The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a 2,063 ft (629 m) tall television-transmitting mast in Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota, United States, used by Fargo station KVLY channel 11. It's considered the third tallest structure ever built, after Burj Dubai (incomplete as of 2009) and the Warsaw radio mast (which collapsed in 1991).
The tower is located three miles west of Blanchard, North Dakota, halfway between Fargo and Grand Fork...
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The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a 2,063 ft (629 m) tall television-transmitting mast in Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota, United States, used by Fargo station KVLY channel 11. It's considered the third tallest structure ever built, after Burj Dubai (incomplete as of 2009) and the Warsaw radio mast (which collapsed in 1991).
The tower is located three miles west of Blanchard, North Dakota, halfway between Fargo and Grand Forks. It became the tallest artificial structure upon the completion of its construction on 13 August 1963. The mast was surpassed in height by 57 ft (17 m) in 1974 by the Warszawa radio mast near Konstantynów, Poland, which collapsed on 8 August 1991, making the KVLY-TV mast again the tallest structure on land.
The still-under-construction Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, planned for completion in December 2009, has surpassed the mast as the tallest land structure. As of 17 January 2009, Burj Dubai was reported to have reached a height...
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