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@jonthebru Ай бұрын

Not one element of safety equipment in sight! Back when men were brave.

@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm 2 ай бұрын

Good show I must say

@chrisst8922 3 ай бұрын

I have this on VHS. I bought it at a fete held some years ago at Crystal Palace Park. BTW, narrator, Bob Danvers-Walker is the guy going up there.

@Martock1017 4 ай бұрын

Several references were made to the provision of Band III aerials on the upper part of the mast. Band III included Channel 9 which had just started to be used by ITV, transmitting from a temporary small tower at the nearby Croydon site. Perhaps the original intention was to transmit ITV on a permanent basis from Crystal Palace. ITV didn't share the Crystal Palace site until 1969, when BBC1 and ITV were first transmitted on 625-lines and in colour on UHF (Band IV). A larger tower was built at Croydon in the late '50s and the small one dismantled and shipped to the Channel Islands to bring ITV to Jersey, Guernsey and the other islands. A very interesting video about the construction of what is still a very impressive structure. After the main film there was also a few minutes of silent video-taped content about routine maintenance checks on a UHF TV relay station.

@old0trekkie 3 ай бұрын

The Band III aerials referred to were intended by the BBC for a BBC2 service. In the end, this never happened and Band III was used for ITV. BBC2 didn't start until 625 lines/UHF came.

@Martock1017 3 ай бұрын

@@old0trekkie Thanks for the info. I visited Crystal Palace transmitter site once in 1969 when I was with the BBC Communications Dept. At the time there must have been odd tropospheric conditions as many of the receivers used to monitor the relay stations were receiving Dutch TV. The engineers on site said that this often happened.

@SDS-1 4 ай бұрын

...........Erecting Members...... 😏 ...😂😂. Cant stop lol'n

@joshuagalka3526 5 ай бұрын

Cool

@Woffy. 5 ай бұрын

How overly engineered this structure had to be in part to accommodate the limited capabilities of the various cranes and plant available at that time. What is amazing is the skill of the winch operator at ground level manipulating several tons of steel on over 500 feet of cable with such precision. Today a Liebherr crane is capable of lifting a third of the whole tower several hundred feet! . Lovely looking tower which I first had sight of 60 years ago, as a young boy I thought it was the Eiffel tower. Thanks for posting this treasure.

@turboslag 6 ай бұрын

Extremely interesting. Just imagine the palava that would be involved in constructing that today!! There would be 5 years of talking about it before anything happened and no one would be even allowed on site without the authorised ppe, and every step would need 3 days of sign off!!! We just got things done back then.

@kh-ro5su 5 ай бұрын

well contrary to your weird death fantasies involving blue collar workers putting themselves at extreme risk, things do still get done today - with more efficiency than they could even hope to dream of in the 1950s thanks to over half a century of engineering and construction evolution. also, they still had to go through the proper processes back in those days. do you think they just decided to build a tower and nobody would notice? no, they applied for building permits the same way we do these days. the main difference is that health and safety was not as strict back then, therefore a lot of people got unnecessarily injured or died in those days

@turboslag 5 ай бұрын

@@kh-ro5su Don't make me laugh! Local to me a stretch of road no more than 1.5 miles long, a notorious local bottle neck, was recently widened to dual carriageway. It took SIX years!!!! The M1 motorway was constructed in 18 months!!! And what about HS2, way over budget and running way over completion date. Same with cross rail and Hinckley point C. Seems the more advanced and efficient we get, the longer it takes to complete anything!!

@borntoclimb7116 4 ай бұрын

@@turboslag in Germany Frankfurt they build 4 skyscrapers in Just 5 years, tallest tower in 233 meters in height. It is the Four Project, this one here is just a steeltower 219 meters tall. Nothing in comparsion to a Building, stil great, i love steeltowers but why have so many another countries to struggle with projects today.

@dglcomputers1498 4 ай бұрын

Nope, the Bilsdale replacement transmitter took about a year to build, and that included getting approval in a conservation zone. Naturally no PPE no job is one of the most sensible things that ever happened, people's lives used to be worth nothing and you could be easily replaced, bung a bit of cash to the next of kin and all was well. Luckily people's lives have value now and as such health and safety is much more important.

@GMT439 6 ай бұрын

The Palace was actually a Hydro power station. It's function was to power this transmitter which was not purely a communications TRANSmiTT3R.

@returnofthegmac9203 8 ай бұрын

Core I have lived by this tower for over 30 years and never knew it was named the Phoenix Tower. I had often wonderd how this was built. What am amazing feat of engineers

@kaykiekid 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if this tower is still standing? If it is, I also wonder if the tower is being used for 5g cell service today. Wonderful story! ❤️ I'm fascinated by these documentaries. Thanks! 😊👍❤

@returnofthegmac9203 8 ай бұрын

Yes it is and situated in the South East of London I live two miles from it.

@kaykiekid 8 ай бұрын

@returnofthegmac9203 Hello, and thanks from Bayonne, NJ. It's great that the tower is still, even today, helping folks with modern technology. Fascinating! 😊

@returnofthegmac9203 8 ай бұрын

@@kaykiekid You are more than welcome This is the Tower today kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4GygXZnnrGomrMsi=ovY2KuMgwp1nP4fe Enjoy

@returnofthegmac9203 8 ай бұрын

@@kaykiekid This is how we are talking too each other 👍

@kh-ro5su 5 ай бұрын

it still stands, operates and remains one of the tallest structures in london