The Stara Zagora Transmitter was a high power
mediumwave
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broadcasting station near
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora ( bg, Стара Загора, ) is the sixth-largest city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province.
Name
The name comes from the Slavic root ''star'' ("old") and the name of the medieva ...
in
Bulgaria
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.
It had at least 3 guyed masts. One of these masts was a
Blaw-Knox Tower
The Blaw-Knox company was an American manufacturer of steel structures and construction equipment based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company is today best known for its radio towers, most of which were constructed during the 1930s in the U ...
. It was one of the few Blaw-Knox towers in
Europe
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, along with similar masts at
Vakarel Vakarel ( bg, Вакарел) is a village, away from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
Population: 1984 people. It is situated in the Sredna Gora mountains, within Ihtiman Municipality. The village is an important transport knot along the So ...
,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
, at
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the B ...
,
Latvia
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,
Lakihegy,
Hungary
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and
Lisnagarvey
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The townland was named after an earthen ringfort (''lios''), which was in the area of present-da ...
,
Northern Ireland
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.
The transmitter was shut down on April 7, 2013. The masts were dismantled and scrapped in November 2014.
See also
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List of tallest structures in Bulgaria
An incomplete list of the tallest structures in Bulgaria. This list contains all types of structures.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Sofia
*List of tallest buildings in Bulgaria
*List of tallest buildings in Europe
*List of tallest bu ...
External links
Pictures and description in Bulgarian
Towers in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures in Stara Zagora
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