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Zendstation Smilde

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'''Zendstation Smilde''' is a tall, free-standing structure, similar to the Gerbrandy Tower and was built for directional radio services and TV and FM-transmissions in 1959 in the Netherlands. Its base is a 80 metre high reinforced concrete tower, on which a guyed mast is mounted. At construction the height of the tower of ''Zendstation Smilde'' was 270 metres with this mast. A section was added later so its total height is now 303.5 m (996 ft). On the 14th of August 1968 a US Air Force plane, a F-4 Phantom II, from the military base Soesterberg in The Netherlands was involved in an accident in heavy fog where the tip of a wing hit one of the guy-wires of the tower and snapped it, causing the upper section of the tower to bend. The airplane managed to land on base with only minimal damage.

See also
List of towers, List of masts

External links

- Tower of Zendstation Smilde at structurae.de {{Supertall}} {{mast-stub}} Category:Towers in the Netherlands de:Smilde nl:Zendstation Smilde pt:Zendstation Smilde