Sutton Common BT Tower

Sutton Common BT Tower

Sutton Common BT Tower is a radio tower built of reinforced concrete at Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is one of the few communication towers in the United Kingdom built of reinforced concrete. It is part of the 1960s 'backbone' network, relaying signals to Heaton Park in the north and Pye Green to the south.

Sutton Common is notable because of it was originally conceived as part of the 1950s 'Backbone' chain designed to provide the UK and NATO with survivable comms during nuclear war. ["Backbone radio link and radio standby to line links for safeguarding vital communications". GPO paper for the Official Committee on Civil Defence, July 1956. The National Archives (UK) CAB 134/1207]

References

ee also

*British Telecom microwave network
*BT Tower (disambiguation)
*List of towers

External links

* [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/sutton-common.php Sutton Common's entry at mb21]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Sutton Benger — is a small village in the county of Wiltshire in England located 5 miles North East of Chippenham. Grid Ref ST947787. For the last few summers Sutton Benger has been the location of a popular local music event, details on… …   Wikipedia

  • Charwelton BT Tower — is a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at Charwelton near Byfield, Northamptonshire, England. It is 388 feet (118 m) tall and one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete. It is a landmark for miles around.… …   Wikipedia

  • BT Tower (disambiguation) — British Telecom owns at least 200 radio masts and towers in Britain [Crampsey, D. and Fase, M.L. External Engineering , British Telecommunications Engineering, Vol. 10 Part 1 (April 1991), p.13] . Of these, twelve are reinforced concrete towers.… …   Wikipedia

  • Tower of London — For other uses, see Tower of London (disambiguation) Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 0°4′34″W / 51.50806°N 0.07611°W / 51 …   Wikipedia

  • Sutton Coldfield — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.563 longitude= 1.822 official name= Sutton Coldfield metropolitan borough= Birmingham region= West Midlands metropolitan county = West Midlands population= 105,452 (2001 Census) constituency… …   Wikipedia

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets — Tower Hamlets redirects here. For other uses, see Tower Hamlets (disambiguation). London Borough of Tower Hamlets   London borough   …   Wikipedia

  • Martello tower — A Martello tower at Clacton on Sea on the east coast of England. Martello towers (or simply Martellos) are small defensive forts built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars… …   Wikipedia

  • Mitcham Common — Coordinates: 51°23′37″N 0°8′49″W / 51.39361°N 0.14694°W / 51.39361; 0.14694 …   Wikipedia

  • Bromley Common — London Borough of Bromley Lage in Greater London Status London Borough Region …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Clapham Common — For other uses, see Clapham Common (disambiguation). Clapham Common, Area Post Code SW4 (Clapham) Clapham Common Type Historic common …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”