WOR TV Tower
WOR TV Tower was a 760-foot-tall (230-meter) lattice tower used for FM- and TV-broadcasting at North Bergen, New Jersey, USA. The 420-ton tower was built in 1949. At the time of its construction, it was the tenth-tallest man-made structure in the world.[1] At the beginning of 1953, the TV transmissions were moved to Empire State Building, but the tower remained. On November 8, 1956, the top of the tower was hit by a small aircraft, which knocked off the top and killed six people. The tower was later dismantled.
See also
- List of towers
- List of famous transmission sites
References
- WOR-TV and FM Transmitter in North Bergen, NJ, accessed November 20, 2006
External links
- WOR-TV North Bergen Transmitter
- WOR-TV and FM Transmitter in North Bergen, NJ
- The New Yorker June 6, 1949 p.14
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