iamhere300
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Anyone in the Norman OK area? Got a question about a communications company's building down there.
Yeah the old microwave tower south of 9 on SE 48th was part of AT&T's assets they sold off. Some big company bought it and rents space on it now.iamhere300 said:I was wondering about an AT&T presence down there, off hwy 9, but I got
some info last night on it. Thanks though!
n5bew1 said:Yeah the old microwave tower south of 9 on SE 48th was part of AT&T's assets they sold off. Some big company bought it and rents space on it now.
48th Ave SE and E Post Oak Rd, to be exact. Old AT&T Long Lines site. Part of the route down into Texas. See http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/longlines.html and http://www.drgibson.com/towers/ .n5bew1 said:Yeah the old microwave tower south of 9 on SE 48th was part of AT&T's assets they sold off. Some big company bought it and rents space on it now.
n5bew1 said:Oh yeah the old Food Lion grocery store that is a SBC/ATT thingy now.
For now.OUSoonerfan3 said:I believe that is/was a customer service call center.
Thanks for the info. There is an older map that shows a N-S route through "Norman", but based on what you said, that may be a different facililty. Was it?iamhere300 said:AT&T and now American Tower call the location the "Noble" tower.
It was a microwave junction, not on the route to TX, but on the
route that went east/west, talking to Asher, Spaulding, McAlester, and
on to Alexander AR (Junction south of Little Rock) to the East,
plaws said:Thanks for the info. There is an older map that shows a N-S route through "Norman", but based on what you said, that may be a different facililty. Was it?
It can be even spookier inside.Chaos703 said:I've been a frequent visitor to the Mounds site for 20 years. Never been inside. I just like to hang out on the hill and listen to my scanner. Great reception up there. Really creepy.
I "stumbled" across the site late at night during a full moon. It was a very large, captivating and spooky sight in the moonlight. It made quite an impression on me.
Here's a picture if the site. I found it on the Astronomy Club of Tulsa's website. The tower is on the same hill top as their observatory (small white building on the right).
Watch out for that guy from Missouri... What a nut job...KD5WLX said:Chaos,
The Mounds site has been purchased by a ham in MO who saves parts for "museum" interest, sells more for scrap, and then USES the towers and buildings as leased space. Since he's a ham, he uses local hams as custodians/superintendents or whatever you want to call them.
OK ... so where was "Norman"?iamhere300 said:Yep, the site named Norman was elsewhere, the site in question they called Noble.
KD5WLX said:So if you want to see the inside (mostly stripped, now, but....) I can probably arrange a "tour".