Canada Event Spot
Landmarks & Towers · Hamilton
CHCH Television Tower
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The CHCH Television Tower was a 357.5 metre 1,173 feet-high guyed TV mast located at 481 First Road West in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. The tower housed the primary transmitter for the independent television station CHCH-DT as well as that of CITS-DT, the flagship of the religious Yes TV television system. The tower also housed the transmitter for CING-FM. It was the fourth-tallest structure in Canada while standing. When completed in 1960, the CHCH Television Tower became the tallest structure in Canada. Only five structures built since then have surpassed its height: the CN Tower in Toronto (completed in 1976), the Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter (completed in 1963, collapsed in 1993), the Inco Superstack in Sudbury (completed in 1971) and the original and replacement guyed mast(s) of the CKX-TV Tower (completed in 1973, collapsed in 1983, rebuilt in 1985). The CHCH tower ranked thirteenth in height among the tallest structures in the Commonwealth of Nations. The mast was located on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, so when viewed from the bottom of the escarpment with an elevation some 100+ meters or 300+ feet lower, it appeared exceptionally tall. In November 2023, the tower began being dismantled by the use of a gin pole since the property was sold to a land developer.
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