Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station
The Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station, on Mesa Rd. in Bolinas, California, in Marin County, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]
Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station | |
Location | Mesa Road, Bolinas, California |
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Coordinates | 37°54′47″N 122°43′40″W |
Built | 1914 |
NRHP reference No. | 100002108[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 2018 |
It was built in 1914. It was taken over by RCA after World War I.[2]
It is one of six Point Reyes sites listed on the National Register in 2018.[3]
It is recognized as a cultural landscape-type resource.[4]
It was photographed by Jet Lowe as part of a "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA" listing in the Historic American Engineering Record.[5]
See also
- Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America, Marshall, California
- Marconi–RCA Wireless Receiving Station, Chatham, Massachusetts
References
- "Weekly list". National Park Service.
- "Wireless Giant of the Pacific: 100 Years of Marconi & RCA Maritime Radio History, June 7 - August 17, 2014". Bolinas Museum. 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- Guy Kovner (November 24, 2018). "Point Reyes cattle ranches gain national historic status". The Press Democrat. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- Anna Guth (January 4, 2018). "Historic districts to be recognized in park, decades later". Point Reyes Light. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
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