The Shukhov Tower on the Oka River is one of the world’s two diagrid hyperboloid transmission tower. It is located in Russia, in the western suburbs of Nizhny Novgorod, on the left bank of the Oka Riv
Originally built as a matching, identical pair, there is only one currently standing. The remaining Shukhov Tower was built for the power line crossing, after its twin was destroyed – 2006
The two 128-meter towers in 1988, shortly before the power line was decommissioned a year later.
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The Shukhov Radio Tower, also known as the Shabolovka Tower, is a broadcasting tower deriving from the Russian avant-garde in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high free-standing stee
Shukhov Tower on the Oka River
…The Shukhov Tower on the Oka River (also Dzerzhinsk High-Voltage Mast, Shukhov Oka Tower) is one of the world’s two (the other being the Shukhov Tower built between 1920-1922 in Moscow) diagrid hyperboloid transmission tower. It is located in Russia, in the western suburbs of Nizhny Novgorod, on the…
The tower in 2007
Shabolovka telecentre in December 2016
Shukhov Tower Project of 350 metres, 1919.
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