Dr. Jonathan Kramer's Cell Tower Photo Gallery

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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles381 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Omnidirectional to Sectorized380 viewsThese poles formerly supported omnidirectional cell antennas. The carrier increased capacity by replacing the omni antennas with sectorized panel antennas.
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Parking the Signal380 viewsParking spaces make good sites for BTS cabinets, GPS, and LMU equipment! And parking lot walls are great for mounting panel antennas, especially when the parking lot faces a major freeway. This site is near LAX airport in Los Angeles along the San Diego Freeway at Century Boulevard.
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Sprint Omni Site380 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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380 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof379 viewsPBMS built this site. Cingular took it over. It's likely now a T-Mobile site. Long Beach, California, on top of the parking lot for The Grand Long Beach Event Center, 4101 East Willow St.
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5. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels379 viewsHere's a close-up of the bell tower being modified to enclose the antennas. The cut-outs on the front and left side of the tower are the RF transparent panels.
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379 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon378 viewsThis is a monster of a visible site. It stands 150 feet tall and is located on the I25 Frontage Road east of County Road 57 south of Santa Fe, NM. There is another photo in this gallery showing just how awful this site is from close-up.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ377 viewsClose-up of the Cricket Wireless site on top of the Holiday Inn on Country Club in Mesa, Arizona. From a different view along the street the panel antennas are plainly visible. Not recommended.
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Church Bell Tower Mount377 viewsThe sector panels are mounted to the face of the bell tower. The overall quality of the site is, at best, fair. Exposed and disconnected cables detract from the site, as do the visible preamplifiers inside the bell tower. Carrier (as yet) unknown.
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A Singular Pole for a Cingular Site377 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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High Power - Higher Education377 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)377 viewsThis is a so-so camo rooftop site in the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles. It uses open-back pop-ups on the building to mostly hide the antennas.
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Really, really flat vines on this pole!376 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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7. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels376 viewsThis is a close-up of the rear of the bell tower modified to enclose the antennas.
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19. Now You See the Cables...Now You Don't376 viewsAnd the cables in the BTS area are also safely tucked away under the cover of the tray.
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22. Another View of the New Generator Wood Frame376 viewsYup, it's clearly rotated 90 degrees from before. Oh well.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California376 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview375 viewsThis is a pull-back photo of a cell site atop a hill above a major Interstate Highway. The antennas are mounted at ground level.
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Cell Service, USN Style375 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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Santa Fe Country Club374 views
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles374 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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23. An outside view fo the BTS Equipment Area373 views...with the sliding fense not installed on the track, yet.
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon373 viewsThis is a monster of a visible site. It stands 150 feet tall and is located on the I25 Frontage Road east of County Road 57 south of Santa Fe, NM. There is another photo in this gallery showing just how awful this site is from afar.
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Tarzana, California373 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles373 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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372 viewsThis co-lo water tank site in Olivehurst, California is shared by T-Mobile, Nextel, and Cingular. The terminated ASR for this site is 1031366 (terminated because it qualifies for delisting under the FCC's 6 meter rule).
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AVEA (A & A) cell site372 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles372 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California371 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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371 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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371 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!370 viewsThis sprint site isn't for roadway coverage. One sector (the one facing right in this photo) faces a group of homes. The sector facing left in the photo points DIRECTLY INTO A HILLSIDE! Very strange! See the accompanying photo for more details about the aiming of the left-hand sector.
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Field of Signals370 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles370 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Color can make all the difference369 viewsThis non-camo site is tastefully painted to blend in with the underlying structure. Better than most, not a good as some.
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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas369 viewsThis church bell tower sports multiple panel antennas on the face of the structure, rather then flush or camouflaged inside the tower. Too bad. Certainly not a high quality installation. Spotted in South-Central Los Angeles.
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan369 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California369 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site369 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art369 viewsThis public art cell site was designed by Ron Pekar and Sandy McDaniel; brought to life by Esteban DuPont's CellTech Wireless, sponsored by Crown Castle, and authorized by the City of San Diego. This is a wonderful result for a great collaboration. Located at CA905 and Beyer Blvd in San Diego.
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Verizon Camo Church Site 368 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California368 viewsClose up of the of the business end of the building.
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Grand Canyon Valle Airport367 viewsAT&T's site at the Grand Canyon Valle Airport in Valle, Arizona is interesting for several reasons. First, the tower also supports and aircraft landing beacon; second, it supports the wind sock. Yes, that's a tower climber working on the site.
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Co-location cell site366 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location cell site.
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A cell site on a power transmission monopole366 viewsIn Thousand Oaks, California. Note that the BTS equipment is underground.
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Power transmission pole - L.A. Dept. of Water & Power366 viewsThis power transmission pole, located in Tarzana, California, supports a cell site.
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Spectrasite in Paramount, California366 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Store that Signal!366 viewsPublic Storage locations are popular cell site locations. The carrier will often locate its equipment in a top floor or building end unit and place its antennas on the roof or an adjacent mono-whatever.

This PS location, in Rowland Heights, California sports externally mounted antennas.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area366 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Building Topper365 viewsIn Inglewood, California, this multi-sector site could have been placed BEHIND camouflage panels instead of in front! Two sectors are visible...way too visible. Carrier(s) unknown.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site365 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles365 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County364 views
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles364 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Salzburg, Austria cell site363 viewsThis is a cell site on the roof of a bank in Salzburg, Austria. I snapped this photo from my hotel room across the street after having lectured on cell sites at the Center for International Legal Studies.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)363 viewsThis is a so-so camo rooftop site in the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles. It uses open-back pop-ups on the building to mostly hide the antennas.
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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers362 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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Oil's Well that Emits Well361 viewsOld oil wells can make good cell sites, even when a building has been built around the base!
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Verizon Camo Church Site 361 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles361 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles361 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles361 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Time to Shippee Out the Signal360 views...from this Spectrasite lattice tower on Shippee Road in Oroville, California. Nextel is the tower occupant. The tower ASR is 1239078.
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The Golden Signal360 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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T-Mobile Camo Site 360 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles360 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Monopole359 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Manny, Moe and Jack359 viewsThese three lattice towers stand just off of US285 in Nambe, New Mexico. This site is a few miles north of the Santa Fe Opera House.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California359 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Sutter County Lattice Tower358 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.
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Cell Call Box (Version 2)358 viewsHere is the current version of this cellular call box, located on Pacific Coast Highway in southern Ventura County, California. A photograph of the original design is also here at this site. Search on "Cell Call Box" to find it.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site358 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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No, the tower legs are NOT two colors...357 views...it's just the the legs on the right have so many black cables for the T-Mobile, Cingular, and Nextel antennas. Olivehurst, California.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California357 views
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California357 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles357 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles357 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Multi carrier array356 viewsThis is a co-location site with an omni-direction carrier (the antennas up/down from the platform) and a sectorized (panel) antenna configuration. Spotted in Irvine, California.
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This signal ISN'T watered down356 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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PCS Crown on PG&E Tower356 viewsUbiquitel's PCS antennas in Olivehurst, California are located above the high tension lines on this PG&E power transmission tower.
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Two on a Stick356 viewsCingular and Sprint share this wood light pole in Santa Monica, California. Cingular is on the top, and Sprint is on the arm. Both carriers use completely underground BTS equipment enclosures and flush-to-grade vent systems.
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Santa Fe Country Club356 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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A Tank of Signal356 viewsT-Mobile's water tank cell site, which doubles as a residential community sales sign. San Diego, California. Built in 2002, you can read about this site here: http://tinyurl.com/TMO-Tank
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles356 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Power Transmission Tower Site355 viewsNextel's site not only provides local cell coverage along a highly traveled (and very dangerous) state highway, it also serves as a repeater site to relay MTSO connections to a site yet further away. If you didn't understand that, give me a call and I'll explain! :-) Between Victorville and Littlerock, California.
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Self-supporting cell tower - Mass Turnpike354 viewsThis co-location site is in Newton, MA along the turnpike.
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Smokestack BTS equipment354 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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Cellular Billboard Sign354 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles354 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect353 views
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Pumping more then water...353 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Great Scott! (Even more)353 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles353 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Cable TV Headend Cell Site352 viewsOne of Comcast's cable television headend towers in the Philadelphia area supports cell panel antennas.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California352 views
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Restful Signal351 viewsSprint's antennas are on the motel sign just out of the frame on the right side. It's BTS equipment is located in the bricked area to the left center of this photo. Notice the power panel, transfer switch, etc. on the left side of the enclosure. From the street side, this enclosure is very well designed to blend in with the buidling.
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Lattice Tower in Sutter County351 viewsOff of California State Route 70 at Nicolaus Road you'll find this lattice tower site.
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