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Trans Canada Microwave or Trans-Canada Skyway was a microwave relay system built in the 1950s to carry telephone and television signals from Canada's east coast to its west coast. Built across the nation, the towers ranged in height from nine metres high, to one in northern Ontario that was over 100 metres high.
HWU transmitter (LW, SW) Col de la Madone transmitter (LW, SW) Lafayette transmitter (VLF) Limeux transmitting station (FM, TV) TV Mast Niort-Maisonnay (TV) Transmitter Le Mans-Mayet (FM, TV) Realtor transmitter (MW, partially dismantled) Sud Radio Transmitter Pic Blanc (MW, partially dismantled) Pic de Nore transmitter (FM, TV)
t. e. The 1976 Summer Olympics torch relay celebrated the first time that a Canadian city had hosted the Games. [ 1] Convention states that the flame should be lit at Olympia in Greece and then transported to Athens, making its way onwards to the host city. On this occasion a signal was sent via satellite to transmit the flame to Ottawa where ...
Upper camp was accessible via tramway and by road. The AC&W site was located in the crater of an extinct volcano. The White Alice site was perched on, I believe, the west rim of the crater. Sparrevohn, Alaska. 1957–1979. AC&W. 61°06′22″N 155°36′36″W. / 61.10611°N 155.61000°W / 61.10611; -155.61000. Demolished prior to 1987.
The 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from April 27 to July 19, leading up to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [1] The route covered 26,875 kilometers (16,699 mi) across the United States and featured a wide variety in the methods of transport used, including bicycles, boats, and trains. [2] The National Pony Express Association ...
The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating a short term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. This is known now as L'Anse aux Meadows where the remains of buildings were found in 1960 dating to approximately 1,000 years ...
The electric power transmission grid of the contiguous United States consists of 120,000 miles (190,000 km) of lines operated by 500 companies. The electrical power grid that powers Northern America is not a single grid, but is instead divided into multiple wide area synchronous grids. [ 1] The Eastern Interconnection and the Western ...
IOC. CNOSF. POCOG. v. t. e. The 2024 Summer Olympic torch relay ran from 16 April 2024 until 26 July 2024. [ 1][ 2] After it was lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch then travelled through Greece, arriving at Athens on 26 April. It sailed across the Mediterranean on the three-masted barque Belem to Marseille on 9 May and subsequently began its ...