Building the KIRO 50 kW Plant
These snapshots are taken from engineer James B. Hatfield's personal photo album - provided by his son, Jim Hatfield, Jr.
LEFT: Burying the antenna ground system RIGHT: A completed tower base and cabinet for the antenna's tuning unit.
Aerial views of both installed towers; the grid of the ground system radials is clearly visible.
The KIRO transmitter building - under construction and completed.
LEFT: installing the 50,000 watt transmitter cabinets; RIGHT: Jim Hatfield taking field strength measurements in Puget Sound.
An aerial view of the completed KIRO building in 1944. The white mast at right was an emergency antenna, installed at the request of the Air Force commander.