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My private tour of Sutro Tower in San Francisco, California

My private tour of Sutro Tower on Friday, 22 May 2009 occurred during the digital television conversion project, though work was on hiatus this day.

2009-05-22

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Heading up to Sutro Tower.
Heading up to Sutro Tower.
Walking around the neighborhood in the shadow of Sutro Tower.
Walking around the neighborhood in the shadow of Sutro Tower.
Sutro Tower casting shadows in the fog as seen from the neighborhood below.
Sutro Tower casting shadows in the fog as seen from the neighborhood below.
Sutro Tower casting shadows in the fog as seen from the neighborhood below.
The street sign at La Avanzada and Dellbrook.
Walking up La Avanzada Street on my way to Sutro Tower.
Private Road and No Parking signs on La Avanzada Street.
The upper part of La Avanzada Street near the Sutro Tower gate.
Looking up at Sutro Tower.
Twin Peaks as seen from Summit Reservoir next to Sutro Tower.
The exercise path around Summit Reservoir next to Sutro Tower.
Sutro Tower from the exercise path around Summit Reservoir.
Sutro Tower from the exercise path around Summit Reservoir.
The exercise path around Summit Reservoir with Sutro Tower behind.
Sutro Tower from Summit Reservoir.
Sutro Tower, Level 6.
Sutro Tower, Levels 6 and 5.
Sutro Tower, Levels 4 and 3
Sutro Tower and sky.
Pictures of the Sutro Mansion hang on the wall of the Sutro Tower office.
A Sutro Tower model with a great view of San Francisco sits on a filing cabinet in the Sutro Tower office.
Equipment and workspace for KBCW 44 at Sutro Tower.
Analog equipment was already removed from this workspace at Sutro Tower.
An antenna diagram from before 1998 hanging in a corridor at Sutro Tower.
The bays of equipment for KFSF 66 at Sutro Tower.
A beautiful photograph taken by helicopter hangs in a corridor at Sutro Tower.
This classic analog transmission equipment was going to be removed soon after my visit to Sutro Tower.
The equipment bay for KPIX 5 reveals 'The Young & The Restless' being broadcast from Sutro Tower.
The new digital transmission equipment being installed at Sutro Tower takes up far less floor space.
Racks of network and transmission equipment at Sutro Tower.
The door to the workspace for KQED at Sutro Tower.
The view from the roof of the Sutro Tower equipment building.
The view of Summit Reservoir and beyond from the roof of the Sutro Tower equipment building.
Looking up at Sutro Tower from the roof of the equipment building.
Looking up at Sutro Tower from the roof of the equipment building.
Looking up at Sutro Tower from the roof of the equipment building.
The western leg of Sutro Tower from the roof of the building.
The patch of plants that lives directly below the center of Sutro Tower from the roof of the building.
Looking straight up the southern leg of Sutro Tower from the building roof.
KPIX transmission lines going up the southern leg of Sutro Tower.
The southern leg of Sutro Tower from the building roof.
The northern part of the Sutro Tower building roof.
Copper pipes and fittings on the Sutro Tower building roof.
Installed Dielectric equipment on the Sutro Tower building roof.
The eastern face of Sutro Tower from the building roof.
These ropes tied to the roof are used to lift tools and equipment to the upper levels of Sutro Tower.
Watching a wave ripple up and down the rope attached to Sutro Tower Level 6 after shaking it on the roof.
Floor marker in the main stairwell seen while returning from the roof of the Sutro Tower building.
The stained glass window rescued from the Sutro Mansion library now hangs backlit in the Sutro Tower building.
Auxiliary operation warning sign in the Sutro Tower building.
Walking through the area where the Sutro Mansion once stood before Sutro Tower was built.
The concrete foundation of the original transmission tower remains at the Sutro Tower site.
This equipment being used during the Sutro Tower DTV conversion project is secured to the ground with ropes tied around the concrete base of the original tower.
The southern face of the Sutro Tower building seen from the grounds.
Looking up Sutro Tower from the grounds.
The Sutro Tower DTV conversion project in progress, many components like this new and old are laying about.
The 977 feet of Sutro Tower from the southern leg up.
Tons of copper recently removed from Sutro Tower inside a large dumpster parked at the western leg.
Tons of copper recently removed from Sutro Tower inside a large dumpster parked at the western leg.
Approaching the western leg of Sutro Tower.
The elevator in the western leg of Sutro Tower.
David July inside the Sutro Tower elevator located in the western leg.
David July inside the Sutro Tower elevator located in the western leg.
The Sutro Tower elevator control panel.
Looking straight up inside the western leg of Sutro Tower.
Looking straight up inside the western leg of Sutro Tower.
Looking straight up outside the western leg of Sutro Tower.
Looking straight up outside the western leg of Sutro Tower.
Looking up outside the western leg of Sutro Tower.
FCC ASR 1001289 and Auxiliary Operation Caution signs just outside the Sutro Tower western leg and elevator.
Fall Protection, Authorized Personnel Only and Tower Elevator Safety Rules signs just outside the Sutro Tower western leg and elevator.
FCC ASR 1001289 sign just outside the Sutro Tower western leg and elevator.
Tower Elevator Safety Rules sign just outside the Sutro Tower western leg and elevator.
Equipment waiting at the foot of Sutro Tower.
Looking straight up from the center underneath Sutro Tower.
The western leg of Sutro Tower.
Looking straight up from the center underneath Sutro Tower.
An Andrew Corporation dish installed under Sutro Tower.
The northern leg of Sutro Tower.
An aerial work platform is docked in the green space under Sutro Tower.
New equipment for KBCW waits outside the Sutro Tower building.
This panel displays when the Sutro Tower beacon lamps are enabled.
Sutro Tower antenna diagram from 1 October 1990.
A monitor on the Sutro Tower building ground floor shows the view from a camera mounted above.
A painting of Sutro Tower decorates the corridor.
This control panel displays the weather conditions at each level of Sutro Tower.
This control panel displays the current transmitter status of each primary and auxiliary antenna.
The weather and transmitter status control panels in the Sutro Tower building.
The Sutro Tower beacon status panel and the corridor wall beyond.
The room and transmission equipment for KOIT FM at Sutro Tower.
The door to the equipment room for KOIT FM at Sutro Tower.
AT&T transfer switches in the Sutro Tower building.
The backup generator for KGO TV in the Sutro Tower building.
Humongous circuit breaker switches for various rooms and systems at Sutro Tower.
Backup generators for KGO TV and others in the Sutro Tower building.
The first floor corridor of the Sutro Tower building.
A Sutro Tower hard hat in the office.
The driveway up to Sutro Tower.
Looking up the northern leg of Sutro Tower.
The northern leg of Sutro Tower.
Fog, shadows and Sutro Tower.
Looking back at the Sutro Tower building from public land after the end of my tour.
Looking up at Sutro Tower.
Sutro Tower close up.
Sutro Tower, Level 2.
Sutro Tower and building next to the exercise path around Summit Reservoir.
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