Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station
Marconi-RCA Bolinas Transmitting Station | |
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| Location | Mesa Road, Bolinas, California, United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°54′47″N 122°43′40″W / 37.91306°N 122.72778°W |
| Built | 1914 |
| Built by | Guglielmo Marconi |
| NRHP reference No. | 100002108[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 23, 2018 |
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]
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]
See also
- Station KPH, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America, Marshall, California
- Marconi–RCA Wireless Receiving Station, Chatham, Massachusetts
References
- ^ a b "Weekly list". National Park Service.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kovner, Guy (November 24, 2018). "Point Reyes cattle ranches gain national historic status". The Press Democrat. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Guth, Anna (January 4, 2018). "Historic districts to be recognized in park, decades later". Point Reyes Light. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-311-A, "Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA", 28 photos, 2 photo caption pages
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