From the 1940s through the sixties and seventies, AT&T built thousands of Long Line towers as part of its transcontinental microwave communications network. It’s been decades since they were used for their original purpose, but one still stands near the Morgan County community of Morgantown.
The Long Line Tower close to Morgantown actually sits nearby Johnson County. It was built in 19661 and stands a whopping 357 feet tall2! During its AT&T days, its KS-15676 horn antennae relayed a signal twenty-two miles southwest to New Uniontown, twenty-six miles northeast to Indianapolis, and fifteen miles northwest to Wilbur3.
After the Long Lines program ended, AT&T deaccessioned most of its towers around the year 2000. Today, unusually, the site remains owned by AT&T4.
Sources Cited
1 Parcel 41-10-07-033-007.000-015 (2025). Office of the Assessor. Johnson County [Franklin]. Web. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
2 Transmitter Characteristics (n.d.). Antennasearch. Web. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
3 Long Lines Map and Information (n.d.). Web. Map. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
4 (See footnote 1).
