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Bartlett Earth Station
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created by AKphill
on 6/11/2009 9:54 PM
last modified by AKphill
on 11/20/2018 1:06 AM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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An old telecommunications satellite facility consisting of two medium-sized storage sheds and a large building which houses computer equipment, controls for two large dishes, mechanical rooms, motorpool, offices, and personnel amenities.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: forget it - demolished
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asbestos
rust
unsafe flooring
active antenna on site
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Large 15 and 30-meter satellite dishes, equipment and data records left in offices, mechanical rooms with pumps and generators, storage buildings full of outdated supplies. Spectacular view of Mt. McKinley
UPDATE! As of my visit on July 15th, the property has been cleared of foliage, all entrances grated off and/or welded shut, and all equipment/records stripped from the building.
Another update. The station was finally demolished on 11/15/18
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fences
locked gates
welded doors
wooden boarding
grated panels over windows and main entrance
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bolt cutters and/or hacksaw
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The Bartlett Earth Station was built originally by RCA communications. "As one of the first large satellite systems this station was required to be extremely large. The immense size of the hub earth station was necessary to overcome not only the losses through 22,000 miles of space, but also because technology had not advanced in the areas of low noise amplifier designs, and spacecraft power budgets. Systems of this size are no longer required for satellite communications, so its owner, AT&T decided to decommission the facility for this reason, among others." - Bartlett Radio Astronomy Institute
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The Bartlett Radio Astronomy Institute wants to turn the facility into a research station, but it doesn't look it will happen anytime soon.
7/29: An AT&T rep e-mailed me today saying the place isn't going anywhere soon and that they finally decided to clear it out.
11/15/18. Facility was demolished.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Steed on 11/20/2018 5:53 AM.
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on Nov 20 18 at 5:53, Steed validated this location
on Nov 20 18 at 1:06, AKphill changed the following: Status, Interesting Features, Recommendation, Future Plans, Description
on Nov 20 18 at 1:02, AKphill deleted a story
on Oct 5 09 at 15:26, Opheliaism validated this location
on Oct 3 09 at 20:39, AKphill updated gallery picture Bartlett 032
on Aug 24 09 at 19:04, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Aug 20 09 at 6:20, AKphill updated a story
on Jul 30 09 at 1:23, Steed validated this location
on Jul 29 09 at 23:02, AKphill updated gallery Best of Bartlett Pt. 2
on Jul 29 09 at 23:01, AKphill updated gallery Best of Bartlett Pt. 1
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