Webcam watches construction of 1049 ft Miami tower

A webcam in Florida is bringing the construction of WPLG-TV's new 1049 foot high candelabra tower in Miami, right to your computer screen.

Billed as one of the tallest such towers in the South-Eastern United States, each individual section is thirty feet long with the heaviest section weighing in at about 26,500 lbs. Its total weight of 1,013,450 pounds and it features a 12 foot wide face with a two person elevator to take repair crews to the top.

Once completed it will permit 50 foot centre to centre separation between antennas. Besides WPLG-TV, stations WSVN-TV and WLYF-FM will be moving to the new tower.

Fabrication of the new tower began on March 12th.

Watch work in progress at
http://tinyurl.com/d9vw8l

Source: Wireless Institute of Australia