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San Francisco's Big Antenna - Sutro Tower

Whitehall

Whitehall

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Here's some photos of the major broadcast antenna in the San Francisco Bay Area. I always thought it was a bit discordant visually but now that I'm into FM I ready appreciate it.

Feel free to post your local broadcast towers, especially the weird ones.
 

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Sutro Tower

Whitehall,

Don't know why but I always thought the Sutro Tower looks kind of like "the ship that never goes to sea". I've always liked it and I'm a SF native. Thanks for the great pics and the drawing. Much appreciated.
 
If my dad was still around he would say it sucked to live a block and a half from it. :D


Carl
 
The WIMZ/WBIR tower in Knoxville has been a part of the landscape of NE Tenn since '63. It was the tallest structure on earth for a few months. The interviewed some codger who lived next to it once, & his only complaint was that the guy wires "sang" under the right wind conditions. There is a platform elevator in the middle of it that one or 2 guys can ride on-I wonder if I'd have the nerve...
 
I remember quite fondly also the "Candelabra" at Television Hill in Baltimore from my yoot.

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The folks on WBAL radio in B-more used to refer to Television Hill as "Radio Knob"...

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Do ya think the neighbors would mind if I threw one of them puppies up in the backyard? :D You can never have too much antenna....


Why have I not noticed the Sutro on my drive down from Sacremento? I clearly remember seeing the Golden Gate bridge off in the distance, but I never noticed that behemoth!
 
It's way on the top of a hill -- kind of dominates the skyline.

As I recall, those hills are called "Twin Peaks", no?
 
These towers are right down the street from me. They were built during World War I and were the first trans atlantic wireless towers.

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