EPW060956 ENGLAND (1939). Alexandra Palace and environs, Alexandra Palace, 1939
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Title | [EPW060956] Alexandra Palace and environs, Alexandra Palace, 1939 |
Reference | EPW060956 |
Date | 12-May-1939 |
Link | |
Place name | ALEXANDRA PALACE |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 529495, 189992 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.13034173696308, 51.593400590321 |
National Grid Reference | TQ295900 |
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Billy Turner |
Wednesday 30th of December 2015 09:05:56 PM | |
Racetrack grandstand |
gBr |
Friday 26th of December 2014 01:35:26 AM |
The original transmitting tower of the BBC's television service. It operated from 1935 (official opening in 1936) until the outbreak of WWII and again after the war until the fifties, when it was replaced by the taller and more powerful Crystal Palace transmitter tower at Sydenham Hill.
The AP tower is now used as a relay for Freeview channels.
Viewers of a certain age may recall seeing this tower in the dramatic opening and closing captions of "Television Newsreel" in the fifties and sixties. |
Robin |
Monday 16th of June 2014 01:16:47 AM |
Alan McFaden |
Friday 23rd of August 2013 06:37:58 PM |