Many years ago, Illinois Bell had a connection box located
at the intersection of Koke Mill Road and Washington Street.
Vandals were always shooting it full of holes and cars that
missed the turn kept smashing it.

So they built a heavy concrete mounting pad about as high as
the hood of a pickup truck topped with a heavy steel vault
that looked like it belonged on a armored vehicle. It was
as big as a walk-in cooler and was covered with Illinois
Bell logos and warnings about vandalizing the property.
After a year or two of no phone service interruptions, a
State Police car chasing some speeders at about 100 mph,
missed the turn and punched a hole through the box.

It was an empty shell, the real connection was about 25 feet
from the intersection and well hidden.

Who really knows where the FAA towers are located?



"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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| Newps wrote:
|
|
| Yeah, but Denver could be a terrorist target. If you
don't believe me,
| just watch Jericho.
|
|
|
| But the point is not only is the tower not way off on
it's own, it
| springs from the middle of the terminal.
|
| The National Tower (which has the most breathtaking views
of the
| Nations Capital from the controller's bathroom) and the
old
| Dulles tower spring from the terminal. National's comes
up
| from the pre-security side. Dulles's from past security.
| The new Dulles Tower springs up out of the middle of
nowhere
| I'm not sure how you get to it without a vehicle. The
Hazy
| Center tower has a pretty good view (and is taller than
the
| old Dulles Tower... it is rumored that the new tower was
built
| because of "tower envy").