picture from the early 1900s
The Marconi Radio Station Site
Wellfleet, MA
picture from the early 1900s
Shelter overlooking the site. Inside was an encased diorama of
the station. The National Park Service tore
this site down in the spring of 2013 due to continuing coastal erosion. It will not be
relocated or replaced - no money!
Plaque describing the Marconi Site.
Over 100 feet below the original site, is one of the tower bases. As
all along the Atlantic
side of Cape Cod, the beach erodes constantly. What is at the top of
the dunes
will eventually be in the water.
View along the coast to the south of the site. Over 100 feet above the
waterline - imagine it
on a cold windy January night - desolation comes to mind.