http://cbs2chicago.com/local/cell.phone.tower.2.718138.html
I just thought you guys might find this interesting. I've watched this tower out of my office window for a couple years now, ever since we moved into this building. I've watched guys up there in a blizzard, ironically adding guy wires.
This picture is from a few months ago when that tanker tipped over on I55 and was on fire.
This isn't a cell phone tower, i'm no expert, but it sure doesn't look like one to me. There is a pipeline easement that runs directly under this tower to the east and west. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with that. There's a little silver shack (really, looks like a run down shack) that houses the equipment. For some reason I always felt this was going to come down.
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=127775
WOODRIDGE, Ill. (STNG) ― No injuries have been reported Wednesday morning after a cell phone tower fell onto a tanker truck carrying a hazardous chemical in the southwestern suburbs.
Police responded to the crash just south of the intersection of Lemont Road and 103rd Street about 9 a.m., according to Woodridge Police Department spokeswoman Carrie Noe.
Two vehicles crashed and one of the vehicles veered off into a ditch, where it struck a support cable attached to a cell phone tower, causing the tower to fall, Noe said.
The tower landed on a southbound tanker truck that was "in the wrong place at the wrong time," she said.
It landed on the main cargo area of the truck, which was carrying benzene, a hazardous and flammable chemical, she said.
Inspectors have determined the truck's load was not compromised but continue to inspect it.
Police are currently working to determine what company owns the tower.
Lemont Road between 101st Street and International Parkway remains closed as crews continue to clean up the site as of 11:30 a.m., Noe said.
No injuries have been reported. Citations are expected but have not yet been issued, she said.
I just thought you guys might find this interesting. I've watched this tower out of my office window for a couple years now, ever since we moved into this building. I've watched guys up there in a blizzard, ironically adding guy wires.
This picture is from a few months ago when that tanker tipped over on I55 and was on fire.
This isn't a cell phone tower, i'm no expert, but it sure doesn't look like one to me. There is a pipeline easement that runs directly under this tower to the east and west. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with that. There's a little silver shack (really, looks like a run down shack) that houses the equipment. For some reason I always felt this was going to come down.
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=127775
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