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List of towers

Towers by height

Currently the top 50 towers. As a non-technical definition, the term tower describes structures having limited floor space as compared to more regular buildings. They are usually used for communications (large antenna), and often have a few floors for a observation deck or restaurant, but not continuous floors below. They operate in a niche between traditional skyscrapers and other extremely tall structures like guyed masts. They tend to offer the usefulness of unmanned TV and radio masts but with the added appeal of some high floor space for a observation deck or restaurant like many skyscrapers. There low-floor space compared to a traditional building and higher cost compared to a mast, does offers some drawbacks however. Towers are also built for a few other purposes as well, such as for air traffic control or as a monument.

Famous towers: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, CN Tower (also in list)

(list not guaranteed to be accurate or up to date and includes structures traditionally thought of as a tower, althouth towers with guylines for there main structure or antenna are currently included)
(For a masts listing see List of masts)

(includes up to 2004)(this list ranked by pinnacle)

Rank	Tower	Year	Country	Pinnacle (meters \\ feet)
1	CN Tower	1976	Canada	553.3 m \\ 1815 ft
1	Ostankino Tower(Moscow TV Tower)	1967	Russia	537 m \\ 1762 ft
2	Oriental Pearl Tower	1994	China	467.9 m \\ 1535 ft
3	Borj-e Milad	2003	Iran	435 m \\ 1427 ft
4	Menara Kuala Lumpur	1995	Malaysia	421 m \\ 1381 ft
5	Tianjin Radio and Television Tower	1991	China	415.2 m \\ 1362 ft
6	Central Radio and TV Tower	1992	China	405 m \\ 1329 ft
7	Kiev TV Tower	1973	Ukraine	385 m \\ 1263 ft
8	Gerbrandytoren Lopik(partially guyed)	1961	Netherlands	375 m \\ 1230 ft
9	Tashkent Tower	1985	Uzbekistan	374.9 m \\1230 ft
10	Liberation Tower	1996	Kuwait	372 m \\ 1221 ft
11	Alma-Ata Tower	1983	Kazakhstan	371.5 m \\ 1219 ft
12	Riga Radio and TV Tower	1987	Latvia	368.5 m \\ 1209 ft
13	Berliner Fernsehturm	1969	Germany	368 m \\ 1207 ft
14	Stratosphere Tower	1996	United States	350.2 m \\ 1149 ft
15	Macau Tower	2001	China	338 m \\ 1109 ft
16	Dragon Tower	2000	China	336 m \\ 1102 ft
17	Tokyo Tower	1958	Japan	332.6 m \\ 1091 ft
18	Europaturm	1979	Germany	331 m \\ 1086 ft
19	Emley Moor TV Tower	1970	United Kingdom	330.4 m \\ 1084 ft
20	Sky Tower	1997	New Zealand	328 m \\ 1076 ft
21	SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre	1980	Lithuania	327 m \\ 1073 ft
22	Eiffel Tower	1889	France	324 m \\ 1063 ft
23	Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower	1996	China	318.5 m \\ 1045 ft
24	Tallinn TV Tower	1980	Estonia	312.3 m \\ 1025 ft
25	Azeri TV Tower	1996	Azerbaijan	310 m \\ 1017 ft
26	St. Petersburg TV Tower	1985	Russia	310 m \\ 1017 ft
27	Sydney Tower	1981	Australia	309 m \\ 1014 ft
28	Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower	1989	China	305.5 m \\ 1002 ft
29	Zendstation Smilde	1959	Netherlands	303.5 m \\ 996 ft
30	BRTN Toren	1996	Belgium	300 m \\ 984 ft
31	Zhuzhou Television Tower	-	China	293 m \\ 961 ft
32	Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg	1977	Germany	292 m \\ 958 ft
33	Olympiaturm	1968	Germany	289.5 m \\ 950 ft
34	Torre de Collserola(partially guyed)	1992	Spain	288.4 m \\ 946 ft
35	Telemax	1992	Germany	282.2 m \\ 926 ft
36	Shijiazhuang TV-tower	1998	China	280 m \\ 919 ft
37	Heinrich-Hertz-Turm	1968	Germany	279.7 m \\918 ft
38	Central Plains Pearl TV Tower	-	China	278 m \\ 912 ft
39	Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower	-	Georgia	274.5 m \\ 901 ft
40	Hillbrow Tower	1971	South Africa	269 m \\ 883 ft
41	Kaifeng TV Tower	-	China	268 m \\ 879 ft
42	Colonius	1981	Germany	266 m \\ 873 ft
43	Daqing Radio and Television Tower	1989	China	260 m \\ 853 ft
44	Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf	1976	Germany	255 m \\ 837 ft
45	Donauturm	1964	Austria	252 m \\ 827 ft
46	Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz	1969	Germany	252 m \\ 827 ft
47	Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona	1984	Switzerland	250 m \\ 820 ft
48	Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower	1987	China	245 m \\ 804 ft
49	Seoul Tower	1975	South Korea	239.7 m \\ 786 ft
50	Foshan TV Tower
China	238m \\ 781 ft

More Misc. Towers (loosely in order of height, incomplete):
(May be non-continuous)

Tower	Year	Country	Pinnacle (meters \\ feet)
2 Fevrier Sofitel Hotel (Lomé, Togo)
Endem Broadcasting Center
Fernmeldeturm Bremen-Walle
Pitampura TV Tower
Rheinturm Düsseldorf
Sentech Tower
Qingdao TV Tower
Torre España
Fernmeldeturm Kiel
Friedrich-Clemens-Gerke Turm
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42
Tower of the Americas
Tortoise Mountain TV Tower
Torre Espacial
Jilin Broadcast&Television Tower
Guangzhou TV Tower
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim
Fernmeldeturm Schäferberg
Florianturm
Rousse TV Tower
Fernsehturm auf der Hornisgrinde
International Saddam Tower(renamed)
Kherson TV Tower
Guangdong TV Tower
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven
John Vorster Tower
KPN-tower
Fernmeldeturm Frauenkopf
Telstra Tower
Kamzik TV Tower
Dalian Radio and TV Tower
Calgary Tower
Guiyang TV Tower
BT Tower
Kuwait Towers
Uetlibergturm TV-tower
Euromast
Cairo Tower
Space Needle
Riyadh TV Tower
Zendmast Roermond
Zendstation Markelo
Reunion Tower
The Tower of JuChe idea
Washington Monument
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld
Näsinneula Observation Tower
Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald
Fernmeldeturm Heubach
Skylon Tower
Nozema TV Tower
Blackpool Tower
Fernmeldeturm Essen
Pamporovo TV Tower
Funkturm Berlin
Fernsehsender Eggegebirge
Kaknästornet TV Tower]
Funkturm Arsenal
Nozema TV Tower Goes
British Telecom Tower
Zendstation Roosendaal
KPN Tower
Tennet Tower
Fallturm UNI Bremen
Pasilan linkkitorni
Nozema Tower Wormer
Zigong TV Tower
Fernmeldeturm Bremerhaven-Schiffdorf
Tour Relais TDF
Fernmeldeturm Hoherodskopf,
VW-Tower
Zendstation Loon op Zand
Monas
La Cité de l'Énergie
Kyoto Tower
Funkturm Stuttgart
KUL Control Tower
Torre Entel
NBTel Tower
Radio City Tower
FMT 6 - Brackenheim
Atakule Tower
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg
TV-toren Ittervoort
Tryvannstårnet
Nozema Zendstation Mierlo,
Zendstation Megen
Blosenbergturm
Technoturm

Some High rises that call themselves a tower or use tower in there name.

Tower	Year	Country	Pinnacle (meters \\ feet)
Soelvesborg Twin Towers
Newport Tower
Marineview Plaza Towers
Goldman Sachs Tower

Submerged free standing towers:
There are many other very tall structures such as bridges and dams that are not towers, however, there are many submerged towers such as for oil platforms. The large number of towers/masts for large wind tubines are also of a unclear classification and are not listed.

• Petronius Compliant Tower, 2000, 2100 ft \\ 640m

Note: The term tower has a more general usage for use with many skyscrapers such as the Twin Towers

See Also

See also:

• architecture
• building construction
• List of skyscrapers
• world's tallest structures
• Oil platform
• List of buildings

External Links:

• http://www.great-towers.com
• http://www.skyscraperpage.com
• http://www.skyscrapers.com
• http://www.skyscrapercity.com
• http://www.brazilskyscrapers.hpg.com.br
• http://www.skyscraper.org
• http://www.geocities.com/birmingham_highrise/

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