Towering Thoughts
Posted on March 4, 2012
I love radio and TV towers, as do probably you too, and I started wondering about the ground aspect of a tall tower.
I love radio and TV towers, as do probably you too, and I started wondering about the ground aspect of a tall tower.
I am not talking about transmitter radial grounding, I mean the foundational base required below a tower to keep it standing stable and firm.
The weight of the tower, all downward to one point of earth, plus the downward pull of the heavy guy cables, no doubt places huge stress on the earth beneath a tower. If there were a cavity in the earth the tower could puncture right through like a spear thrown by an Olympic giant from 700 B.C.
So, then, therefore, what is down there, at the foot of a tall tower, to keep it soundly in place?
