Chrischona Tower - Bettingen, BS, Switzerland
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N 47° 34.297 E 007° 41.222
32T E 401251 N 5269524
The transmission tower on St. Chrischona contains two water tanks with 100 m3 each for the water supply of the municipality of Bettingen.
Waymark Code: WMHWBD
Location: Basel Stadt, Switzerland
Date Posted: 08/19/2013
Views: 7
The television tower on St. Chrischona was built in 1980-84 east of Bettingen. With a hight of 250 meters it is the highest freestanding structure of Switzerland and a well-known landmark of the area.
The tall three-legged structure also contains two water tanks with a capacity of 100 m3 each for the water supply of Bettingen. The tanks are in a height of 103 meters in an northern appendix to the tower that looks like a "backpack". The weight of the water had to be considered during construction, so the tower stood inclined to the south before the tanks were filled.
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