Pole 1284511 — Valparaiso, IN

At 19 m, structure 1284511 is about 30% of the 64 m average across the 123 structures registered in Porter County. It is about 26% of the Indiana average of 74 m across 5,032 registrations. Among the 16,546 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (POLE), the average overall height is 31 m, so this one is about 38% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 227 m, which puts the top of the structure 246 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Valparaiso in Porter County, Indiana, at coordinates 41.44714, -87.02828, with the site address filed as "West End Nickel on railroad right of way". Porter County has 123 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 8th-largest count among the 92 Indiana counties with registrations, and 93 of them are marked constructed. Indiana as a whole has 5,032 registrations, the 15th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Crown Point, IN · 1029219, a guyed tower at 308 m (constructed).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history. The FCC issued registration 1284511 on Mar 1, 2013. Nationally, 15,896 of the 197,770 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 411 in Indiana.

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 60 in Indiana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (204 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2012-AGL-1558-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".