AT&T Long Lines Tower

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.

Newsday, October 19, 2022