Revolt Over Cellphone Tower – washingtonpost.com
Philomont Residents Protest Plan for Structure Like Silo
By Bill Brubaker
Washington Post Staff WriterThe structure [a 106-foot cellular tower] would not look like a cell tower, however. It would look like a silo. [Sprint Nextel has three silo towers in Fauquier County, three in Rappahannock County and one in Prince William County. The towers are 80 to 108 feet tall.]
In a push to expand their networks and appease some jurisdictions,
cellphone companies are disguising towers as trees, flagpoles and — in
rural communities — silos. …“It’ll be a monster,” Purcellville resident Richard Corrigan said
before the hearing. “I mean, most silos in Loudoun County are in the
40- to 50-foot range. This one is more like the huge silos you see in
the Midwest where they store a huge amount of grain.” …“It’s visually obscene,” said Ken Rothschild, who lives near the proposed site.