1951... relaying 'Uncle Milty'!

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    1. x-ray delta one 9 months ago | reply

      ... as a kid I remember these towers. I associated them with National Defense, which meant Atomic War, which meant the end of the world!

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_transmission

    2. Era: '51 - Gone to Ipernity 9 months ago | reply

      Most were located atop mountains.

    3. robert scott bolling 9 months ago | reply

      I wonder why they built it like a building, seems like a waste of resources unless people worked in them. Here is a verynice picture of one, almost exactly like the one above webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P05018.jpg

    4. HELLO CHICAGO 9 months ago | reply

      Basically microwave cell phone towers we see today

    5. tonalbuilder2002 9 months ago | reply

      "Live From Coast to Coast!" I remember thinking as a kid how awesome it was to see a live broadcast coming from all the way across the country. Progress, plain and simple.

    6. HELLO CHICAGO 9 months ago | reply

      Probably the amplifying equipment was inside.

    7. TheUnrequitedTV 9 months ago | reply

      ...or just beautification...remember when they covered up oil derricks the same way...?

    8. tonalbuilder2002 9 months ago | reply

      The tradition of tower beautification continues even today...

    9. Michael Paul Smith 9 months ago | reply

      Looks like the heads of Dr. Zeus characters.

    10. Benoît Henry 9 months ago | reply

      You can see a drawing in this document of what's inside : long-lines.net/places-routes/1st_transcon_mw/Telephone_Sk...

    11. robert scott bolling 9 months ago | reply

      So it says "Similar apparatus for steel towers housed in other buildings" So it does seem like a waste to build a four story structure and the additional cost associated with them as opposed to a ground level building. But since I worked in a telecom field I suppose there are some negatives associated with longer transmission cables, especially when using D.C. batt. power. I guess they may not have done it if there were no purpose.

    12. robert scott bolling 9 months ago | reply

      SO BEAUTIFUL, what is that, a 50ft palm tree next to a sequoia? the only thing that would make this funnier is if it were in Tennessee.

    13. x-ray delta one 9 months ago | reply


      ... thanks!

    14. EmBee's Web - Simple peon of the ignored peasantry 9 months ago | reply

      What does a picture of three normal, nice-looking natural trees have to do with the tele-communication ad posted above?

    15. x-ray delta one 9 months ago | reply


      ... put a link to the pamphlet in my Cold War Blog
      atomic-annhilation.blogspot.com/

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