Wireless Age - December 1913 - Preparing to connect the Continents by Wireless
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The Wireless Age
December 1913 

Page 242 - 243
December 1913 cover evans logo

During the constuction of the "Wireless Girdle" the Marconi publication had photo updates.


Page 242
(1) Rear view of the hotel at Belmar, showing the steel girders of the roof in position;
an idea of the great size of this structure may be had by closing examing the photograph, in
 which men may be seen working on the right wing of the building.  (2) The fireplace in the
hotel for operators at Marshalls, Cal.  (3)  Excavating the condenser pit for the powerhouse
at the Kahuku transmitting site.

Photo zoom from page above...
hotel-close-up
( Web editor note - The lines  at the left are guy wires to one of the 300 foot antenna at Belmar)


page 243
(4)  The powerhouse at New Brunswick station, from which messages are to be trans-
mitted across the Atlantic.  (5) A view of mast No. 6 at the Belmar trans-Atlantic receiving
station, showing method of attaching stays and the erection cage in actual operation.  (6) A
glimpse of the concrete construction for the lighting plant at Koko Head, receiving site for
the Honolulu station.

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