Channel 9 TV Tower
| Channel 9 TV Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Demolished in 2021 |
| Type | Steel lattice television tower |
| Location | Sydney |
| Coordinates | 33°48′42″S 151°11′45″E / 33.81167°S 151.19583°E |
| Completed | 1965 |
| Owner | Nine Entertainment |
| Height | 233 m (765 ft) |
The Channel 9 TV Tower also known as the Willoughby Tower or the TCN-9 TXA TV Tower, was a free-standing lattice tower located in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby at 6 Artarmon Road. It was built adjacent to its studios as the broadcast tower for TCN 9, the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network. The tower had a square cross section with a base width of 112 feet. 347 tons of steel were used in its construction.[1]
Completed in 1965, the tower stood 233 m (765 ft) tall and was the tallest free-standing lattice tower in Australia.[2] The tower was the tallest structure in Sydney until the Sydney Tower was completed in 1981. Demolition of the tower commenced in April 2021 after TCN 9 relocated to North Sydney with work completed in November 2021.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ TCN's new tower is quite an Eiffel Australian Women's Weekly 39 September 1964 page 15
- ^ Channel 9 TV Tower[usurped] Emporis
- ^ The precarious operation to demolish Willoughby’s TV transmission tower Sydney Morning Herald 22 April 2021