Turner Broadcasting tower
Steel lattice television tower in Atlanta, Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Turner Broadcasting tower was a 314.3-meter (1,031 ft)[1] free-standing lattice tower in Atlanta, Georgia. It was located next to the Downtown Connector between Spring, West Peachtree, 10th and 12th Streets in Midtown. The tower had a triangular cross-section and was built on the site of a previous four-sided broadcast tower built for WAGA-TV 5 and to serve WJRJ-TV which was founded by Rice Broadcasting Inc. which was owned by a local Atlanta entrepreneur, Jack M. Rice, Jr. It is the tallest freestanding structure to ever be voluntarily removed in the United States and third tallest in the world.
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Turner Broadcasting tower | |
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Status | Completed |
Type | Steel lattice television tower |
Location | Atlanta, Georgia |
Coordinates | 33.7825°N 84.388611°W / 33.7825; -84.388611 |
Completed | 1967 |
Destroyed | 2010 |
Height | 314.3 m (1,031 ft) |
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