U. S. Wireless Station

Price: $12.95
  

Stock #: 723176
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Fort Myer
State: Virginia (VA)
Publisher: David Kaufman
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The United States Naval Radio Station at Radio, Virginia. Situated at the southwestern end of Fort Myer Military Reservation opposite Washington, D. C. Built by the United States Navy Department [Bureau of Steam Engineering] Land ceded to the Navy Department by the War Department. Rated power of Station 100 kilowatts. Towers, one 600 feet high 150 feet square at the base, two 450 feet high 120 feet square at the base, located at angles of an isosceles triangle, large tower at the apex base of triangle 350 feet between centers of towers, perpendicular to the base 350 feet. Normal range day 2,000 mile, night 3,000 miles. Cost about $250,000.

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