Image Gallery: December 2006
Removal of the low frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen
20 December 2006
The removal of the towers was approved by the Minister for Environment and Heritage, Senator the Hon. Ian Campbell in January 2006.
Approval for the towers’ removal was subject to Defence following a strict range of approval conditions to protect the site environment and heritage values.
The towers were taken down by controlled fall. Selected guy wires on each tower were severed using small cutting charges at guy ground anchor points, allowing the tower to fall over in a planned direction.
The towers will now be cut up and removed from the site for recycling. One segment of a tower will be retained on site for possible future static display.
ACT WorkCover and ACT Policing were involved in the development of appropriate safeguards for the towers’ removal operation and to minimise any traffic disruption.
Read Release:Removal of the low frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen
| 20061220adf8143085_074 Defence removed the three 183m decommissioned low-frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen in Lawson. (Date taken: 17 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061220adf8143085_079 Defence removed the three 183m decommissioned low-frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen in Lawson. (Date taken: 20 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061220adf8143085_095 Defence removed the three 183m decommissioned low-frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen in Lawson. (Date taken: 02 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061220adf8143085_096 Defence removed the three 183m decommissioned low-frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen in Lawson. (Date taken: 02 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061220adf8143085_115 Defence removed the three 183m decommissioned low-frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen in Lawson. (Date taken: 02 November 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061220adf8143085_116 Defence removed the three 183m decommissioned low-frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen in Lawson. (Date taken: 20 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20061220adf8143085_117 Defence removed the three 183m decommissioned low-frequency towers at the Navy Transmitting Station Belconnen in Lawson. (Date taken: 20 December 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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