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RedOak-IA-NW  [2 of 3]
This view from the northwest show the tower, equipment building, and 6-vehicle garage. The front entrance on the left (north) side of building appeared to have a security guard desk in the vestibule which looked out onto county road H54. Apparently, this was a base for maintenance of several radio sites, if not cables. There were some AT&T (not NW Bell/USWest/Qwest) cable warning signs but I didn't have time to check them out.

The pair of antennas on the mezzanine facing the camera, are aimed at Mineola and onward to Omaha. The horns on the left (north) connect to Griswold and then Elk Horn junction on the original transcontinental route. On the right, the route heads southwest to Watson, Missouri, one site in Nebraska, and then Kansas to the Dodge City junction. (Route maps show the Watson site just barely in Iowa [near Hamburg?], but the town of Watson is in Missouri.)