The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-06-26
GREATEST WIRELESS STATION
American Naval Plant Near Washing
ton Nears Completion

The United States naVyS largest
wireless station is nearing compile
ton at Alexandria, Va, and within
month the big 650foot steel tower
he only tower of three which has not
been completed, will be ready to re
ceiye the wires or "antennae' when
will take from and send into the air
Uncle Sans messages for distance
of nearly three thousand miles. The
great tower, the highest which has
ever been built especially for wireless
is the largest naked steel structure
i'm the United States. II may be seen
for many miles looming above the
Virginia hills bordering on the Poto-
mac and has come to be one or the
interesting sights which visitors TO
the national capital are DESTROYS oil
seeing.
-Four ordinary city blocks, contain
ing seven families each. could be
built within the area enclosed by its
base. The tower is built on four
concrete and steel foundations. each
OF them at the corner OF a $50 foot
square Above ground the tower very
much resembles the construction OF
the Eiffel tower in Paris which was
recently converted into wireless
station. The two other towers are
$50 feet high and the three are so
placed as to form an equilateral tri-
angle with each side 200 feet long. In
triangular form and suspended from
the tops of the towers will be strung
the antennae. There will be twelve
wires suspended from each tower
These wires will be able to catch mes
sages from other stations as far west
as San Francisco, as far south as the
Panama Canal. as far north as Green
land and as far east as the African
"leg-omutton,'
Below the two smaller towers
which have been completed have been
constructed two buildings containing
living quarters for twenty men ant
also two modern wireless Laboratories
a machine shop, power and engine
room, storage room and operating
ROOM The cost of the towers Is es
timated at $4,000 and the cost o
the buildings will be $4,000. Aeon
missioned officer In the navy will b,
detailed to command the station. BY
telegraph and telephone IL will b.
connected with the president and th'
secretary OF the navy so that In time
of emergency messages may be sen
on the instant. II necessary The
president could get into immediate
communication with any battleship a
| al anu t.ntpf a., Tho NupriA
On the completion OF this station
the first chain Of wireless station
which will be able to encircle tn
world with their messages will hay,
been built. The three bristling tow
ers on the Potomac will communicat
directly with similar group us
miles away In the Panama zone ant
at times across the Atlantic ocean
Other stations In the chain will b
the naval station at Mare Island. tn
Philippines and one on French terri
tory yet to be decided upon.
Washington can talk directly wit
the North Atlantic ocean instead q
RELAXING It's messages as now throug
Norfolk or Key West Communicg
ton clear across the continent fror
Washington TO San Francisco an
Mare Island navy yard. will be II
Simultaneous. whereas now the con
mercial wires have TO be depcnde
upon. The great chain of high pow
err stations are being constructed m
7 der the supervision OF Rear Admire
J Hutch |. Cone, U. $. N. The entlr
series when completed will have COS
. the government more than a millio
dollars.