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by kaikai 532 days ago
I can’t tell if this is a serious question. Towers this size are built in place, being able to handle the strain of being lifted from horizontal would be wild. Much easier and cheaper to pay a climber.
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Ok. Lowering a huge tower to the ground pretty silly. How about designing the array at the top as a platform that could be lowered. Too much extra weight/cost?
Some very large towers do indeed have platforms at the top. And some even have elevators.

But the vast majority do not. Very expensive to build.