Navy Wireless Plant Ready.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 22, 1912:
Radius of 3,000 Miles Possible for Station Near Capital.
Special to The New York Times.
    WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.— The most powerful wireless telegraph station in the world has been completed at Arlington, Va., near Washington, and will be tested next week. It will be under the control of the Navy Department, and if is expected that it will be able to send and receive aerograms for a distance of 3,000 miles.
    Of the three skeleton towers to be used, one is 600 feet high and the others 450 each. A powerful plant will furnish the current to operate the station.