West Seattle WVD radio station

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Started in 1900 as the WAMCATS: The Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System, A hard wire system, In May 1936, WAMCATS became part of the Alaska Communications System (ACS). evidently bulldozed for a concrete bunker ?

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Seattle 1934.jpg aerial view dated 1934, showing the tip of Kellogg Island

Seattle 1931.jpg Installing transmitters in 1931

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Ft. Lawton receiving station

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References

  • Commercial and Government radio stations of the U.S. 30 June 1930, page 117
  • Army and Navy journal, August 16, 1947, Page 1337
  • War in the Pacific and East Asia 1941-1972, page 36/37, call sign appendix ACAN stations