It's always impressive to see what the human race can accomplish, one of the most impressive of all those things is the building of enormous structures. China is currently planning on erecting the tallest man-made structure ever, in very short time, will they make it? Let's take a look at the current tallest in the world!
10.
KY3 Tower; SpectraSite Tower Thomasville; Pegasus Broadcasting Tower - 609m
9.
Perry Broadcasting Tower - 610m
8.
KATV Tower; KCAU TV Tower; WECT Tower; local TV Iowa Tower ; KCCI Tower; Diversified Communications Tower; AFLAC Tower; WBTV-Tower; KTVO-TV Tower; Hearst-Argyle Tower; WTTO Tower; WCSC Tower; KTVE-Tower; WCTV Tower; WRAL HDTV Mast; TV Alabama Tower; KLDT Tower; KMOS TV Tower; Winnie Cumulus Broadcasting Tower; Liberman Broadcasting Tower Era; WEAU-Tower - 610m
7.
Petronius Platform - 610
measured from the bottom of the part of the gulf of Mexico where it's standing, this is the tallest oil-drilling platform in the world.
6.
KXTV/KOVR Tower - 628
5.
KXJB-TV Mast - 629m
4.
KVLY-TV Mast - 629m
3.
Tokyo Skytree - 634m
The tallest tower in the world. Built from 2008 to 2012, once it was completed it beat the Chinese Canton tower.
2.
Warsaw Radio Mast - 0m
Okay, I know what you're thinking, number two, that must be a really tall one, and then you see "0m". This is because it was destroyed in 1991, before that it used to be 646m high. It was used by Radio Warsaw and the radio signals were able to reach North America, pretty impressive, right?
1.
Burj Khalifa/Burj Dubai - 830m
The glass and steel mountain of the Arabian peninsula, where there was once an empty, dead desert, there's now a gigantic city, Dubai, in which the Burj Khalifa is located. It has two names, Burj Khalifa and Burj Dubai, originally, they called it Burj Dubai, but people kept calling it Burj Khalifa, so after a while both names were accepted.
10.
KY3 Tower; SpectraSite Tower Thomasville; Pegasus Broadcasting Tower - 609m
9.
Perry Broadcasting Tower - 610m
8.
KATV Tower; KCAU TV Tower; WECT Tower; local TV Iowa Tower ; KCCI Tower; Diversified Communications Tower; AFLAC Tower; WBTV-Tower; KTVO-TV Tower; Hearst-Argyle Tower; WTTO Tower; WCSC Tower; KTVE-Tower; WCTV Tower; WRAL HDTV Mast; TV Alabama Tower; KLDT Tower; KMOS TV Tower; Winnie Cumulus Broadcasting Tower; Liberman Broadcasting Tower Era; WEAU-Tower - 610m
7.
Petronius Platform - 610
measured from the bottom of the part of the gulf of Mexico where it's standing, this is the tallest oil-drilling platform in the world.
6.
KXTV/KOVR Tower - 628
5.
KXJB-TV Mast - 629m
4.
KVLY-TV Mast - 629m
3.
Tokyo Skytree - 634m
The tallest tower in the world. Built from 2008 to 2012, once it was completed it beat the Chinese Canton tower.
2.
Warsaw Radio Mast - 0m
Okay, I know what you're thinking, number two, that must be a really tall one, and then you see "0m". This is because it was destroyed in 1991, before that it used to be 646m high. It was used by Radio Warsaw and the radio signals were able to reach North America, pretty impressive, right?
1.
Burj Khalifa/Burj Dubai - 830m
The glass and steel mountain of the Arabian peninsula, where there was once an empty, dead desert, there's now a gigantic city, Dubai, in which the Burj Khalifa is located. It has two names, Burj Khalifa and Burj Dubai, originally, they called it Burj Dubai, but people kept calling it Burj Khalifa, so after a while both names were accepted.
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