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HEW number
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2753
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Designers
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British Insulated Callender’s Construction Co.Ltd. (BICC)
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Owner
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Arqiva
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Built
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1965
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Opened
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20 December 1965
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Significant features
An exceptionally tall guyed-pole television and radio transmission mast, the tallest structure in Europe when built in 1965 and until 2010 the tallest structure in Britain. As constructed, the mast consisted of a 274 metre high 2.75m diameter steel tube surmounted by a 111m high steel lattice section, giving a total height of 385 metres. In 1967 the addition of meteorological equipment to the top of the mast increased its height to 387.7 metres. The mast is supported by three fans of guy wires at 120 degree spacing, with three anchor blocks to each fan and two guys from each anchor block. The 18 guys are connected to the mast at six levels, four on the steel pole and two on the lattice section. In 2010, in connection with the changeover from analogue to digital TV transmissions, the mast was reduced in height by 36m, reducing Belmont’s total height to 351.65 metres, making Skelton radio mast in Cumbria (365 m) the tallest in Britain. At the same time the topmost level of guys was removed, leaving five guys in each fan.
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Place
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Donington-on-Bain
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National Grid Ref.
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TF 218 836
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County
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Lincolnshire
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District Council
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East Lindsey
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SMR Office
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Lincolnshire
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Accessibility
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visible from place of public access
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