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The current tallest flagpole in the United States (and the tallest flying an American flag) is the 400-foot (120 m) pole completed before Memorial Day 2014 and custom-made with an 11-foot (3.4 m) base in concrete by wind turbine manufacturer Broadwind Energy.
The material used for the new flagpole is Q345 steel. The steel and two cranes of the flag pole were both imported from Hong Kong. [1] The flagpole's construction took less than a month and was finished in September 2013. [5] The newer flagpole was divided into three segments. The old flagpole was moved to the Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite. [4]
This list of flagpoles by height includes completed flagpoles which are either free–standing or supported, excluding the height of any pedestal (plinth), building, or other base platform which may elevate them. Due to the list's incomplete nature, flagpoles shorter than 120 m (390 ft) are not ranked.
Boston Public Garden Flagpole Base is a 1921 flagpole base, memorial, and sculpture by William D. Austen, installed in Boston Public Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The bronze base measures approximately 6 x 4 x 4 ft., and rests on a granite plinth that measures 3.5 x 7 x 7 ft.
The flag of Ireland is flown at half-mast on the death of a national or international figure, including former and current presidents or Taoisigh, on all prominent government buildings equipped with a flag pole. The death of a prominent local figure can also be marked locally by the flag being flown at half-mast.
The Jeddah Flagpole is a freestanding flagpole in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Standing 171 metres (561 ft) high, it was the tallest flagpole in the world from 2014 until 2021, [1] when the Cairo Flagpole in Cairo, Egypt was erected at a height of 201.952 m (662.57 ft).