Author: Monkeyboy Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 1:38 am |
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So,I noticed something odd on Mt. Scott a while ago.It's a big bulbous structure in the antenna farm up there,I'm assuming it's a weather radar tower? |
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Author: Andy_brown Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 12:47 pm |
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It's a water tower owned by Happy Valley Water District. The old cylindrical tank right behind it could no longer carry the demand load as Happy Valley's population has grown considerably in the last decade. When I was engineer at 106.7, it was still on Mt. Scott (the tower is still there with antenna as a backup, I guess, assuming the xmtr is still in the small building) I used to be up there a lot. The USGS Mt. Scott elevation marker is just outside this building, opposite the side where the old water tank butts up against the fence. The new tower is on the south side of the old one, between the road and the old tank. |
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Author: Motozak2 Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 2:44 pm |
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I always thought it was a NOAA radome. |
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Author: Andy_brown Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 5:02 pm |
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Satellite imagery shows not only the globe tower, but also a second cylindrical water tank as big as the old one. |
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Author: Monkeyboy Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 10:30 pm |
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Ahh..Okay. |
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