipon, California155.4 m510 ft3-sided
Mesquite Tower1990United StatesMesquite, Texas155.3 m509.5 ftLandmark tower design
KETV TV Tower1957United StatesOmaha, Nebraska155.1 m509 ft3-sided
RTS TV Tower1981SingaporeBukit Batok155 m509 ft4-sidedreplaced the original tower built in 1963
Torre Cultura1992BrazilSão Paulo154.8 m508 ft3-sided, rotating 180 degrees on its axis 3 times
Telecomm Antenna?BrazilRio de Janeiro155 m508 ft4-sided22°56'59.59"S 43°13'46.44"W
NOVEC Toren2005NetherlandsZwolle154.5 m507 ft3-sided
Tower at 4344 Park Heights Avenue1987United StatesBaltimore, Maryland154.5 m507 ft3-sided
Tower at 78 Veronica Avenue2013United StatesFranklin Township, New Jersey154.5 m507 ft3-sided
Washington Police Department Tower?United StatesWashington, DC154.3 m506 ft4-sided
WSB TV Tower1975United StatesAtlanta, Georgia154.2 m506 ft3-sided
Tower at 1420 R.Americo Salgado?BrazilCuiaba154.2 m506 ft4-sided15°35'12.57"S 56° 5'36.58"W
Old KLDT TV Tower1990United StatesLewisville, Texas153.6 m504 ft3-sided
WOAI TV Tower2010United StatesSan Antonio, Texas153.3 m503 ft3-sided
TV Bandeirantes Antenna?BrazilRio de Janeiro153.3 m503 ft4-sided
Tower at 26501 Renaissance Parkway1990United StatesCleveland, Ohio153 m502 ft3-sided
WRDW TV Tower1998United StatesAugusta, Georgia152.7 m501 ft3-sided
Tower at 1060 Gatewood Avenue2019United StatesGreensboro, North Carolina152.7 m501 ft3-sided
Original ATN TV Tower1956AustraliaSydney152 m500 ft4-sideddemolished in 1973
Croydon Transmitter1962UKLondon, Surrey152 m500 ft4-sided
IBC Tower1978PhilippinesQuezon City152 m500 ft4-sided
Tower at 4802 Lookaway Drive1987United StatesCincinnati, Ohio152.4 m500 ft3-sided
PTV Television Transmitter1993PhilippinesQuezon City152.4 m500 ft4-sided
Tower at 1350 Howell Mill Road1995United StatesAtlanta, Georgia152.4 m500 ft3-sided
WKIX (850 AM) Tower1996United StatesCary, North Carolina152.4 m500 ft4-sided
Tower at 15 Van Dyke Avenue1999United StatesNew Brunswick, New Jersey152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Tower at 180 Freeman Avenue2000United StatesIslip, NY152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Cleveland Buckeye Terminals Tower2000United StatesCleveland, Ohio152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Tower at 1810 Jeffries2000United StatesDallas, Texas152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Susquehanna Radio Corp Tower2001United StatesDallas, Texas152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Tower at 2949 2/3 Carr Street2001United StatesHouston, Texas152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Tower at 5109 Carder Road2004United StatesOrlando, Florida152.4 m500 ft3-sided
TV Globo Digital Tower2006BrazilSão Paulo152.4 m500 ft3-sided, built on top of a buildingHeight confirmed by google earth 3 dimensional building data, location; 23°34'4.36"S 46°39'1.65"W
Tower at 5320 Shepard Drive2008United StatesHouston, Texas152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Tower at 2500 Se Loop 8202011United StatesFort Worth, Texas152.4 m500 ft4-sided
City of Conroe Fire Dept. Tower2011United StatesSpring, Texas152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Tower at 6922 Katy Road2012United StatesHouston, Texas152.4 m500 ft3-sided
San Antonio Police Department Tower2012United StatesSan Antonio, Texas152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Indian River State College Tower2013United StatesFort Pierce, Florida152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Tower at 19 Oldham Street2017United StatesNashville, TN152.4 m500 ft3-sided
Crown Communications LLC Tower?United StatesMonroeville, Pennsylvania152.4 m500 ft3-sided
RKS Mělník-Chloumek?Czech RepublicMělník152 m500 ft4 sided non-taperingused for Mediumwave
RKS Dobrochov?Czech RepublicDobrochov152 m500 ft4-sided non-taperingMediumwave
Antena Califormula Broadcasting?MexicoTijuana152 m500 ft4-sided
Federal Hill Road Tower1970United StatesPompton Lakes, New Jersey152.1 m499 ft3-sided
WHBF TV Tower1950United StatesRock Island, Illinois152 m499 ft4-sided-
WAFB TV Tower1951United StatesBaton Rouge, Louisiana152 m499 ft3-sidedsecond source lists the tower as being 475 ft tall
Tower at 375 Midland Avenue1981United StatesDetroit, Michigan152 m499 ft3-sided
WMUZ Tower1985United StatesDetroit, Michigan152 m499 ft3-sided
L3Harris Technologies Tower1992United StatesKey Largo, Florida152 m499 ft3-sided
Tower at 11149 Trinity Blvd1997United StatesFort Worth, Texas152.2 m499 ft4-sided candelabra top
WFNZ-FM Tower2000United StatesCharlotte, North Carolina152.2 m499 ft3-sided
Charlotte American Tower2001United StatesCharlotte, North Carolina151 m499 ft3-sided candelabra top
Tower at 14247 Old St. Augustine Road2002United StatesJacksonville, Florida152 m499 ft3-sided
Cumulus Media Tower2004United StatesShreveport, Louisiana152 m499 ftLandmark tower design
WPEC TV Tower2008United StatesWest Palm Beach, Florida152 m499 ft3-sided
New York AM Radio, LLC Tower 12009United StatesNorth Bergen, New Jersey152.1 m499 ft3-sided3 towers
New York AM Radio, LLC Tower 22009United StatesNorth Bergen, New Jersey152.1 m499 ft3-sided
New York AM Radio, LLC Tower 32009United StatesNorth Bergen, New Jersey152.1 m499 ft3-sided
Tower at 4098 Rolling Stone Lane2012United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri152.1 m499 ft3-sided
Tower off Schumacher Road2013United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri152.1 m499 ft3-sided
Tower at 1340 West Outer 21 Road2013United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri152.1 m499 ft3-sided
AR & JR Radio Tower2017United StatesAustin, Texas152 m499 ft3-sided candelabra top
City of Chesapeake Tower2018United StatesChesapeake, Virginia152 m499 ft3-sided
Davidson County Government Tower2019United StatesLexington, North Carolina152 m499 ft3-sided
City of Jackson Tower?United StatesJackson, Mississippi152 m499 ftLandmark tower design
Tower at 2060 15th Avenue South1999United StatesNashville, Tennessee151.8 m498 ft3-sided
4 Broadcast Place Tower1988United StatesJacksonville, Florida151.6 m497 ft3-sided
Tower at 239 East Prairie Avenue2001United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri151 m495 ft3-sided
Tower at 4702 Mail Service Center2012United StatesRaleigh, North Carolina151 m495 ft3-sided
WETA TV Tower?United StatesArlington, Virginia151 m495 ft3-sided
Tour Dégueu?BelgiumLeglise-Anlier151 m495 ft4-sided, Top guyed lattice tower, featuring a guyed upper section with four horizontal crossbars
Tower at 1450 Westpark Way1996United StatesFort Worth, Texas150.6 m494 ft4-sided candelabra top
Old Ust-Kamenogorsk TV Tower?KazakhstanOskemen151 m494 ft4-sided, 3803 KM design, shortened
Tower at 67315 Kirkwood Heights Road2005United StatesBrookside, Ohio150.3 m493 ft3-sided
Longwave transmitter Lahti, Tower 11927FinlandLahti150 m492 fttwo towers carrying an antenna for longwave
Longwave transmitter Lahti, Tower 21927FinlandLahti150 m492 ft
RKS Liblice 1, Tower 11931Czech RepublicLiblice150 m492 ft4-sided, antenna for longwavedemolished in 2004
RKS Liblice 1, Tower 21931Czech RepublicLiblice150 m492 ft4-sided, antenna for longwavedemolished in 2004
Mannesmann Tower (Vienna)1955AustriaVienna150 m492 ft3-sideddemolished in 1987
Vorkuta TV Tower1958RussiaVorkuta150 m492 ft4-sided, 3803 KM design, shortened
Novgorod TV Tower1958RussiaNovgorod150 m492 ft4-sided
Yokohama Media Tower1999JapanYokohama150 m492 ft4-sided non-tapering, built on top of a buildingtotal height including building is
Halle Radio Tower2005GermanyHalle150 m492 ft4-sided
WKVG Tower2007United StatesGreenville, South Carolina149.9 m492 ft3-sided
New Ufa TV Tower2016RussiaUfa150 m492 ft4-sided
RPN Transmitter Tower?PhilippinesQuezon City150 m492 ft4-sided
KBC tower?JapanFukuoka150 m492 ft4-sided33°35'45.77"N 130°23'44.05"E
NHK/Tohoku/East Japan Broadcasting Tower?JapanSendai150 m492 ft4-sided

Electrical pylons

List of electrical pylons above
TowerYearCountryTownHeight mHeight ftRemarks
Yangtze River Crossing Jiangyin 22022ChinaJiangyin385 m1263 ftTallest pylons in the world
Jintang and Cezi islands Overhead Powerline Tie, East Tower2019ChinaJintang Island380 m1247 ft
Zhoushan Island Overhead Powerline Tie2009ChinaDamao Island370 m1214 ft
Yangtze River Crossing Jiangyin2003ChinaJiangyin346.5m1137 ft
Amazonas Crossing of Tucuruí transmission line2012BrazilAlmeirim295 m968 ftTallest electricity pylons in South America
Yangtze River crossing of Shanghai-Huainan Powerline2013ChinaGaogouzhen269.75885 ft
Pylons of Pearl River Crossing1987ChinaPearl River253 m & 240 m830 ft & 787 ft
Orinoco River Crossing?VenezuelaCaroní240 m787 ft
Hooghly River Crossing?IndiaDiamond Harbour236 m774 ft
Pylons of Messina1957ItalyMessina232 m761 ftnot used as pylons any more, 224 m not including concrete base
HVDC Yangtze River Crossing Wuhu2003ChinaWuhu229 m751 ftTallest electricity pylons used for HVDC
Elbe Crossing 21976–1978GermanyStade227 m744 ft
Chūshi Powerline Crossing1962JapanTakehara226 m742 ftTallest electricity pylons in Japan
Daqi-Channel-Crossing1997JapanTakehara223 m732 ft
Overhead line crossing Suez Canal1998Egypt221 m725 ft
Yamen Steel Tube Tower2005ChinaJiangmen215 m707 ft
Yangzi River Crossing of HVDC Xianjiaba – Shanghai2009China???202 m663 ft
Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower East?RussiaBalakovo197 m646 ft
LingBei-Channel-Crossing1993JapanReihoku195 m640 ft
Doel Schelde Powerline Crossing 22019BelgiumAntwerpen192 m630 ftSecond crossing of Schelde River
400 kV Thames Crossing1965UKWest Thurrock190 m623 ft
Elbe Crossing 11958–1962GermanyStade189 m620 ft
Kogushi Electric Power Transmission Tower1994JapanOkayama185 m607 ft
Antwerp Deurganck dok crossing2000BelgiumAntwerpen178 m584 ftCrossing for a container quay
Línea de Transmisión Carapongo – Carabayllo2015PerúLima176 m577 ftCrossing of Rimac River
Tracy Saint Lawrence River Powerline Crossing?CanadaTracy174.6 m573 fttallest electricity pylon in Canada
Doel Schelde Powerline Crossing?BelgiumAntwerp170 m558 ft
Sunshine Mississippi Powerline Crossing1967United StatesSt. Gabriel, Louisiana164.6 m540 ftTallest electricity pylons in the United States
Lekkerkerk Crossing 11970NetherlandsLekkerkerk163 m534 ftTallest crossing in the Netherlands
Bosporus overhead line crossing III1999TurkeyIstanbul160 m525 ft
Balakovo 500 kV Wolga Crossing, Tower West?RussiaBalakovo159 m522 ft
Pylons of Cadiz?SpainCadiz158 m519 ft
Mississippi River Crossing at Montz1991United StatesMontz152.1 m499 ft
Amazonas Crossing of Tucuruí transmission line at Jurupari island2012BrazilAlmeirim150 m492 ft
Maracaibo Bay Powerline Crossing?VenezuelaMaracaibo150 m492 ftTowers on caissons

Wind turbines

Tall wind turbines supported by lattice towers have been built almost exclusively in Germany, one of the first countries in the world to build widespread renewable energy infrastructure, including the worlds first supertall wind turbine currently under-construction in Schipkau, Lusatia.
The total height includes the lattice tower and the wind turbine rotor at peak height.
List of wind turbines with a lattice tower above 150 m / 500 ft in height.
TowerYearCountryTownmetersfeetRemarks
Schipkau Wind Turbine2025GermanySchipkau, Lusatia365 m1198 ft300 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 126 m, hub diameter of 4 m
Nowy Tomyśl Wind Turbines2012PolandNowy Tomyśl, Poland210 m689 ft160 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 100 m
Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow2006GermanyLaasow, Brandenburg205 m673 ft160 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 90 m
Fuhrländer Wind Turbines Spremberg2009GermanySpremberg, Brandenburg191 m627 ft141 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 100 m, 9 units
Laubersreuth Fuhrländer Wind Turbines2010GermanyMünchberg, Bavaria191 m627 ft141 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 100 m, 2 units
Ewiger Fuhrmann Vestas V66 Wind TurbineGermanyKreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia150 m492 ft117 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 66 m
Oyten Vestas V-66 Wind Turbines2000/2002GermanyOyten, Lower-Saxony150 m492 ft117 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 66 m, 2 units
Elspe Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbine2001GermanyElspe, North Rhine-Westphalia150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m,
Melle Südwind S77 Wind Turbines2001/2003GermanyMelle, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 6 units
Heisberg Südwind S77 Wind Turbine2002GermanyFreudenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m,
Wallmersbach Südwind S77 Wind Turbine2002GermanyUffenheim, Bavaria150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m,
Achim Vestas V66 Wind Turbines2002GermanyAchim, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft117 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 66 m, 3 units
Badbergen Südwind S70\1500 wind turbines2002GermanyBadbergen, Lower-Saxony150 m492 ft114.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 70 m 12 units
Dinklage Südwind S70\1500 Wind Turbines2002GermanyDinklage, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft114.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 70 m 5 units
Beedenbostel Vestas V66 Wind Turbines2002GermanyBeedenbostel, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft117 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 66 m, 5 units
Büddenstedt Südwind S77 Wind Turbines2002GermanyHelmstedt, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 2 units
Schwagstorf Südwind S70\1500 Wind Turbines2002GermanyOstercappeln, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft114.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 70 m 12 units
Kamp-Lintfort Südwind S77 Wind Turbines2003GermanyKamp-Lintfort, North Rhine-Westphalia150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 2 units
Wetzdorf REpower MD77 Wind Turbines2003GermanyWetzdorf, Thuringia150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 2 units
Hilgershausen Südwind S77 Wind Turbines2003/ 2004GermanyFelsberg, Hesse150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 2 units
Kirchlinteln Vestas V66 Wind Turbines2004GermanyKirchlinteln, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft117 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 66 m, 4 units
Dretzen Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbines2005GermanyDretzen, Brandenburg150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 10 units
Bad Laer Nordex N90 Wind Turbine2005GermanyBad Laer, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft105 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 90 m
Achmer Nordex N90 wind turbines2006GermanyAchmer, Lower-Saxony150 m492 ft105 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 90 m, 9 units
Alfhausen Nordex N90 wind turbinesGermanyAlfhausen, Lower-Saxony150 m492 ft105 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 90 m, 12 units
Nike Laakdal Wind Park2006BelgiumLaakdal150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 6 units
Voltlage Nordex S77 wind turbines2006GermanyVoltlage, Lower-Saxony150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 7 units
Pattensen REpower MD77 Wind Turbine2007GermanyPattensen, Lower Saxony150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m
Kölkebeck REpower MD77 Wind Turbines2007GermanyKölkebeck, North Rhine-Westphalia150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 2 units
Schorbus REpower MD77 Wind Turbines2007GermanySchorbus, Brandenburg150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 2 units
Illerich Fuhrländer FL 77 Wind Turbines2005GermanyIllerich, Rheinland-Pfalz150 m492 ft111.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 77 m, 2 units
Glandorf Fuhrländer FL 70 Wind Turbine2003GermanyGlandorf, Lower Saxony149.5 m491 ft114.5 m tall tower, rotor diameter of 70 m
Wustrow Wind Turbine1989GermanyWustrow, Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania41 m135 ftFirst industrial wind turbine in former GDR, Vestas V25-200 kW wind turbine with 28.5 m tall tower and rotor diameter of 25 m

Chimneys/Smokestacks

The majority of tall lattice chimneys in the world are located in Japan. Unlike other modern developed countries which use reinforced concrete to build tall chimneys Japan has historically used steel until recently for chimney construction.
List of lattice stacks above 150 m/492 ft in height.

indicates a structure that is no longer standing.

TowerYearCountryTownHeight mHeight ftRemarks
Kashima Power Station, stack 11971JapanKashima231 m758 ft
Hitachinaka Power Plant Chimney2003JapanHitachinaka230 m754 ftHyperboloid structure
Schilling Power Plant Chimney1962GermanyStade220 m722 ftDemolished in 2005
Fina Antwerp Olefins Flare 1BelgiumAntwerp211 m694 ft
Fina Antwerp Olefins Flare 2BelgiumAntwerp205 m673 ft
Fina Antwerp Olefins Flare 3BelgiumAntwerp204 m669 ft
Kashima Kyodo power stationJapanKashima203 m665 ft
JFE East Japan Works, stack 1JapanChiba201 m660 ft
Anegasaki Power Station, stack 1JapanAnegasaki200 m656 ft
Anegasaki Power Station, stack 2JapanAnegasaki200 m656 ft
Anegasaki Power Station, stack 3JapanAnegasaki200 m656 ft
West Japan Iron and Steel Works, JFE Steel CorporationJapanFukuyama200 m656 ftNo. 5 Sintering Plant
Futtsu Power Station, stack 1JapanFuttsu200 m656 ft
Futtsu Power Station, stack 2JapanFuttsu200 m656 ft
Kansaidenryokuhimeji Daini Power StationJapanHimeji200 m656 ft
Kansaidenryokuhimeji Daiichi Power StationJapanHimeji200 m656 ft
Kashima Power Station, stack 21971JapanKashima200 m656 ft
Kashima Power Station, stack 31971JapanKashima200 m656 ft
Hikari Area Yamaguchi WorksJapanKashima200 m656 ft
Kimitsu Steel WorksJapanKimitsu200 m656 ft
Kyushudenryoku Shinkokura Power StationJapanKitakyushu200 m656 ft
Tobata Co-operative Thermal Power Co., Ltd.JapanKitakyushu200 m656 ft
Nippon Steel Nagoya WorksJapanNagoya200 m656 ft
Kansai Denryoku Kanagawa Power StationJapanSennan200 m656 ft
Sodegaura Power Station, stack 1JapanSodegaura200 m656 ft
Sodegaura Power Station, stack 2JapanSodegaura200 m656 ft
Stadtwerketurm1967GermanyDuisburg200 m656 ftLattice section is only the upper 135 m / 443 ft, partially dismantled and no longer in use
Sinter Plant JapanKitakyushu198 m649 ft
JFE East Japan Works, stack 2JapanChiba190 m630 ft
JFE East Japan Works, stack 3JapanChiba189 m628 ft
Nippon Steel Co., Ltd. Kyushu Works Steelmaking DepartmentJapanKitakyushu189 m620 ft
Fina Antwerp Olefins Flare 4BelgiumAntwerp185 m607 ft
Chiba Refinery and Petrochemical Plant, stack 1JapanIchihara183 m599 ft
Yokkaichi Kombinato petrochemical processing facilitiesJapanYokkaichi182 m598 ft
TEPCO Goikaryoku Fuel & Power Station, stack 1JapanGoikaryoku181 m593 ft
Sulfuric Acid Workshop Chimney1980UkraineKonstantinovka180 m592 ftdemolished in 2018
1st Chimney of SK-461984UkraineZhovti Vody180 m591 ftdemolished in 2015
2nd Chimney of SK-461987UkraineZhovti Vody180 m591 ft
Nippon Steel Co., Ltd. Kyushu Works Steelmaking DepartmentJapanKitakyushu180 m591 ft
Kashima Iron Works power stationJapanKashima180 m591 ft
Kainan Thermal Power Plant, stack 1JapanKainan180 m590 ft
Kainan Thermal Power Plant, stack 2JapanKainan180 m590 ft
Sakaiko Power Station, stack 1JapanOsaka180 m590 ft
Sakaiko Power Station, stack 2JapanOsaka180 m590 ft
Dengan Kaihatsu Takasago Karyoku Power StationJapanTakasago180 m590 ft
Yokosuka Thermal Power Station, stack 1JapanYokosuka City180 m591 ftDemolished in 2020
Yokosuka Thermal Power Station, stack 2JapanYokosuka City180 m591 ftDemolished in 2021
Yokosuka Thermal Power Station, stack 3JapanYokosuka City180 m591 ftDemolished in 2021
Onahama Smelting Co., LtdJapanOnahama170 m559 ft
West Japan Iron and Steel Works, JFE Steel CorporationJapanFukuyama166 m545 ft
Chimney of UkrZincUkraineKonstantinovka165 m541 ftdemolished
Kimitsu Steel WorksJapanKimitsu162 m531 ft
Osaka Refinery, stack 1JapanOsaka162 m530 ft
Osaka Refinery, stack 2JapanOsaka162 m530 ft
Nitric Acid Shop ChimneyUkraineSiverodonetsk155 m509 ft
JFE East Japan Works, stack 4JapanChiba151 m495 ft
Yutaka Chemical Mizushima PlantJapanKurashiki151 m495 ft
Legnica Copper SmelterPolandLegnica150 m493 ft
RK Saltivska Chimney1969UkraineKharkiv150 m492 ft
Weak Nitric Acid Shop of SeverodonetskUkraineSiverodonetsk150 m492 ft
West Japan Iron and Steel Works, JFE Steel CorporationJapanFukuyama150 m492 ftNo. 4 Sintering Plant
Setouchi Joint Thermal Power Co., Ltd.JapanFukuyama150 m492 ft
TEPCO Goikaryoku Fuel & Power Station, stack 2JapanGoikaryoku150 m492 ft
COSMO Oil refineryJapanGoikaryoku150 m492 ft
Chiba Refinery, Kyokuto Petroleum or JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, stack 1JapanIchihara150 m492 ft
Chiba Refinery, Kyokuto Petroleum or JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, stack 2JapanIchihara150 m492 ft
Chiba Refinery and Petrochemical Plant, stack 2JapanIchihara150 m492 ft
Sakaiko Power Station, stack 3JapanOsaka150 m492 ft
Sakaiko Power Station, stack 4JapanOsaka150 m492 ft
Sakaiko Power Station, stack 5JapanOsaka150 m492 ft
Sakaiko Power Station, stack 6JapanOsaka150 m492 ft
Flarestick 4 of PKN Orlen2009PolandPlock147 m481 ft

Oil platforms

List of oil platforms with a steel jacket above 300 m / 1000 ft in height.
NameYearBuilt inCurrent locationHeight mHeight ftTypeRemarks
Petronius Compliant Tower2000United StatesGulf of Mexico6402,100Compliant towerTallest freestanding structure in the world 2000–2008
Baldpate Compliant Tower1998United StatesGulf of Mexico581.51,908Compliant towerTallest freestanding structure in the world 1998–2000
Bullwinkle Platform1989United StatesGulf of Mexico5291,736Truss towerTallest fixed/rigged freestanding structure built in water
Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco Platform2008United StatesCongo basin5121,680Compliant tower
Pompano Platform1994United StatesGulf of Mexico4771,565Truss tower
Tombua Landana platform2009United StatesCongo basin4741,554Compliant tower
Coelacanth Platform2016United StatesGulf of Mexico4001,312Truss tower
Cognac Platform1977United StatesGulf of Mexico385.51,265Fixed truss tower
Harmony Platform1992South KoreaCalifornia3661,200Fixed truss towerheight is only to water level likely to be as taller than the Cognac Platform
Hondo Platform1976United StatesGulf of Mexico354.51,163Truss tower
Virgo Platform1999United StatesGulf of Mexico3441,130Truss towerheight is only to water level likely to be as taller than the Cognac Platform
Cerveza Platform1981United StatesGulf of Mexico3271,073Truss tower
Cerveza Light Platform1981United StatesGulf of Mexico3271,073Truss tower
Heritage Platform1992South KoreaCalifornia3261,070Truss towerheight is only to water level likely to be as taller than the Cognac Platform
Amberjack Platform1991United StatesGulf of Mexico3141,030Truss towerheight is only to water level likely to be as taller than the Cognac Platform

Jackup rigs

List of jackup rigs above in height.
NameYearCountryHeight mHeight ftRemarks
Noble Lloyd Noble214 m702 ft
XL Enhanced, Ultra Harsh Environment jackup2016206.8 m678 ft4 vessels
Cat J super-rigs198 m650 ft

Pillars of aerial tramways

TramwayYearCountryTownHeight mHeight ftRemarks
New Eibsee Aerial Tramway Pylon2017GermanyGrainau127.1 m417 ft
Glacial Aerial Tramway Kaprun III1966AustriaKaprun113.6 m372 ft
Torre Jaume I1931SpainBarcelona107 m351 ftIntermediate stop, also observation tower
Gant Hohtaelli Aerial Tramway?SwitzerlandZermatt94 m308 ft
Old Eibsee Aerial Tramway pylon 11962GermanyGarmisch-Partenkirchen85 m279 ftDemolished in 2017 and replaced by a taller single pylon
3S Aerial Tramway2004AustriaKitzbühel80 m262 ft
Torre Sant Sebastia1931SpainBarcelona78 m256 ftTerminal of harbour aerial tramway of Barcelona Spain
Wendelstein Aerial Tramway1970GermanyBischofsmais75 m246 ft
Sandia Peak Tramway1965United StatesAlbuquerque70.7 m232 ftinclined in an angle of 18 degree
Old Eibsee Aerial Tramway pylon 21962GermanyGarmisch-Partenkirchen65 m213 ftDemolished in 2017 and replaced by a taller single pylon

Rides

List of amusement park rides that make use of a steel lattice tower above 100 m / 328 ft in height.
TowerYearCountryTownTheme ParkHeight mHeight ftManufacturer
Kingda Ka & Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom2005United StatesJackson, New JerseySix Flags Great Adventure139 m456 ftIntamin
Top Thrill Dragster2003United StatesSandusky, OhioCedar Point128 m420 ftIntamin
Superman: Escape from Krypton1997United StatesSanta Clarita, CaliforniaSix Flags Magic Mountain126.5 m415 ftIntamin
Texas SkyScreamer2013United StatesArlington, TexasSix Flags Over Texas122 m400 ftFuntime
Eclipse2013SwedenStockholmGröna Lund121.9 m400 ftFuntime
Highlander2019GermanySierksdorfHansa-Park120 m394 ftFuntime
La Venganza del EnigmaSpainMadridParque Warner Madrid115 m377 ftS&S Worldwide
Red Force2017SpainCataloniaFerrari Land112 m367 ftIntamin
Donjon de l'ExtrêmeFranceDolancourtNigloland105 m345 ftFuntime

Monuments

TowerYearCountryTownHeight mHeight ftRemarks
Trylon and Perisphere1939United StatesNew York City186 m610 ftMonument built for the 1939 New York World's Fair, demolished in 1941
Ring of Life2012ChinaFushun157 m515 ft
Torre del Reformador1935GuatemalaGuatemala City75 m246 ft
Gate Tower Clio1990NetherlandsGroningen43 m141 ft
Shall we Dance2007NetherlandsDoetinchem37 m121 ft
Zauberlehrling2013GermanyOberhausen35 m115 ft
Mount Gorbea summit cross1907SpainMount Gorbea17.2 m89 ft

Lighthouses

TowerYearCountryTownmetersfeet
Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light1906ArgentinaMonte Hermoso67220
Campen Lighthouse1889GermanyKrummhörn65.3214
Adziogol Lighthouse1911UkraineRybalche64211
Carysfort Reef Light1852United StatesKey Largo, Florida36.6120

Tallest lattice towers, by design type

List of the tallest lattice towers by common design types.
design Typetotal builtNameYearBuilt inCity/locationHeight mHeight ftRemarks
Compliant tower5Petronius Compliant Tower2000United StatesGulf of Mexico6402,100tallest lattice tower of any type,
Additionally supported by a solid core, Concreteunknown >10Tokyo Skytree2012JapanSumida, Tokyo6342,080tallest lattice tower of any type built on land
Self-supported steel truss of any typeunknownBullwinkle Platform1989United StatesGulf of Mexico5291,736tallest fixed/rigged freestanding steel-only truss structure built on land or sea
Additionally supported by a solid core, Steelunknown >10Kyiv TV Tower1973UkraineKyiv3851,263
Hydro PylonsthousandsJintang and Cezi islands Overhead Powerline Tie, East & West towers2019ChinaJintang Island3801,247tallest pylons in the world
4-sided steel lattice towerthousandsTokyo Tower1957JapanTokyo3331,093
3-sided steel lattice towerthousandsWITI TV Tower1962United StatesShorewood, Wisconsin329.41,081
Landmark tower10Star Tower1991United StatesCincinnati, Ohio290.8 m954 ft
Hyperboloid structure>10Perm TV Tower2016RussiaPerm275 m902 ft
Top guyed lattice tower, featuring a guyed upper section with four horizontal crossbars5Grodno TV Tower1984BelarusGrodno254 m833 fttallest freestanding structure in Belarus
Annapolis type40~Lafayette transmitter, Towers 1-81918FranceMarcheprime250 m820 ftdemolished in 1944 & 1953
Non-taperingunknown >100Noble Lloyd Noble214 m702 ftall lattice towers above this height use a tapering design
3803 KM design83Edineţ TV Tower & Rezeknes TV Tower?LatviaEdineţ & Rezeknes204 m669 ft
Wooden lattice towerunknown >100Transmission Tower Mühlacker1934Germany190 m623 ftdemolished in 1945, tallest structure ever built out of wood

Unique lattice tower designs. Minimum height of 120 m / 400 ft.

indicates a structure that is no longer standing.