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Binghamton Radio Tower, Was (erielack) Re:Yesterday's Shots

Actually the radio tower was put in 1913 up by Guglielmo Marconi for some of 
the first radio experiments. This of course involved the DL&W RR. For a 
brief synopsis, see:

http://www.everythingradio.com/Marconi%20Tower.htm

Todd K. Stearns


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Smith" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 1:42 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) Re:Yesterday's Shots


>
>    That 'old red brick buildiing '  is the former DL&W passenger station 
> (of fond memory). It features in many of my funny stories about when I 
> worked there in the 1960s. The tower is Sammy Miller's (RFE) torturetower 
> where the DL&W men were harrassed to within an inch of their lives. Even 
> more interesting is the still extant 'radio tower' near the building. This 
> was erected prior to WW1 when the DL&W experimented with transmitting 
> messages to & from moviing trains....this in 1914 or so. There's quite a 
> bit of information about this in one of Taber's volumes on the Lackawanna. 
> When I went to Binghamton to work, the crews casually referred to it as 
> 'the radio tower'. I had no idea that it was from the dawn of radio...I 
> thought it was put up in the 1950s for use with the engiine radios.
>
> Regards,
>
> Walt Smith> 


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