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 northern Indiana city of Plymouth.
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Sixty and seventy years ago, AT&T built thousands of microwave relay towers as part of its transcontinental Long Line communications network. It’s been a long time since they were used in that capacity, but many of the towers still stand. One of them is southwest of Albion, Indiana.
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AT&T built thousands of microwave relay towers in the 1950s and 60s as part of its transatlantic telecommunications system called the Long Lines network. It’s been forty years since they were used for in that capacity, but many still stand. Here’s one near Warren, Indiana.
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AT&T went crazy building an assortment of microwave relay towers as part of its Long Lines network in the 1950s and 60s. Many of them still stand, but some don’t. The completionist in me couldn’t resist taking a photo of the site of a demolished tower just north of Marion, Indiana.
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AT&T built thousands of microwave relay towers in the 1950s and 60s as part of its long-distance telecommunications system called the Long Lines network. It’s been decades since they were used for in that capacity, but many still stand. Here’s one near Point Isabel, Indiana.
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AT&T built myriad microwave relay towers across the US in the 1950s and 60s. The company called its transcontinental telecommunications system the Long Lines network, and it led to early long-distance phone service. Although decades have passed since the towers were last used for their intended purpose, many of them continue to dominate the countryside. The monoliths captured my attention from a young age, and one towers over Lynn, in rural Randolph County.
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During the 1950s and 60s, AT&T erected numerous microwave relay towers throughout the United States. They were part of the Long Lines network, a transcontinental telecommunications system. Though these structures have long ceased serving their initial function, their imposing presence persists. One such tower stands tall in the rural landscape just south of Mt. Carmel, Indiana.
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AT&T built scads of microwave relay towers in the 1950s and 60s to create a long-distance telecommunications system called the Long Lines network. It’s been decades since they were last used for that purpose, but many towers still stand. One is near Glenwood, Indiana.
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The technology we use to communicate has a dramatic influence on how we connect, share information, and interact. Before the ubiquity of cell phones, AT&T’s Long Lines network was critical in enabling long-distance communication! It’s been more than forty years since the program was discontinued, but across Indiana, old Long Line relics tower over their surroundings.
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