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Sutro Tower's height is boosted by the fact that it sits on Mt. Sutro. It reaches 1,811 feet above sea level, just higher than the tallest building in the US (
by dougb5 2y ago
Sutro Tower's height is boosted by the fact that it sits on Mt. Sutro. It reaches 1,811 feet above sea level, just higher than the tallest building in the US (One World Trade Center in NYC, at 1776 feet).
I like to mention this fun fact to my visiting friends from New York, conveniently overlooking any higher-elevation buildings in Denver.
- onionisafruit 2y agoAm I misreading this or are you giving a measure where a single story house in Nebraska would be taller than Sutro or WTC?
- bdavbdav 2y agoYeah this makes no sense at all. A tent at base camp Everest is significantly taller.
- TOGoS 2y agoHence 'conveniently overlooking'.
- BobaFloutist 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
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- zamadatix 2y agoWhat's the point in introducing Nebraska when they already said the same thing about Denver? The point is to be a humorous comparison and it works better than most such comparisons in that regard because the tower is both actually pretty tall itself plus only 3 miles from the ocean.
- walrus01 2y agobroadcast facilities in the VHF/TV range bands benefit most from what's called HAAT - height above average terrain. This is why the midwest has 1800' tall guyed broadcast towers in places that don't have any conveniently placed mountains. And why the broadcast sites near Seattle and Vancouver are all on mountains, or at least large-ish sized hills. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain
- biker142541 2y agoThe point is that the relative elevation difference is more similar to skyscrapers. You look down from there (or even Twin Peaks) and you are towering over sea level locations and can see extremely far on clear days.
- barnabee 2y agoDepends what you’re measuring. Sutro Tower’s prominence[0] is almost certainly greater than the house in Nebraska and probably most of the buildings in Denver too (though possibly there’s some comms equipment or ski infrastructure that could beat it?) [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence
- creeble 2y agoSince it can be commonly viewed from literal sea level (like the shoreline of the ocean or San Francisco Bay), it’s more apropos.