Central tower (Königs Wusterhausen)
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The Central tower in Königs Wusterhausen was a 243 meter high, free standing steel framework tower on the Funkerberg of Königs Wusterhausen, Germany. This tower, with its unique triangular cross section, was built from 1924 to 1925 and was to have a 40-meter high shortwave aerial on top which would have brought it to a height of 283 meters, but it was not allowed according to the Treaty of Versailles because it would then have had a greater height then the Eiffel Tower. The Central tower in Königs Wusterhausen fell down during a storm on November 15th, 1972.
According to some witnesses the tower was brought by gusts in oscillations getting stronger and stronger until the structure failed.
[edit] External links
- Mittelturm Königswusterhausen in the Structurae database
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b45467
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