The TALLEST STRUCTURE You've Never Heard Of

[@Foersom_]

@Waste, "feet" please include metric unit measurements in your video.

[@markiangooley]

There’s still a slightly shorter mast in North Dakota. Definitely not quite as tall as the Polish one was.

[@brys555]

The mast itself was located about 700 meters south-west from these ruins visible on drone shots.

[@stevenmayhew3944]

Same fate as Arecibo Observatory.

[@h6502]

never heard of? it was in the guinness book of world records. people knew about it widely back in the 80's.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

I remember reading about in Guinness World Records too, but I wasn't that well known. Even though it wasn't as tall, the CN Tower was a lot more famous since it was the tallest free-standing structure at the time and a popular tourist attraction.

[@jaydenkerr912]

I watched this whole video thinking this channel was much bigger, this video was really well made 👍

[@WasteMediaTV]

Thank you!

[@glennwillems9924]

Having worked in transmission mast construction for multiple years one remark is beyond me: uncoupling the main guy wire before attaching, securing and tensioning the temp guys? That would be a VERY stupid thing to do.

[@Bobrogers99]

No doubt the maintenance crew was poorly trained, and the replacement wasn't well planned. Years of neglect made the tower vulnerable to any lapse in judgment. Yes, the crew's actions were stupid.

[@mittfh]

​Bobrogers99Not just lapses in judgement, but given the poor maintenance, corrosion of the guy wires could have led to an unattended collapse within a few years (c.f. Arecebo Observatory), or alternately corrosion of the mast itself given budgetry pressures stalled its repainting.

[@respectedprophet6247]

I think this thing is way more famous then you think it is, I member learning about it in school when we talked about the Cold War

[@deildegast]

To kids, this must be ancient history. To me, this was once the highest structure built and "everyone" knew of it.

[@staplejats]

2120 what? Bananas? Do you mean 646 metres?

That's what was feat of communism. They build, produce a lot, but then it turned out that you have to maintain things too.

[@User-dc6sm]

well it collapsed after soviet times

@User-dc6sm things were not better instantly, communism ended in Poland in 1989

[@santaanaroadwildman3614]

That's crazy! Who would have known about this tower? I guess now we have satellites & StarLink?

[@reecewilliams-qc6dy]

Fire

[@windows9550]

how many Poles does it take to change a wire?

[@floopusdoopus]

Trick question, the Romanian gets to it first to sell the copper

[@rlt9492]

@@floopusdoopusThose wires are steel lol

[@manyhammers5944]

@@rlt9492Coax is copper,have to be a dedicated meth head.

[@Mental_hygenics]

Imagine changing those lights

[@WasteMediaTV]

I'll do it for one million subscribers

[@SpacePirate81]

Saying most people have no idea about thr Warsaw Radio tower is disingenuous

[@nefarious_0969]

I made a 3d reconstruction of this.

[@STOPSYPHER]

what’s the random brown dude in the thumbnail have to do with it

[@adolfkitler6120]

it’s him and he puts his face in some thumbnails

[@claypotts2334]

Lol

[@crakkbone]

Goodness, you’re a real genius, huh?

[@rlt9492]

That’s OP lol

[@draytonkk]

thats the guy who single handedly caused its collapse

[@SpacePirate81]

Also, what's with the weird selfie in the thumbnail?

[@Daniel-jk7pe]

Caterpillar eyebrow ahh 💀 💀

[@Sam-ob4of]

*you mean 646,176 meters

[@renderedfrog]

dang

[@GeorgeStar]