Large modern towers - Germany versus UK

Obelixx · November 21st, 2005, 12:55 AM

In Germany many big cities have a telecommunication or a television tower with an observation deck (unfortunately some are closed), and these towers are exceot the old Radio Tower in Berlin built of reinforced concrete and all of course equipped with an elevator.
Further there are many telecommunication towers and transmission towers for FM and TV in Germany without observation deck built of reinforced concrete.
On many mountains there are small observation towers mostly built around 1900 without an elevator, but there are also some TV towers on some mountains with an elevator in Germany.

Why is this not so in the UK? Why are nearly all broadcasting towers in the UK lattice towers or guyed masts? Why were towers for the same purpose realized in such different ways in the UK and in Germany?
Why do large British towns as Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, etc. not have a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete with an observation deck? (I know such structures only from London [BT Tower London], Portsmouth [Spinnaker Tower] and Liverpool [St. John's Beacon])
How many small observation towers are there on mountains in the UK?

Republica · November 21st, 2005, 02:04 AM

Theres the huge emley moor mast in Yorkshire (something like 300m), it has an observation point, but you have to be 'special' to go up there i think.

November 21st, 2005, 12:55 AM	#1
Obelixx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,580 Likes (Received): 10	Large modern towers - Germany versus UK In Germany many big cities have a telecommunication or a television tower with an observation deck (unfortunately some are closed), and these towers are exceot the old Radio Tower in Berlin built of reinforced concrete and all of course equipped with an elevator. Further there are many telecommunication towers and transmission towers for FM and TV in Germany without observation deck built of reinforced concrete. On many mountains there are small observation towers mostly built around 1900 without an elevator, but there are also some TV towers on some mountains with an elevator in Germany. Why is this not so in the UK? Why are nearly all broadcasting towers in the UK lattice towers or guyed masts? Why were towers for the same purpose realized in such different ways in the UK and in Germany? Why do large British towns as Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, etc. not have a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete with an observation deck? (I know such structures only from London [BT Tower London], Portsmouth [Spinnaker Tower] and Liverpool [St. John's Beacon]) How many small observation towers are there on mountains in the UK?

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November 21st, 2005, 02:04 AM	#2
Republica BUND Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: UK Posts: 4,077 Likes (Received): 0	Theres the huge emley moor mast in Yorkshire (something like 300m), it has an observation point, but you have to be 'special' to go up there i think.