User:Tonysidcup/sandbox

‘’Hello my name is Tony. I live in England. I like it here.’’ BBC's Crystal Palace Television Tower This tower was designed and built for BBC by British Insulated Callender's Construction Co Ltd with steelwork fabrication by Painter Bros Ltd, Hereeford. The tower was required to transmit television programmes with good reception in 1957 and has a total height of 708'. The base of the tower is 120' square and it rises in twelve diminishing panels to 14.5' square platform at a height of 429'. The tower was contructed using two masts as derricks, one 230' and the other 125' high in conjuction with a winch. A 16mm film was produced of the construction by BICC at the time which was available on loan from the BICC Film Library. (Does anybody have information on the whereabouts of any of the films?)

References: 1. Constructioin Bulletin N0. 11 December 1957 issued by British Insulated Callender's Construction Company Ltd. 2. Engineering February 21, 1958 p246.