Tower 1258958 — Mechanicsville, VA

At 110 m, structure 1258958 is about 62% above the 68 m average across the 91 structures registered in Hanover County. It is about 66% above the Virginia average of 66 m across 4,241 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 44% above that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 58 m, which puts the top of the structure 168 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Mechanicsville in Hanover County, Virginia, at coordinates 37.62108, -77.36997, with the site address filed as "Shady Grove Road". Hanover County has 91 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 9th-largest count among the 132 Virginia counties with registrations, and 67 of them are marked constructed. Virginia as a whole has 4,241 registrations, the 19th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Midlothian, VA · 1016464, a structure at 376 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Canceled means the registration is no longer active in the FCC registry; the record is kept here as part of the registry's history.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 1258958 on Jul 31, 2009. Nationally, 15,900 of the 197,833 registrations (8%) carry the canceled status, including 397 in Virginia.

The FCC record lists Sinclair Telecable, Inc. d/b/a Sinclair Communications of Norfolk, VA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0004986071. Across the registry it holds 9 structure registrations, including 9 in Virginia. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (3 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2007-AEA-278-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.