AT&T Fairview Long Lines Relay Station, Kansas

An AT&T Long Lines site, one of hundreds that were part of its long distance network, using microwave transmission.  Many of these were sold off in the 1990s, when the bandwidth of the microwave system had long been surpassed by fiber. This site is a bit unusual, as it was also one of a few dozen AT&T transmission sites that were part of the AUTOVON, a military communications system. This site, in Fairview, may have been especially critical as it provided a connection point to the national Long Lines and AUTOVON system with Offutt Air Force Base, the Strategic Air Command Center for the Air Force, 90 miles north. There is an underground bunker here. Part of the site has been sold.