Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station explained

Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station
Location:Mesa Road, Bolinas, California, United States
Coordinates:37.9131°N -122.7278°W
Built:1914
Builder:Guglielmo Marconi
Added:February 23, 2018
Area:NaNacres
Refnum:100002108[1]

The Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station, on Mesa Road in Bolinas, Marin County, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]

The station was built in 1914 by Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) and 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] The station is recognized as a cultural landscape-type resource.[4]

It was photographed by Jet Lowe and listed as "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA," in the Historic American Engineering Record.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weekly list . .
  2. Web site: Wireless Giant of the Pacific: 100 Years of Marconi & RCA Maritime Radio History, June 7 - August 17, 2014 . 2014 . . December 5, 2019.
  3. News: Point Reyes cattle ranches gain national historic status . Kovner . Guy . . November 24, 2018 . December 5, 2019.
  4. News: Historic districts to be recognized in park, decades later . Guth . Anna . . January 4, 2018 . December 5, 2018.