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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.

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

See also

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

References

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

External links

• 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

• Lattice towers
• Towers in France
• 1920 establishments in France
• Transmitter sites in France
• Former radio masts and towers
• Demolished buildings and structures in France
• 1953 disestablishments in France
• Buildings and structures demolished in 1944