2017

NY2942 : Caldbeck Transmitting Station

taken 8 years ago, 3 km from Westward, Cumbria, England

Caldbeck Transmitting Station
Caldbeck Transmitting Station
The Caldbeck transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the village of Caldbeck. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.

It includes a 337-metre-high (1,106 ft) guyed steel lattice mast, which is the third highest structure in the United Kingdom. The transmission antennas surmounting the structure are contained within a fibreglass cylinder.
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The current mast NY2942 : Caldbeck Transmitting Station from the north-west was erected in 2007 and for a few years there were two NY2942 : End of shift before the original was demolished being incompatibile with the new digital broadcasting equipment.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Brocklebank [4] · Caldbeck Transmitting Station [2] · Transmission [2] · Village [2] ·
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NY2942, 9 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 28 October, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 5 November, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 2996 4260 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:46.4046N 3:5.4179W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 30276 42625
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