Seto Digital Tower

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Seto Digital Tower
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Seto Digital Tower
Seto Digital Tower
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Location Seto, Aichi, Japan
Completed2011
Height
Antenna spire245 m [1]

Seto Digital Tower is a 244.7 m (803 ft) [2] tall digital broadcasting tower in Seto, Aichi, Japan. In 2011, the tower replaced the Nagoya TV Tower; the Nagoya TV Tower previously had the role of broadcasting in the Nagoya area. [3] [4] The tower is of a unique design not known to have been used elsewhere before. Six outer steel legs provide support and structural stability to a central lattice structure akin to those found in guyed lattice masts.

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References

  1. GC243WW Seto Digital Tower (Traditional Cache) in Aichi, Japan created by eizo
  2. "Seto Digital Tower (Seto, 2003)".
  3. Nagoya TV tower losing role, future iffy The Japan Times
  4. http://www.lhweb.jp/knt-test/isap2012_usb/html/images/isap2012_program_file.pdf Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 35°11′44″N137°04′27″E / 35.1955°N 137.0743°E / 35.1955; 137.0743