Marconi-RCA_Bolinas_Transmitting_Station

Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station

Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station

United States historic place

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]

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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.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Weekly list". National Park Service.
  2. [2]
    "Wireless Giant of the Pacific: 100 Years of Marconi & RCA Maritime Radio History, June 7 - August 17, 2014". Bolinas Museum. 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. [3]
    Kovner, Guy (November 24, 2018). "Point Reyes cattle ranches gain national historic status". The Press Democrat. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. [4]
    Guth, Anna (January 4, 2018). "Historic districts to be recognized in park, decades later". Point Reyes Light. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  5. [5]
    Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-311-A, "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA", 28 photos, 2 photo caption pages


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