Lafayette transmitter

Transatlantic VLF-transmitter in Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France

Lafayette transmitter

Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers (each 250 metres tall) with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest free-standing towers in the world. The 250-meter-high tripod pylons were supplied by Pitt-Des Moines Co steelworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and transported by water to Bordeaux.[1]

In 1944 the installations of Lafayette transmitter were destroyed by retreating German troops. The last of the towers was demolished in 1953.

## See also

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* Lattice tower
* List of tallest structures in France
* List of famous transmission sites

## References

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1. ^ "Lafayette". dspt.club.fr. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

## External links

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20070609135453/http://dspt.club.fr/lafayette.htm
* http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b63230
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070929132104/http://www.u-e-f.net/uef-histoire/croixhins.htm

44°42′31″N 0°48′49″W﻿ / ﻿44.70861°N 0.81361°W﻿ / 44.70861; -0.81361