Varberg Radio Station (1922-24) in Grimeton, southern Sweden, is a well-preserved monument to early transatlantic radio communications. It consists of transmission equipment, including an antenna system on six 127-meter-high steel towers. Although no longer in regular use, the equipment remains in operational condition. The 109.9-hectare site includes the buildings that housed the original Alexanderson transmitter, including the tower with antenna, the shortwave transmitter with antenna, and a residential area with staff accommodation. Architect Carl Åkerblad designed the main building in a neoclassical style, and structural engineer Henrik Kreüger was responsible for the antenna tower, which was Sweden's tallest building at the time. The site is an outstanding example of the development of telecommunications and the only surviving example of a large-scale transmitting station based on pre-electronic technology.
| official website |
http://www.alexander.n.se |
| language of work or name |
German |
| language of work or name |
English |
| language of work or name |
Swedish |
| Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI |
http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/bbr/21300000016135 |
| Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI |
raa/bbr/21300000016135 |
| start time |
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| official name |
إذاعة فاربورغ |
| official name |
Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg |
| official name |
Emisora de Radio Varberg |
| official name |
Station radio Grimeton, Varberg |
| official name |
グリメトン・ラジオ無線局、ヴァールベリ |
| official name |
Varberg radiostation |
| official name |
Радиостанция Варберг |
| official name |
威堡广播站 |
| heritage designation |
individual listed building complex |
| start time |
1996-10-11T00:00:00Z |
| heritage designation |
individual listed building complex |
| start time |
2004-08-20T00:00:00Z |
| area |
3854 |
| applies to part |
buffer zone |
| image |
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Varberg%20Radio%20Station.jpg |
| media legend |
VLF transmitter Grimeton |
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