Towers in Architecture
CN Tower, Toronto, Canada (Built 1975) 553 m
Ostankino Tower, Moscow, Russia (Built 1967) 537 m
Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China (Built 1995) 468 m
Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand (Built 1997) 328 m - Tallest in southern hemisphere.
Sydney Tower, at Centrepoint, Sydney, Australia (Built 1981) 305 m
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France (Built 1889) 300 m - when built, 324 m with TV antenna.
In the USA (and from 1974 to 1991 in Poland) there are some guyed radio masts, which were taller. The tallest construction built so far, was the Warsaw radio mast near Gabin.
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