Monopole 1297306 — Marion, NC

At 19 m, structure 1297306 is about 38% of the 50 m average across the 49 structures registered in McDowell County. It is about 24% of the North Carolina average of 80 m across 6,092 registrations. Among the 24,638 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 414 m, which puts the top of the structure 433 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Marion in McDowell County, North Carolina, at coordinates 35.67869, -82.04825, with the site address filed as "Along railroad right of way near MP S 102.4". McDowell County has 49 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 48th-largest count among the 100 North Carolina counties with registrations, and 33 of them are marked constructed. North Carolina as a whole has 6,092 registrations, the 9th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Rural Rutherford Cnt, NC · 1047031, a tower at 189 m (dismantled).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history.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 1297306 on Jul 10, 2020. Nationally, 15,896 of the 197,770 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 506 in North Carolina.

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

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2015-ASO-8034-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".