Tower 1261489 — Fort Washington, PA

At 44 m, structure 1261489 is about 17% below the 52 m average across the 211 structures registered in Montgomery County. It is about 35% below the Pennsylvania average of 67 m across 5,761 registrations. Among the 75,198 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is about 43% below that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 87 m, which puts the top of the structure 131 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Fort Washington in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.13039, -75.21242, with the site address filed as "491 Bethlehem Pike (308424)". Montgomery County has 211 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 2nd-largest count among the 67 Pennsylvania counties with registrations, and 120 of them are marked constructed. Pennsylvania as a whole has 5,761 registrations, the 11th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Narberth, PA · 1204314, a tower at 392 m (canceled).

Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history.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 1261489 on Sep 25, 2008. Nationally, 15,900 of the 197,833 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 510 in Pennsylvania.

The FCC record lists American Towers, Inc. of Boston, MA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0005884689. Across the registry it holds 21,809 structure registrations, the largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (5,892 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2007-AEA-5415-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".