Lafayette transmitter
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Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers (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.[1]
In 1944 the installations of Lafayette transmitter were destroyed by retreating German troops. The last of the towers was demolished in 1953.
See also
References
- ^ "Lafayette". dspt.club.fr. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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
44°42′31″N 0°48′49″W / 44.70861°N 0.81361°W
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