Talk:Sutro Tower

"In addition, it is built on one of the highest peaks in the city..."
I'm not sure how to word an improvement, but the tower's base is on the slope of Mt. Sutro, not on its peak. 66.218.54.163 (talk) 06:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Picture
Say, does anyone object to putting up this picture? (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sutro_Tower.jpg) If not, go ahead and do it. I'm not bold enough. -Keith (Hypergeek14)Talk 17:20, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

References in Popular Culture
At one time this article mentioned references in popular culture to the Sutro Tower and its significance, specifically its appearance in Fritz Leiber's World Fantasy Award Winning short story "Our Lady of Darkness". I can't find any archive information about why this section was removed. I found this information enriched the article and was appropriate for such a cultural/geographic landmark. Comments? --71.215.105.104 (talk) 17:41, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Restored. Nellie Kane (talk) 20:57, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Area to the northeast?
In Google Maps, you can see an large paved, fenced off octagonal area, about 75&#160;m ⋅ 160&#160;m, immediately to the northeast. It looks a bit like a rain water retention basin, but there are sheds and what appears to be solar collectors there. What is the purpose of this area? --Tim Landscheidt (talk) 18:35, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * , it's the Summit Reservoir. See https://www.sutrotower.org/ --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 21:02, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks! Looking at this picture, it appears as if the reservoir is covered, so the solar collectors &amp; Co. are "on the roof".  --Tim Landscheidt (talk) 21:39, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello . The reservoir has a concrete slab roof. See this picture. The solar collectors look like they provide power to instruments or roof vents.  https://sutrotower.org/ mentions the roof slab. Covered water reservoirs at the top of hills are common in California. They are used to provide emergency drinking and firefighting water after an earthquake. There's one near where I live that's buried under a golf course. While some of our reservoirs are above-ground tanks most are below ground to better withstand an earthquake's side to side motion which would buckle or burst an above ground tank. Mt. Sutro also has two uncovered reservoirs including Laguna Honda Reservoir. --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 07:31, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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Uncommon and possibly unique 3-legged design
The Lattice tower article has a picture of the Sutro Tower with the caption "Sutro Tower, a well-known San Francisco landmark featuring an uncommon 3-legged design." This caption made me realize there's nothing in this article about why this design was chosen for the Sutro Tower. It's possible it's a unique design.

The Indosiar Television Tower is similar with a 3-legged 120 meter tall structure that's used to support a much taller guyed tower. The Riga Radio and TV Tower tower is closer to the Sutro Tower's look and the article includes a section on its design and construction though it did not get into if the 3-legged approach was for wind resistance, earthquake resistance, aesthetics, or all of these. Neither tower though is like the Sutro's three connected legs. --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 20:48, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Lighting
Mention that there are red lights at night, white lights in the day, and the exact time switch is.. Jidanni (talk) 17:00, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Radio stations
An IP editor showed up and made these edits without WP:RS. I do not know if they are correct or not. The section has no WP:RS at this time. --David Tornheim (talk) 04:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)