Kramer Junction, California
Encyclopedia
Kramer Junction is a small community in the Mojave Desert
at the intersection of U.S. Route 395 and State Route 58
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Solar Energy Generating Systems
sites SEGS III-VII are located less than a mile to the northwest.
The United States Air Force
once maintained a communications relay station East of Kramer Junction at Hawes airfield known as the Hawes Radio Tower
that had an antenna tower in excess of 1,200 feet tall. This tower was removed in the 1980s.
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...
at the intersection of U.S. Route 395 and State Route 58
California State Route 58
State Route 58 is an east-west highway across the California Coast Ranges, the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains, which border the southern Sierra Nevada, and the Mojave Desert. It runs between its western terminus near Santa Margarita and its eastern terminus at Barstow...
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Solar Energy Generating Systems
Solar Energy Generating Systems
Solar Energy Generating Systems is the largest solar energy generating facility in the world. It consists of nine solar power plants in California's Mojave Desert, where insolation is among the best available in the United States...
sites SEGS III-VII are located less than a mile to the northwest.
The United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
once maintained a communications relay station East of Kramer Junction at Hawes airfield known as the Hawes Radio Tower
Hawes Radio Tower
Hawes Radio Relay Facility was a United States Air Force installation built on the site of the former Hawes Airfield at Hinkley, California, USA at...
that had an antenna tower in excess of 1,200 feet tall. This tower was removed in the 1980s.