I finally found photos of Muncie’s microwave horns

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Downtown Muncie’s tallest building is also its most unusual. Every year, incoming Ball State students and Muncie transplants wonder about the 165-foot monolith at 329 East Jackson Street, curious about the unusual shape of the top of its tower. Although the original iteration of the building dates to much earlier, the building’s tallest part was completed in 19701 to house microwave antennas as part as AT&T’s Long Lines network. Recently, I finally found some photos of them in action.

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South Bend’s old Long Line tower and office

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During the 1950s and 60s, AT&T built microwave relay towers all across the United States. They were part of the Long Lines network, an early transcontinental telecommunications system. Today, the towers’ imposing presence persists: part of an old central office, one of them stands among the tallest buildings in downtown South Bend. 

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