🗼️ Lafayette transmitter

France · Europe · 44.71°N, 0.81°W

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 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.

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Quick facts

Country	France
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	44.71°N, 0.81°W · view on map

Lafayette transmitter is located in France, in Europe.

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Carbonnière tower · Charlemagne Tower, Tours · Cœur Défense · Feu Hugon tower · Florentine tower of Buire · Gros Horloge · Limeux transmitting station · Pic de Nore transmitter · Saint Nicolas Tower · The Chain Tower.

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