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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking
The old one was 357.5 metres, and the tallest structure in Canada when it was built (it was 4th before being dismantled, after the CN Tower, a TV tower in Brandon MB, and the yet-to-be-demolished Inco Superstack)
The new one is reportedly shorter (1,000', or about 305m) but the ground elevation may be higher (Google Earth has the old site at 182m above sea level; I don't know exactly where new site is, but in that vicinity the ground is around 220m ASL plus or minus). Over the last few months I haven't really been places where the old one is visible, so it was an odd thing to not see its lights flashing as high last week.
Addition: My bedroom growing up in east Hamilton faced the escarpment, and I had a clear view of the tower. At some point the lights were changed from red to white, and after thunderstorms (and inevitable lightning strikes) the lights would often flash out of sequence. Nights when I couldn't sleep the lights were just bright enough to shine around the roll-down window blind, so I'd see them flashing against the awful wallpaper which is still there to this day. |
My travels yesterday took me in the area of the new tower, and the property around
its site is around 240 metres above sea level according to Google Earth. So the difference in elevation at the top likely isn't very much compared to the old one, depending on the actual height of the new structure.
I also noticed that the lights are white during the day, and red at night.
The old one is still partially erect -- I wonder if the lower section will remain and serve a different purpose? (cell or microwave tower? Seems it already had those functions,
given the dishes and cellular infrastructure on the bottom third or so). If much shorter, the surrounding land can accommodate more residential development, though given the weather lately maybe it just hasn't been safe to remove the final sections.