[PVRCNC] Warrington tower collapse

Sat, 7 Jun 2003 08:54:15 -0400

Remember, all it took was some ice to bring down 2000+ towers at Auburn a
few years ago!

----- Original Message -----
From: "alsopb" <[email protected]>
To: "pvrcnc" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 5:29 AM
Subject: [PVRCNC] Warrington tower collapse

> No it isn't N2NFG's tower.
>
> There was an article in the Henderson newspaper showing a local
> Warrington broadcast tower (WARR) on the ground.
>
> "A tractor working around the tower apparently got tangled in the
> support wire, breaking it loose and the steel tower collapsed in
> pieces."
>
> Egads, that's all it takes?
>
> The tower looks like Rohn 45 (about the width of the woman's hips in
> the picture).  The station broadcast on 1530 AM so the tower could
> have been about 160' tall.
>
> I wonder if there any sections one can salvage...
>
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
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