WITI-TV Tower Status: Construction Dates Began 1962 Finished 1962
Building Uses - communication Structural Types - truss tower
Heights Value Source / Comments Antenna 1081 ft FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Roof 988 ft N. P. Melnikov. Antenna structures. Moscow, 1969 p. 16
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Description - At the time of its completion, this was one of the tallest, freestanding lattice towers in the world.
- To make the tower a landmark, 2000, 25 watt lights were installed on the tower in October of 1963, and was coined the "Milwaukee's Tower of Light."
- The lights were used until the energy crisis of the 1973-74, when the viwers suggested that they be turned off.
- The lights were finally removed in 2003.
- Photo: http://gallery.bostonradio.org/2004-07/mke/100-02077-lrg.jpg • Structurae Entry • Google Search
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