Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station
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The Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station, on Mesa Road in Bolinas, Marin County, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]
Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station | |
Location | Mesa Road, Bolinas, California, United States |
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Coordinates | 37°54′47″N 122°43′40″W |
Built | 1914 |
Built by | Guglielmo Marconi |
NRHP reference No. | 100002108[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 2018 |
The station was built in 1914 by Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) and 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] The station is recognized as a cultural landscape-type resource.[4]
It was photographed by Jet Lowe and listed as "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA," in the Historic American Engineering Record.[5]