Dover-Foxcroft, ME
TD-2 Radio, No. 1 ESS AUTOVON
Maintenance Center
Tower (276' Type K) was a TD-2 relay station on the inland route to
Canada. The lower half of
tower (68' level) had a Parabolic Reflector that shot to Bangor.
The AUTOVON No.1 ESS building. Dover-Foxcroft was one of the last
No.1 ESS AUTOVON
switches to be commissioned.
Street view of the site. Outside has been heavily vandalized.
All of the doors have been welded shut.
A sign indicates American Tower now owns the building. A old
for sale sign was also in the bushes
indicating the building was for sale prior to the American Tower acquisition.
There are no active
antennas on the building.
The radio building is on the left and the AUTOVON building is on the
right.
The radio building/tower may have existed prior to the construction
of the AUTOVON building.