Abandoned Shukhov Tower on the Oka River – Dzerzhinsk, Russia

Russia Abandoned May 2009 10 photos

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Lattice hyperboloid tower rising above pine treesDistant steel lattice tower over green bushes and a meadowHyperboloid steel tower against white cloudsLooking up inside the tower’s spiderweb of steel rings and rodsSandy forest track under pines with the tower legs and a van beyondLooking up through the tower lattice at pine trees and blue skyTower beside a sand bank and the river with a yellow excavatorTower top and crossarm against a cloudy blue skyRusty maintenance cage hanging inside the tower latticeYellow crane on a sand heap near the tower with wooded hills behind