AT&T built thousands of microwave relay towers as part of its Long Line communications network in the 50s and 60s. Although they haven’t been used as part of it in nearly forty years, many remain standing across Indiana. One still scrapes the sky near the Jennings County community of Paris Crossing.
The tower in Paris Crossing is actually just across the border from Jennings County in Jefferson. It appears to have been built in 19601. The tower is said to rise 360 feet2! When it was part of the Long Lines network, it relayed a signal from Versailles twenty-three miles northeast, to Henryville, twenty-four miles southwest3.
After the Long Lines program ended, AT&T deaccessioned most of its towers around the year 2000. In 2002, the tower was purchased by Communication Properties, LLC4.
Sources Cited
1 Parcel 39-05-35-000-007.000-00 (2024). Office of the Assessor. Jefferson County [Madison]. Web. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
2 Transmitter Characteristics (n.d.). Antennasearch. Web. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
3 Long Lines Map and Information (n.d.). Web. Map. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
4 (See footnote 1).
