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#TBT: Throwback to when the second Air Traffic Control Tower above Terminal 2 was being constructed; it replaced the first 1954 Air Traffic Control Tower (at right) and was completed in 1981. Our new award-winning Air Traffic Control Tower is expected to be operational later this year. #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Central Terminal, control tower construction 1980s SFO Museum Collection 1993.07.38
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