TURQUOISE, CA  AT&T SITE
(TRQSCA10)
AUTOVON SWITCH (1ESS)
TD-2 AND MORE


Photo of Turquoise taken in 1969.
Note GEP antennas on tower.


Recent photo of Turquoise.  Turquoise is now an AMT facility.


Close up of antenna on top of tower.


USGS photo of site.

Turquoise is/was an AUTOVON site located 15 miles NE of the Baker LCXR hardened main station.
The AUTOVON NNX for this site was 470 and the original switch was a No. 1ESS.  Records indicate
the tower as 100 feet tall.  The switch building is semihardened.  Photos courtesy of Ken Rice

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