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November 8, 2021
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The Sendeturm Felsenegg-Girstel, also known as Felseneggturm, is a 51-meter-high microwave relay tower on the Albis chain near the Felsenegg mountain station in the canton of Zurich.
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November 8, 2021
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The Felsenegg concrete tower will only be removed in 2022 – yet a second one adorns the Albis silhouette
In the next two years, the Albis silhouette will undergo a striking change. Swisscom will build a new lattice tower in 2021 and demolish the old one in 2022.
The lattice tower, in a slender truss construction, will stand on the Felsenegg, right next to the existing massive concrete microwave tower. Image montage: Swisscom Broadcast AG.
Text / Source: Limmattalerzeitung
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Elevation 870 m
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