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Due to erosion today it stands at the height of 138.8 metres (455 ft). Lincoln Cathedral: 159.7 524 1311–1549 (238 years) Church England Lincoln: Spire collapsed in 1549; today, stands at a height of 83 metres (272 ft). St. Mary's Church: 151 500 1549–1569 (20 years) Church Germany Stralsund: Beauvais Cathedral: 153 502 1569–1573 (4 years ...
American Towers Tower Riverview-33569 Riverview, Florida Guyed Mast 477.6 m KBSI TV Mast: Cape Girardeau, Missouri: Guyed Mast 477.1 m Media General Tower Saint Ansgar Saint Ansgar, Iowa: Guyed Mast 477 m Red River Broadcast Tower Salem Salem, South Dakota: Guyed Mast 476.4 m Hearst-Argyle Television Tower Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Guyed Mast 475.6 m
Shanghai Tower skyscraper 5. KRDK-TV mast. The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity transmission towers, and bridge support ...
These Twin Towers, at 1,483 feet (452 meters), had a higher architectural height (spires, not antennas), but a lower absolute pinnacle height and a lower top occupied floor than the Willis Tower in Chicago. Counting buildings as structures with floors throughout, and with antenna masts excluded, the Willis was still considered the tallest at ...
Towers are most often built to use their height for various purposes, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Some common purposes are for telecommunications, and as a viewing platform. The Tokyo Skytree, completed in 2012, is 634 m (2,080 ft), making it the tallest tower in the world. Spinnaker Tower
The Wilshire Grand Center is the tallest building in Los Angeles, California, measuring 1,100 feet (335.3 m) in height. The Wilshire Grand became the city's tallest building upon its completion 2017, and is also currently the tallest building in the state , the tallest building in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River , as well as the 15th ...
A 2008 incident involving a scaffold collapse 47 floors over Manhattan, which occurred only months after Tractel repaired the faulty equipment, resulted in the death of one of two window washers ...
This list of tallest buildings by height to roof ranks completed skyscrapers by height to roof which reach a height of 300 metres (984 ft) or more. Only buildings with continuously occupiable floors are included, thus non-building structures , including towers, are not included.