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Structure-ID: s0010737
Created on: 11/26/03
Modified on: 02/16/04


SAQ Grimeton

Completed in: 1924
Status: in use
Location: Grimeton, Hallands län, Sweden
Grimeton Transmission Towers.
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Structural Type:
Steel truss tower (free standing)
Function / usage:
Communications tower

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Role Name Part of structure 
Owner Telia AB

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Part of structure Description Value
Construction materials used
truss  steel
Dimensions
  height 127 m

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External LinkAlexander - Radiostation Grimeton SAQ Swedish
External LinkKonstruktion av radiotorn till Varbergs radiostation vid Grimeton Swedish
External LinkThe only remaining pre-electronic transmitter for transatlantic work - the Alexanderson alternator of Varberg Radio at Grimeton, Sweden (PDF) English

Relevant Literature
* Lutz, Harald   Längstwellenempfang mit dem PC, beam-Verlag, Marburg (Germany) , ISBN 3889760473, 2004; pp. 49-60.

 
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