Airway Radio Station
Inscription on the National Register of Historic Places
In 1935, Northwest Airlines gained federal approval to provide the state of Montana with air service, as part of the Minneapolis to Seattle route. A series of radio broadcast stations, airway beacons, and intermediate fields located every fifty miles assisted pilots in flying this route. The Airway Station at Seifert and Pogreba Fields is "one of two extant examples of an Airway Radio Station in Montana" and provided "critical services necessary for the development of civil aviation." Thus, it was inscribed on to the National Register of Historic Places based on Criterion A ("the property must make a contribution to the major pattern of American history") due to its contribution to airmail service in the United States and association with radio technology, and Criterion B ("concerns the distinctive characteristics of the building by its architecture and construction, including having great artistic value or being the work of a master.") due to the station's status of one of the few surviving airway radio stations in the U.S.
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#98001340)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ The Montana National Register Sign Program. "Airway Radio Station". Historic Montana. Retrieved May 2, 2021.