London Towers

London Towers. . , The concrete foundations are all that remain of AT&T's London Tower Array. The towers supported giant steel mesh curtains that were the actual antennas. They were built in a precise alignment to aim the powerful shortwave radio signals at a receiving station in England., The London towers, 19 in total, were placed 250 feet apart. From end-to-end the length of the array was just short of a mile., How High Were the Towers? , 1-Story Ranch House (23 ft.) , Tower (180 ft.) , The Statue of Liberty (305 ft. including pedestal), From Giant Towers to Wildlife Habitat , AT&T removed the London Array Towers in the late 1930s after less than ten years of service. However, the concrete foundations that once supported the towers still remain. If you look closely, the concrete foundation pads and plinths can be seen along the old service road., ( captions ) , , Concrete plinths that once supported the towers. , , Construction of the London Towers, c. 1929. The winches in the foreground were used to raise and lower the steel mesh antenna curtains. Notice the concrete pads that supported each leg of the tower. , , The London Tower Array, c. 1929. The timber utility poles in the foreground provide a sense of the tremendous scale of the array.