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| Click for updated TerraServer links L-13 | Caswell
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| [(Murdock, S) May 2004, GPS 47-02-08, 67-49-06, was Army property from 1955 until about 1967. The property was gated, but we observed two radar towers from the public road. ] [{Larsen, D} located on west side of Route 1A, private owner (owner lives on premises w/o phone or electricity, buildings intact, radar platforms still stand, 10/97] [{Larsen, D} site vacant (property up for sale by realtor), buildings intact, radar platforms still stand, 9/99]
L -
Housing -
L-31 | Limestone
| C - (private owner)
| [(Murdock, S) May 2004 - GPS 46-55-37, 67-47-47, served the Army from 1956 to 1962. On our approach, it appeared heavily modified and used for residential purposes. A radar tower was visible, surrounded by trees. ] [{Larsen, D} located on north side of Route 229, private owner (buildings modified as dwellings, except for pump house, engine generator and interconnecting corridor demolished, 8/92)]
L - [{Larsen, D} located on south side of Route 229, private owner
(buildings intact, site used as auto body shop, 10/97)]
[{Larsen, D} private owner (buildings intact, site used as residence and auto body
shop, property for sale through realtor, 9/99)]
Housing -
AADCP | Loring Air Force Base | Loring Air Force Base | L-58 | Caribou
| unknown | C - [(Murdock, S) GPS 46-53-10, 67-58-16 ] [{Roehrig, R} The IFC & administrative area, ... were on the same property. It was posted that the FAA took over the site after 1966 but I am pretty sure it was actually a comm center for Loring AFB. Part of the GCCS (Global Command & Control System). Sometime in the late 80's or early 90's they also abandonded it. I was there around 1992 and the buildings were empty and some had signs they contained hazardous material (I assume someone discovered some Asbestos). (Nov. 2002) ] [{Foster, M} Albair Rd, disposition unknown] [{Larsen, D} located on hilltop east of Route 1, (buildings intact except for engine generator and interconnecting corridor demolished, operating FAA radar built on site, 10/97)] [{Larsen, D} gated access to site closed, FAA ASR still operating at site, 9/99)]
L -[(Murdock, S) GPS 46-53-02, 68-00-33 ]
Housing -
L-85 | Connor
| C - [{Larsen, D} located on hilltop east of Route 1, private owner
(buildings intact, 10/97)
| [(Murdock, S) GPS 47-00-08, 68-00-03 - May 2004 - 1961. It was excessed to GSA, who conveyed it to Blotner Trailer Sales in 1962. Well, the Air Force decided it needed this land, and in 1963 the U.S. government repurchased this property. Louis Blotner Radar Bomb Scoring Site was assigned as a detached installation to Loring AFB in 1963. According to Corps of Engineers documents, when the property was repurchased a promise was made to name the site after Louis R. Blotner. It was common in W.W.II to name leased auxiliary fields for the landowner, but this practice was uncommon after the war. And it is very unusual to find two separate Air Force installations named for the same person. Mr. Blotner clearly had some clout! (Actually, it was Louis Blotner's son Sam who negotiated the naming. Check out the web site of the "Four Grand" for this fascinating -- and entertaining -- story!) In 1983, the site was redesignated Louis Blotner Communications Facility Site No. 1, NSNK, after being transferred from SAC to AFSPC. In 1987 it was redesignated Louis Blotner Satellite Tracking Site 1. This site was disposed of in 1993. We found it gated and locked; one building was marked "DET 2, 1000 TH SOG," and I believe that stands for Detachment 2, 1000th Satellite Operations Group.]
L - [{Larsen, D} located on east side of Route 1, private owner (E.M.
Barracks operated as store 8/92, store closed, pits sealed, other
buildings intact, 10/97)]
H - [{Larsen, D} located on west side of Route 1 across from launch
area, buildings intact and boarded up, 10/97)]
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Web Articles
for more info about Maryland sites goto Baltimore-Washington Defense by Bill Evans. W-25: The Davidsonville Site and Maryland Air Defense, 1950-1974 (10 MB .pdf). Also an update on an accident report The One That Got Away (3.5 MB .pdf) all by Merle T. Cole BA-03 | Phoenix/Sweet Air
| C - Sunnybrook Rd, N of Merrymans Mill ((O) private owner)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
L - 3101 Paper Mill Rd ((I)Paper Mill Recreation Center; Jacksonville Senior Center;
Baltimore County Fire Department training site)
BA-09 | Fork
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This listing corresponds to the 2nd edition of "Rings of Supersonic Steel".
The 1st edition evidently had the Control and Launcher locations reversed.
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C - end of Hutchensreuter Rd, S of MD 147 ((O) private owner)
The control site is 1/2 mile to the west of the launcher site, and is visible in your satellite photo as an outlined rectangle (probably bushes growing along the fenceline). It is at the end of Hutschenreuter Road.]
L - Stockdale Rd, S of MD 147 ((I) private owner)
[{Hankel, C} April 2005 - On 3/7/05 I attempted to investigate the remnants of this site, which is located on the northeast border of Big Gunpowder Falls State Park in Perry Hall, Maryland. I hiked through the park to locations where the Stockton Road and Mohr Road portions of the site might be visible from, as I wanted to use the public right of way at all times and avoid trespassing on private property. I was unable to see any evidence of either site from within the Park. I drove down Stockton Road and found that one of the former Nike areas can still be seen from the roadway. It is on private property belonging to the John Mace's Stockton Farm. From the road a rusty, overgrown fence is visible surrounding a lot which is being used for storing trailers, vehicles, etc. However, there is also a single story, long building with a brick chimney in good condition, and a guard hut the same color and construction as the building. I was unable to ascertain if this was -09L or -09C. I also went as far as I could on Mohr Road. At the end of the paved section of road are several houses on private driveways, but a disused gravel track continues into a heavily wooded area. No radar towers, or their remains, were visible from the roadway or the Park. This was a much as I could see without trespassing or going off the marked Park trails. BA-14 | Army Chemical Center
| Edgewood Arsenal Aberdeen Proving Ground
| Headquarters only, no equipment? BA-18
| (double) Edgewood Arsenal
| C - Aberdeen Proving Ground/Edgewood Arsenal ((P)
MDArNG Operations Activity Center
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
L - (MDArNG)
[{Deutsch, E} I have been looking for lat and long but am unable to discover at this time. I do have the road names and directions. Edgewood had/has two entrances each at the end of a road that crosses US 40 that runs approximately parallel to I 95. The west, secondary gate [may not be open now] is at the south end of MD 155 Magnolia RD [south of US 40, Mountain Rd north of US 40]. The old main gate was at the south end of MD 24 ** [Edgewood Rd, now called MD 755 south of US 40] It passed under a RR bridge [was Pennsylvania RR, now Amtrack] on the way to the main gate. MD 24 was relocated and now enters the post West of the old gate. Immediately south of the RR bridge and before the gate is Fairview Point RD. that almost parallels the RR track going east. A mile or so from 755 it crosses Belardi Rd [named for Bn Co of the 54th Msl BN who was killed in an auto accident about 1956. At the SW intersection of the roads is the Battery buildings of C/54 which became C/4/1. Right on Belardi leads to and ends at the gate of the IFC area. Left on Belardi leads to ends in the launcher area.] - Administration Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) BA-30,31
| (double) Chestertown/Tolchester
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- web site - spotted by Tony Tannucilli
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C - E of Tolchester Beach, MD 21 ((P) Kent County Agricultural Center)
L - SE of Tolchester Beach, MD 445 ((P) Kent County)
BA-43 | Jacobsville
| C - 9034 Fort Smallwood Rd ((P) Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Opns)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
L - Old Nike Site Rd, S of Fort Smallwood Rd ((unk) presumably aboandoned;
road blocked)
BA-79
| (double) Granite
| web page
by {Vaughn, T},
| news paper article from {Page, T}, {Murdock, S} and {Horton, D} C - Hernwood Rd, 0.5 N of Woodstock Rd ((I) Abonded; former MDArNG 70th Gen Spt Bn) - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Hankel, C}(rec. April 2005) 39° 20" 714' x 76° 51" 335' for the main gate. Concrete slabs and some wooden curb stops remain, but all buildings have been removed and there is no visible evidence of a fallout shelter as some sites had. The only remaining inner perimeter vertical structures are a fenced square that might have been a basketball court and two small green electrical boxes of some kind protruding from the ground near the hillock that I speculate once held the IFC’s radar towers. The only real indication that this was a defense site are the faded red over white signs that say "U S Property - No Tresspassing" ] [{Vaughn, T}(rec. Aug 99)The IFC area was incredible! I've never seen one in better condition. ... On the back side of the site I found an open gate so I entered. The site is in great condition (for being closed since 1974). Glass in the windows, tile still on the floor and even fluorescent tubes still in the light fixtures. All the radar towers where still in place including the Hi-Par tower. This IFC had the extra towers that a double site required. Well worth a visit if you are in the area.The guard hut was most unusual, being built from stone. It could be a police replacement but I think it's original since it looks like every Nike site guard hut I've ever seen, just made of different material. Also there was a building number carved into the stone which I don't think the police people would of done.
L - Hernwood Rd, 1.2 N of Woodstock Rd ((P)Maryland Police & Correctional Training
Commissions
BA-92 | Cronhardt
| C-Greenspring Rd, N of Broadway Rd (O) USAR; SSG Isadore R. Jachman USAR Center -
- 2071 USARF Schoole, 326th Maint Bn, 214 MI Co
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Thompson, T}(rec. Aug 99)12100 Greenspring Ave.]
L-2515 Baublitz Rd ((P) Worthington Valley Swim Club)
W-13[T] | Fort George Meade
| Fort George Meade is about 17 miles N.E. Washington D.C.
| Location unknown - First operational Nike site, 30 May 1954 [{Morgan, M} Fort Meade's roughly halfway between Washington DC and Baltimore, east of I-95 and alongside I-295; next to Maryland City. Topozone of Ft. Mead Area ] - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) - Launcher Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
"First operational Ajax was W-13T on the west side of Fort Meade, May 54;
He then took me to the probable location of the launchers; we passed a buried bunker at 390454/0764729
and ended up at two concrete pads, still intact and aligned north-northeast. The lat/long is 390466/0764718.
The Terraserver image is at:
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=10&x=1726&y=21637&z=18&w=1
It shows the concrete just fine; each one's just about big enough to handle two Ajaxes on rails with launchers.
The easterly pad has - surprise! - a crew access door, vertical, similar to what I've seen at permanent sites.
The door's at the extreme southeast corner of the pad and welded/rusted shut.
The presumed battery site is exactly one mile east of the probable IFC. I'll do some more digging when
I get home and will get photos out to everyone but it would appear these two locations are the former W-13T.
W-13 DC | Fort George Meade
| MD 175 & MD 198 ( The former AADCP is occupied be the fort's Director of Information
Services. )
| W-25 | Davidsonville |
W-25: The Davidsonville Site and Maryland Air Defense, 1950-1974 (10 MB)
Also an update on an accident report
The One That Got Away (.html),
3.5 MB .pdf, all by Merle T. Cole (local copies)
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C - Anne Bridge Rd ((I) recreational area)
L - Elmer F Hager Ln and Anne Bridge Rd ((I) Anne Arundel County Police Training
Academy)
H -
W-26 | Annapolis /Skidmore | / Bay Bridge web page
| C - N of US 50, end of Broad Neck ((P) USAR Center) - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
L - N of US 50, between Bay Head Rd & Yorktown Rd ((P) US Government)
W-35 | Croom/Marlboro
| C - Calvert Rd, 0.9 E of MD 382 ((P) Croom Vocational High School)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
L - end of Calvert Rd ((I) Croom Vocational High School)
H - W-36 | Brandywine /Naylor
| C - North Keys Rd, 2 W of MD 382 ((unk) apparently abandoned)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Murdock, S} GPS=38-42-37, 76-46-16 TerraServer ]
L - North Keys Rd, 1 W of MD 382 ((P) private owner; abandoned)
- Administration Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) W-44 | Mattawoman /Waldorf | /La Plata C - 5 N Waldorf, Country Ln ((P) abandoned)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
L - 6 N Waldorf, Country Ln ((P) American Indian Cultural Center /Maryland
Indian Heritage Society of Waldorf)
W-45 | Accokeek
| C - 4 W Waldorf, S side MD 228 ((I) Naval Research Lab Field Site Lower Waldorf
| [{Crossley, G.} March 2008 - both large antennas at the W-45 Accokeek Nike site have been disassembled. Was lucky enough to visit this site when both antennas were still intact. They were amazing. ] - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Page, T} Feb 2005 (in response to JWfam1234@aol.com ) The large dish antennas at the former W-45 Nike-missile IFC site were probably satellite uplink and/or downlink comm. I have no answers for your other questions ... although I suppose just about anything can be sold on eBay. Thanks for the update re NRL selling the property. ] L - 4 W Waldorf, N side MD 228 ((I) Naval Research Lab Waldorf Annex) W-54 | Pomonkey
| C - Bumpy Oak Rd ((I) Charles County Alternative School)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) L - Gwynn Rd ((P) Naval Research Lab - Pamonkey Facility; Naval Center for Space Technology)
Driving a bit further leads you to the former launch pad area. This facility appears to be almost entirely intact. A small, sphere-like radar dome is located here, as well as two apparent silos and surface buildings. Limited information received from onsite personnel and some historic data from the site indicates that very little has been done at this facility since its decommissioning. ] W-92 | Rockville
| C - 10901 Darnestown Rd ((I) US Consumer Products Safety Commission
Engineering Laboratory)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Lisa, M}The grounds of the former Nike Radar site are well kept, and the original three buildings are in good shape and used as offices/laboratories. The radar tower is intact and still stands.] [{Evans, B}The 'radar tower' that still stands was for the LOPAR. The MTR, TTR, TRR towers are gone. The concrete footings for the HIPAR antenna/radome are there, but nothing else of that structure. The HIPAR building is there (but modified by CPSC), as are the generator building, the IFC control-van-corridor building, and even the chapel. And the guard shack, although CPSC told me they had had that rebuilt. And the 'tennis court', about which I added an entry in the SF88 guestbook this morning. In other words the entire IFC, hill and all, looks very much as it did in 1967, with a few CPSC changes, and of course minus all but one of the towers.]
L - 770 Muddy Branch Rd ((unk) US Government)
[{Herbert, E} NIST does hold the keys to W92. They actually do fire research on the site. A least one silo is in pretty good shape and is used as a maintenance shop. It is actually owned by the Army Corps of Engineers who has responsibility and liability for the site. There is a fair amount of soil and groundwater contamination on the site that has to be rectified before the property can be sold. An attempt to give the property to the State of Maryland did not transpire because of the environmental problems.] W-93 | Laytonsville/ Derwood
| C - 21515 Zion Rd ((O) American Foundation for Autistic Children)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - 5321 Riggs Rd ((P) MDArNG; unit unknown
A - 5115 Riggs Rd ((I) MDArNG; B/1/115th Infantry)
- Administration Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Page, T} TerraServer ] W-94 | Gaithersburg
| C - Strawberry Knoll and Cross County, S of Snouffer School Rd ((O)
residential area)
| - IFC - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04) [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - 8791 Snouffer School Rd ((P) MGEN Benjamin L Humton Memorial USAR Center;
Launchers abandoned)
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NIKE Sites of Massachusetts and Rhode Island by
John McGrath | Very comprehensive, with topo maps & many photos B-03 | Reading
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web page
| C - Bear Hill (abandoned)[{Foster, M}Condominiums] [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - 1.3 NE, Haverhill St. ((O)skating rink)[{Foster, M}
was
PD firing range] B-05 | Danvers
| web page
| C - 1.6 NW, North St. ((P)1LT J.C. Ferra USAR Center; 468th Engineer Platoon) [{Foster, M}intact, now abandoned] [{McGrath, J}IFC is still an Army Reserve Center but has been empty since the last unit moved out in 1997. Probably EPA concerns are keeping the Army from getting rid of it.] [{Murdock, S} 42-35-19 70-56-43 TerraServer
L - 2.5 NNW, US 1 (Salem and Beverly Water Districts)
[{Foster, M}site intact] B-15 | Beverly
| web page,
web page
| C - vicinity Beverly (abandoned) [{Foster, M}Brimbal Hill drive, obliterated] [{Murdock, S} I verified this one, B-15C, from a site layout plan. The radars were in the cleared area just SE of what looks like a newer water tower. GPS=42-34-43, 70-52-35., TerraServer]
L - vicinity Beverly (Salem and Beverly Water Districts
B-17 | Nahant
| web page
| C - 1 SW, Lewis Beach ((O) park [{Larsen, D} located at Bailey's Hill, formerly Ft. Ruckman, now a town park (no Nike buildings remain)] [{Murdock, S} GPS=42-25-09 70-55-46 TerraServer ]
L - 1 SE, Nahant Rd at East Point adjacent to Battery Murphy
((P) Northeastern University - Edwards Marine Science Center)
H - [{Foster, M}Castle Road, private homes] B-21DC | Fort Banks | [{Larsen, D} Ft. Heath, Winthrop] web page
| [{Larsen, D} ARADCOM deployed the AN/FSG-1/Missile Master Radar at Ft. Heath in Winthrop, MA with the site designation B-21H. This command was later deactivated to site PR-69 in Coventry, RI, where the initial radar installation was the AN/GSG-5 (V1)/BIRDIE.] [{Page, T} TerraServer ] B-36 | Ft. Duvall/ | Hull web page
| C - 3 NW Hingham ((O) condominiums) [{Foster, M}city park, council on aging]
[{Larsen, D} located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall, now
Spinnaker Island condominiums, connected to the mainland by a bridge
(no Nike buildings remain).]
L - 1 E Hull; Hog Island ((O)) [{Foster, M}condominiums] B-37 | Squantum/ | Quincy web page
| C - Long Island (American Legion post/day care center) [{Larsen, D} located in Squantum, now American Legion Post/ day care center (engine generator and interconnecting corridor demolished).] [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - [{Foster, M}Long Island, City of Boston former Library Storage] B-38 | Cohasset/ | Hingham web page
| C - 1.5 SE Hingham, Leavitt St ((I)abandoned) [{Foster, M}Turkey Hill Road, intact, owned by a farmer] [{Larsen, D} located on Turkey Hill, now open space owned by Trustees of Reservations (all buildings removed except for interconnecting corridor).] [{McGrath, J} Since 1997 the IFC site on top of Turkey Hill has been a park (Turkey Hill Park) run by the Trustees of Reservations and owned by the two towns and the trustees. Only one small Nike-era building remains (to be converted into a visitor center in the future). Two FM radio towns have been erected on top of the hill in the last 5 years.] [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - W Cohasset, Cushing HWY (highway maintenance facility)
[{Foster, M}Crocker Lane] B-40 | Quincy
| web page
| HQ - 15th Gp [{Larsen, D} was Battalion HQ site, located off Southern Artery near Black's Creek (buildings intact).] [{McGrath, J} Located in Merrymount Park, this former Group and BN headquarters site is intact and is now the municipal Koch Family Park and Recreation Complex. B-55 | Blue Hills
| web page
| C - S Milton, Chickatabut Rd (educational center/summer camp) [{Foster, M} MDC, Intact] [{Larsen, D} located on Chickatawbut Hill in Quincy, owned by MDC, now MA Audubon education center (engine generator and interconnecting corridor demolished).] [{Murdock, S}GPS= 42-13-21 71-03-45 ] [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - N Randolph, Billings St (Metropolitan District Commission; dump)
B-63 | Needham
| web page
| C - 1.2 NW, Central Ave (Charles River Assoc. for Retarded Persons [{Kaltofen, M} GPS 42.16750 N 71.15251W, Web page with photo ] [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - 2.2 WSW, Pine st (Town of Needham) B-73 | Lincoln
| web page,
and would you believe a
Slide Show? :-))
| [{Sullivan,G} Nov. 2005 - The radar site for the Lincoln MA Nike site was off of Rt 117 and Lincoln Rd in Lincoln Ma. GPS 42 deg, 24 min, 23.96 sec N 71 deg, 19 min, 56.62 sec W Elevation 266 ft. It was on a hill that is actually a drumlin, ( Drumlin: an elongate or oval hill of glacial drift ) The site is south of the highway across from the area now called Drumlin farm. ] [{Foster, M}C - lincoln, S. Great Rd (Rt 117)Mass. Obliterated GPS 42-24-30N 71-19-56W] (Mass. Audubon Society; Drumlin Farm) [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - [{Foster, M}Wayland] Oxbow St. (Mass National Guard)
GPS 42-24-33N 71-21-34W] B-84 | Burlington
| web page
| [{MacDonald, James} August 2002, Here is the Nike site in Burlington MA it's just right of the white dot, a water tower its the rectangle building sitting out in a filed its the ops-HQ building. The small homes farther right is base housing to the lower right is a Northeastern University campus, the parking lot is built over the missile silos. TerraServer [{Foster, M}C - End of Edgmere Road, Town of Burlington DPW, Intact] [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - ((O) Northeastern Univ; parking lot) B-85 | Bedford
| web page
| C - 1.4 W Bedford ((O) apartments) [{Foster, M}Davis Road, private housing GPS 42-29-29N 71-18-13W] [{Page, T} TerraServer ]
L - 1.7 NW, Carlisle Rd (Harvard Univ; zoological study facility)
PR-19 | Rehoboth
| web page
| C - Meadow Hill, off Francis (MAArNG/USAR Center) [{Larsen, D} now Rehoboth Town Offices (buildings mostly intact).] [{Murdock, S}GPS= 41-52-43 71-12-59 TerraServer]
L - off Peck, near Reynolds (Town of Rehoboth)
H - [{Larsen, D} location adjacent to launch site (buildings demolished). PR-29 | Swansea
| web page
| C - W of Sharps Lot Rd, N of Marvel (private owner) [{Murdock, S}GPS= 41-46-59 71-10-40 TerraServer]
L - E of Sharps Lot Rd, between Baker & Marvel ( Anderson Motor Company)
A -
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| Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), owner of both B-55C and B-55L, has the shell of an Ajax missile in storage, hopefully for future interpretive display. |
Previous uncertainties about D-23 and D-26 seem resolved :-))
Well, the uncertainties seemed resolved on Dec 3, 2004
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I just read the controversy about D23 and D26, I was stationed at this site from Nov. 1959 to Aug, 1960 when I was transfered to Alaska, also Detroit is my hometown. The radar area was at the foot Conner not Lenox the property streched from Conner to Lenox with no access to or from Lenox. The launch area was on Belle Isle near the NE side of the island and is still regonizeable today. There was no Nike site at the Detroit City Airport. I enjoyed reminising and would like to be addes to the roster.
Regards, Robert G. Sisman ( Fire Control Operator) N.Olmsted, Ohio |
From Mark Morgan, Tom Lundregan, with maps from Wandell E. Carlton - Dec 3, 2004
Much obliged, Tom, and to all who participated in this exchange. MK -------------- Original message -------------- > A few comments on this: just to re-confirm: The launch sites( two) were > on Belle Island as previously noted. > > The fire control locations were on shore of mainland Michigan, > one at foot of Lenex St, > other at foot of Conner St, > Batt A and Batt B in same order. The IFC's were close to Grosse Pointe,MI, > > Re Belle Is: Belle Isle was not opposite downtown Detroit; > it was a few miles "east",and there was/is a bridge between mainland and > the Isle.Apparently there was a riot on bridge in 1941. All of Belle Is > belongs to the USA. The border between USA and Canada (Windsor) > runs pass Belle Is on the east side of Belle Is. > > Downtown has another Bridge to Canada which is the main artery to/ from > Canada.The River here is fairly narrow. > > These are minor clarifications. Tom Lundregan > tplundregan52@earthlink.net |
