Somerton Radio Station
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Somerton Radio Station
Image: © Rosalind Ashworth Taken: 14 Jul 2007
This are the disused remains of the radio station. When the Marconi Company built the radio stations known as the Imperial Wireless Chain for the Post Office during 1925-26, they also established their own transmitting station at Dorchester with a receiving station 30 miles away at Somerton. (Informationfrom the South Dorset Radio Society website).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.036529
Longitude
-2.735871