I plan to further document former AT&T Long Lines microwave relay sites in Missouri this year.
In fact, as of writing this, I’ve already crossed two sites off my list to photograph this year: the Knoxville and Dover sites in northwest-central Missouri.
However, 30 sites remain on my list to eventually photograph — whether this year or in the future. Of them, 16 have not been formally documented online yet. Others have been documented, but I’d like to get my own photos — or better photos — for use here on the website.
Sites that have not yet been documented will be prioritized. They include:
- Roanoke (a “flyswatter”/”periscope” tower — rarity in Missouri — in Randolph County)
- Bedison (a tower near the Iowa/Nebraska borders in Nodaway County)
- Wright City (a former Warren County site that has been transformed into a bank)
- Shirley (a very remote site in Washington County)
- Alliance (Perry County)
- Bloomfield (a MOSWIN site in Stoddard County)
- Campbell (Dunklin County)
- Cherryville (a MOSWIN site in Dent County)
- Lenox (a MOSWIN site in Dent County)
- Mansfield (Wright County)
- Goodhope (Douglas County)
- Seneca (Newton County)
- Nevada (a MOSWIN site in Vernon County)
- Walker (Vernon County)
- Hume (a MOSWIN site in Bates County)
- Deepwater (a MOSWIN site in Henry County)
At some point I hope to return to Hillsboro to get photos from a nearby fire tower using my telephoto lens. I’d also like to get some better photos of the district office in downtown Kansas City.
The objective of the Horns Across Missouri project is to document all former AT&T Long Lines sites in Missouri, regardless if the horn-reflector antennas are still installed or not. Photos and a description of each site will be published on the Missouri Long Lines site index here, along with the collaborative Long Lines website (www.long-lines.com), Facebook Group and subreddit(s).
Documenting the more than 60 sites in Missouri is a huge undertaking, both in terms of time and fuel/vehicle wear and tear. If you find the project’s results useful and would like to make a monetary contribution for me to keep the work up, please contact me. Contributions are welcome not just for documenting the sites, but also to help pay the hosting bill for storage of the hundreds of photos gathered of sites over the years.
And, of course, if you happen to have photos of any Missouri site — especially those listed above — please reach out. I’d love to include them here, even if it’s a distant shot that can be used in the interim until I can get better photos of the site.