The Sutro Tower as viewed from the east Sutro Tower is a three-pronged antenna tower on Mount Sutro in the western part of San Francisco, California at 37°45'19.0" N and 122°27'10.0" W. It is a dominant part of the city skyline, but is relatively unknown to tourists as it is often airbrushed out of travel brochures. It is less picturesque than other landmarks and is considerably west of the main downtown tourist area. San Francisco writer Herb Caen once said, “I keep waiting for it to stalk down the hill and attack the Golden Gate Bridge.”[1] Download high resolution version (500x750, 59 KB)Sutro Tower, San Francisco File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Herbert Eugene Caen (April 3, 1916 – February 1, 1997) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist working in San Francisco. ...
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. ...
Reasons for the tower Before its construction, television reception in San Francisco was quite spotty as the many hills of the city would block the line-of-sight radio waves - this was before the rise in popularity of cable television but is the main source of free over the air television in the Bay Area. Before Sutro Tower, transmitters were scattered throughout the Bay Area including at San Bruno Mountain, Mt. Allison, Monument Peak, and Mt. Diablo. Reception outside of San Francisco was incrementally improved by the tower. By having all the main Bay Area television stations in one location reception was improved by allowing all receiving antennas to be pointed at one tower instead of many. However, local NBC affiliate KNTV, which originally broadcast from Loma Prieta Peak in Santa Clara County, currently broadcasts from San Bruno Mountain. Most residents in San Mateo County, the East Bay, and Marin County can aim their antennas in the general direction on Sutro Tower and get all stations, including KNTV. Some residents in San Francisco need to rotate their antenna as San Bruno Mountain is approximately five miles south of Sutro Tower. Mount Diablo State Park is a state park in California, USA. View of Mt. ...
KNTV (NBC 11) is the NBC Universal owned-and-operated television station in the San Francisco Bay Area market, which has the highest median household and per capita income of any metropolitan area in the United States[1]. Historically, the station is licensed in the city of San Jose. ...
Loma Prieta is a Northern California mountain with elevation 3791 feet and located at approximately 37. ...
Santa Clara County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. ...
San Bruno Mountain lies south of San Francisco, CA in San Mateo County. ...
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Marin County (pronounced mah-RIN) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ...
Construction Construction began in 1971, by Kline Tower of Columbia, SC, and was completed in 1972, with the first transmissions from Sutro Tower on July 4, 1973. About 15 million pounds (6,800 tonnes) of concrete were used to make the foundation of the 3.7 million pound (1,700 tonne) tower. Earthquake proofing includes ballasting two thirds of the weight of the structure below ground, with resulting center of gravity at sixteen feet below ground level. It is used to transmit ten analog, eleven digital TV stations and four FM radio stations to the San Francisco Bay area. The tower is owned by Sutro Tower, Inc., which in turn is owned by four television stations KTVU, KRON, KPIX and KGO-TV with usage leased to other Bay Area TV and radio stations. Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ...
The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
A tonne or metric ton (symbol t), sometimes referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. ...
KTVU (Channel 2) is the San Francisco Bay Areas FOX affiliate. ...
KRON is an independent television station in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
KPIX (channel 5) is Viacoms CBS-owned and operated television station based in San Francisco, California. ...
KGO-TV (ABC7) is an owned-and-operated television station of The Walt Disney Company-owned ABC, based in San Francisco, California. ...
Named after Adolph Sutro, a businessman and former mayor of San Francisco, the tower stands 977 feet (298 metres) from the ground and 1,800 ft (549 m) from sea level. It is the tallest structure in the city, surpassing the 853 ft (260 m) Transamerica Pyramid by more than 100 ft (30 m). In addition, it is built on one of the highest peaks in the city, the old site of the Sutro Mansion owned by Adolph Sutro's descendents. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1728 × 1152 pixel, file size: 541 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fog Sutro Tower ...
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 - August 8, 1898) was the 24th mayor and 1st Jewish mayor of San Francisco, California, serving in that office from 1894 until 1896. ...
A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ...
The Transamerica Pyramid. ...
Views The facility is surrounded by a fence and the site offers no panoramic viewpoints of San Francisco, but there is a platform near the top of the tower, 762 ft (232 m) above ground. Access for authorized maintenance workers is by a tiny two-person elevator that runs inside one of the tower's enclosed legs.
On a clear day, the tower can be seen from the East Bay peak of Mount Diablo and is sometimes the only part of San Francisco seen above the coastal fog when it is blown inland, typically on summer mornings and evenings. A satellite image of the East Bay The East Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States and is comprised of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. ...
Mount Diablo State Park is a state park in California, USA. View of Mt. ...
Golden Gate Bridge in Fog Evening fog obscures Londons Tower Bridge from passers by. ...
Sutro Tower is restricted to authorized personnel and stands on private property. The tower may be viewed up close from La Avanzada Drive.
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