Monopole 1299163 — Pell City, AL

At 19 m, structure 1299163 is about 24% of the 79 m average across the 113 structures registered in St. Clair County. It is about 23% of the Alabama average of 83 m across 6,221 registrations. Among the 24,665 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (MTOWER), the average overall height is 42 m, so this one is about half of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 170 m, which puts the top of the structure 189 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Pell City in St. Clair County, Alabama, at coordinates 33.59169, -86.26547, with the site address filed as "Along railroad right of way near MP 762.9". St. Clair County has 113 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 14th-largest count among the 67 Alabama counties with registrations, and 83 of them are marked constructed. Alabama as a whole has 6,221 registrations, the 8th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Allgood, AL · 1059876, a guyed tower at 319 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1299163 on May 10, 2024. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 4,554 in Alabama.

The FCC record lists Norfolk Southern Railway Company of Atlanta, GA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004228979. Across the registry it holds 549 structure registrations, the 48th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 69 in Alabama. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (204 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2016-ASO-972-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".