"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
07/20/2017 at 12:45 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
07/20/2017 at 12:45 • Filed to: None | 1
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The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on the western edge of town is a 1,423 feet tall !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . That’s 28 feet lower than the roof of the Willis Sears Tower in Chicago. But that’s still tall enough that it can be partially obscured by clouds like it was on my drive to work this morning.
The tower is basically in the middle of a corn field on the edge of town that’s actually in the middle of a bunch of new development. My commute along Pleasant View Rd takes me right past the tower, and the route is a mix of houses, apartments, farms, offices, etc. It is, in fact, a pleasant view, in spite of the high voltage power transmission lines that went up a few years ago.
The cables that hold the tower in place are anchored into massive concrete blocks in the ground. You can see some of the newer apartments and offices in the background of this picture that was taken in 2010.
The buildings around the base of the tower that house the transmitters for the 60+ different antennas on the tower have giant concrete slabs on their roofs in order to protect against giant pieces of ice that fall off the tower in the winter.
Yes, it is a very big antenna.
BigBadSubaru
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 12:51 |
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That’s way awesome, here in Portland we have the KGON Tower (Also called the “Stonehenge Tower” which IIRC is the tallest free-standing radio tower in the US, I have yet to actually go up to the hill to see it up close though, but if you’re a tower geek like me, google it)
Jcarr
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 12:52 |
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Relevant. Prepare for sweaty palms.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> Jcarr
07/20/2017 at 12:54 |
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All. My. Fucking. NOPES.
diplodicus
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 12:56 |
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Imagine if you used those anchors to make a massive sling shot.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 13:05 |
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Just don’t be like
these jackasses
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ttyymmnn
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 14:01 |
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Willis Sears Tower
Thank you. I was just there a few days ago, and I absolutely refuse to call it by its new name. I built the Lego model of it and threw out the “Willis Tower” sticker.
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ttyymmnn
> Jcarr
07/20/2017 at 14:02 |
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I watched that video before and didn’t see my balls for a week.
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 14:09 |
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so what kind of tower is it? cellular?
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Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> Jcarr
07/20/2017 at 14:21 |
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im surprised they just dont give them parachutes, seems like a much quicker and easier way to get down
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Textured Soy Protein
> ttyymmnn
07/20/2017 at 15:00 |
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Kinda like how longtime DC residents (or former residents like myself) refuse to call National Airport, Reagan National Airport. It will always be National or DCA and never, ever Reagan. But...that’s also because we’re a bunch of hippie Democrats.
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Textured Soy Protein
> Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
07/20/2017 at 15:03 |
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From my first link :
The tower holds more than 60 antennas for TV and radio stations, cellular phone companies and emergency services, public works and other government agencies. Most of the antennas, including WIBA-FM (101.5) and WERN-FM (88.7), are attached to the sides of the tower, but four Madison TV stations, WHA-TV (Ch. 21), WISC-TV (Ch. 3), WKOW-TV (Ch. 27) and WMSN-TV (Ch. 47), make up three orange-colored candlesticks ranging in height from 55 to 70 feet each and weighing from 10 to 20 tons.
Justin Hughes
> ttyymmnn
07/20/2017 at 15:04 |
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Justin Hughes
> Textured Soy Protein
07/20/2017 at 15:04 |
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Can I have one for my ham radio station?