Table 3. Communication tower failures during the January 510 ice storm.
TOWER
GROUND
CONFIRMED
HEIGHT
ELEV.
COMMENTS
TOWER FAILURES
LOCATION
(ft)
(ft asl)
Atlantic
Dedham, ME
120
960
Sliding ice on guys;
N44-45-30
ice on 5/8-in. guys
2-way & paging
W68-34-00
estimated 8 in.
in diameter
Industrial
Falmouth, ME
~150
510
N43-45-35
2-way
W70-19-15
Limerick Fire Dept
Cornish, ME
130
1320
Ice on 1/4-in. guys
2-way
N43-45-00
estimated 5 in.
W70-46-50
in diameter
PCT Communications
Topsfield, ME
90
1238
Top 60 ft broke off
2-way
N45-22-30
W67-48-20
Piscataquis County
Dover-Foxcroft, ME
100
698
Ice on 1-in. tower leg
Sheriff Dept
N45-13-00
estimated 5 or 6 in.
2-way
W69-14-40
in diameter
US Coast Guard and
Bar Harbor, ME
60
1582
Ice on 1/4-in. guys
Acadia National Park
N44-21-00
estimated 8 to 10 in.
2-way
W68-13-40
in diameter
WBFB-FM
Frankfort, ME
283
1000
Ice on guys estimated
N44-34-51
3 in. thick
W68-53-51
WCDQ-FM
Sanford, ME
240
680
Ice on guys estimated
N43-25-06
5 in. thick
W70-48-06
WEZQ-FM
E. Eddington, ME
140
1000
Guys failed, top half of
N44-45-30
tower fell
W68-34-00
WKZS-FM
New Gloucester, ME
500
500
Top half of tower fell;
WHTH-FM backup
N43-57-10
ice on guys estimated
New Gloucester Fire
W70-17-40
4 to 5 in. thick
Dept
WLNH-FM
Laconia, NH
245
850
N43-35-50
W71-29-50
WCIZ-FM
Watertown, NY
1000
N43-57-20
W75-50-25
WTNY-AM
Watertown, NY
445
N43-56-40
W75-56-50
WUZZ-AM
Watertown, NY
Four 2-way towers
Watertown, NY
N43-58
W75-55
UNCONFIRMED
TOWER FAILURES
Cellular tower
Watertown, NY
28
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