Tower 1229142 — Clifton Forge, VA

At 73 m, structure 1229142 is roughly in line with the 74 m average across the 24 structures registered in Alleghany County. It is about 10% above the Virginia average of 66 m across 4,239 registrations. Among the 75,247 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (TOWER), the average overall height is 76 m, so this one is roughly in line with that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 393 m, which puts the top of the structure 466 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Clifton Forge in Alleghany County, Virginia, at coordinates 37.83667, -79.76278, with the site address filed as "101 Mathews Lane". Alleghany County has 24 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 64th-largest count among the 132 Virginia counties with registrations, and 20 of them are marked constructed. Virginia as a whole has 4,239 registrations, the 19th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Covington, VA · 1225673, a guyed tower at 123 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Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history.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 1229142 on Dec 9, 2003. Nationally, 15,896 of the 197,770 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 397 in Virginia.

The FCC record lists American Tower through TowerSites Monitoring, Inc. of Boston, MA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0008267684. Across the registry it holds 10 structure registrations, including 10 in Virginia. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (9 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 01-AEA-2716-OE and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 7, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style E". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 4, 8, 12.