If a sphere’s center sits at height $h$ above the plane, its circle has radius squared $r^2 - h^2;$ congruence ties the three heights together

$A$ and $B$ are the feet of the centers, so $AB^2 = 24^2 - (h_2 - h_1)^2;$ combine with $h_2^2 - h_1^2 = 13^2 - 11^2$

Let the sphere centers be at heights $h_1, h_2, h_3$ above the plane. Each circle’s center is the foot of the perpendicular from the sphere’s center, and the common circle radius $\rho$ satisfies $\rho^2 = 11^2 - h_1^2$ $= 13^2 - h_2^2$ $= 19^2 - h_3^2.$

The first two spheres are tangent, so their centers are $11 + 13 = 24$ apart, and projecting onto the plane, $AB^2 = 24^2 - (h_2 - h_1)^2.$ Thus $(h_2 - h_1)^2 = 576 - 560 = 16.$ Congruence gives $h_2^2 - h_1^2 = 169 - 121 = 48,$ so $h_2 - h_1 = 4$ and $h_2 + h_1 = 12$ (the other sign gives a negative sum), yielding $h_1 = 4,$ $h_2 = 8,$ and $\rho^2 = 121 - 16 = 105.$ Then $h_3^2 = 361 - 105 = 256,$ so $h_3 = 16.$

The first and third centers are $11 + 19 = 30$ apart, so $$\begin{aligned} AC^2 &= 30^2 - (h_3 - h_1)^2 \\ &= 900 - 144 = 756. \end{aligned}$$