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Name：Varberg Radio Station
Area：Northern Europe
Country：Sweden
Registered Year：2004
Type：Cultural Heritage
Criteria：(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
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Brief Description：
The Varberg Radio Station at Grimeton in southern Sweden (built in 1922-24) is an exceptionally well preserved monument to early wireless transatlantic communication. It consists of the transmitter equipment, including the aerial system of six 127-m high steel towers. Though no longer in regular use, the equipment has been maintained in operating condition. The 109.9-ha site comprises buildings housing the original Alexanderson transmitter, including the towers with their antennae, short-wave transmitters with their antennae, and a residential area with staff housing. The architect Carl ?kerblad designed the main buildings in the neoclassical style and the structural engineer Henrik Kre?ger was responsible for the antenna towers, the tallest built structures in Sweden at that time. The site is an outstanding example of the development of telecommunications and is the only surviving example of a major transmitting station based on pre-electronic technology.
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