Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station

The Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station, on Mesa Rd. in Bolinas, California, in Marin County, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]

Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station
LocationMesa Road, Bolinas, California
Coordinates37°54′47″N 122°43′40″W
Built1914
NRHP reference No.100002108[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 2018

It was built in 1914. It was taken over by RCA after World War I.[2]

It is one of six Point Reyes sites listed on the National Register in 2018.[3]

It is recognized as a cultural landscape-type resource.[4]

It was photographed by Jet Lowe as part of a "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA" listing in the Historic American Engineering Record.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Weekly list". National Park Service.
  2. "Wireless Giant of the Pacific: 100 Years of Marconi & RCA Maritime Radio History, June 7 - August 17, 2014". Bolinas Museum. 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. Guy Kovner (November 24, 2018). "Point Reyes cattle ranches gain national historic status". The Press Democrat. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. Anna Guth (January 4, 2018). "Historic districts to be recognized in park, decades later". Point Reyes Light. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  5. "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 5, 2019.


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