The Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter was used as an antenna tower until February 2, 1993.

The collapse was the result of a fatigue failure of the eyebolt head in a compression cone insulator on a structural guy-wire.

This failure caused swing-in damage that resulted in the tower's collapse.

The tower was replaced by a 260.3 meter (854 ft) tall guyed mast, insulated against the ground.

The transmission power for the Canadian East Coast LORAN-C chain was 1000 kW, and for the Newfoundland East Coast LORAN-C the transmission power was 500 kW.