Photo gallery: Verizon equipment installed on cell tower at Mitchell Field
A crane installs a Verizon antenna on a communications tower at Mitchell Field in Harpswell on Nov. 11, while a landscaping crew takes advantage of the mild weather to mow the meadow nearby. (Bisi Cameron Yee photo)
A Grove crane from Keeley Crane Service towers 250 feet above George J. Mitchell Field on Harpswell Neck on Nov. 11, as it installs equipment to improve Verizon service. A spokesperson for Verizon said the equipment “should be on air by the end of this year.” The installation is the latest development in a 2.5-year saga involving complaints of poor service from local customers of the telecommunications giant. Verizon declined to install equipment on the tower in 2022, shortly after its construction. The carrier reversed course after a petition drive by local residents, but has taken more than two years to complete the work. (Bisi Cameron Yee photo)
A crane installs a Verizon antenna on a communications tower at Mitchell Field in Harpswell on Nov. 11. A spokesperson for Verizon said it started work on the installation in August. (Bisi Cameron Yee photo)
A crane extends 250 feet above Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue and the Harpswell Community Garden as it installs Verizon equipment on the communications tower at Mitchell Field on Nov. 11. (Bisi Cameron Yee photo)
A crew member from Keeley Crane Service, of South Portland, operates a Grove all-terrain, 115-ton-capacity crane at Mitchell Field in Harpswell on Nov 11. (Bisi Cameron Yee photo)
A worker waits for a crane to raise equipment to the top of the cell tower at Mitchell Field in Harpswell on Nov. 11. (Bisi Cameron Yee photo)
A worker on the ground gives a signal to lift a large piece of equipment during installation of an antenna on the cell tower at Mitchell Field in Harpswell on Nov. 11. (Bisi Cameron Yee photo)
