Mitchell Schwartz, co-historian of Flower Hill and newly appointed trustee of the Roslyn Landmark Society (news item to be posted later this week), has been fascinated by the large tower in Roslyn Harbor ever since he was a child. In his very first trustee task, Mitchell has provide this profile of the tower.
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AT&T Long Lines Tower
Date built: 1970
Located in: Roslyn Harbor
Original Use: Telecommunications
The telecommunications tower in Roslyn Harbor behind the Roslyn Harbor Terrace residential subdivision was built in 1970 by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) as part of their Long Lines program. It is located on a roughly four acre plot of land formerly part of the Frick Estate.
Like other towers built as part of this program, the tower features a series of microwave horn antennas. According to the article “Phone Tower Draws Protest” from page 29 of the October 19, 1967 edition of Newsday, the tower is approximately 275 feet in height and was constructed as part of AT&T’s Long Line network between Long Island and Putnam Valley, by way of Manhattan.
A few other towers were built by AT&T on Long Island as part of the program – including a tower near Plainview.
Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia.
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