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War Sites : Military & Aerospace
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 Camp
Evans, Wall Township, New Jersey.
InfoAge
volunteers have been working long and hard to preserve Camp Evans
so InfoAge can give the historic district a future in education that
will ensure its long term preservation. This is done to inspire students
to learn science and engineering and to honor those wireless communication
pioneers, WWI Naval radio experts, WWII radar developers, home front
workers and cold war information warriors who are associated with
Camp Evans.The original facility was constructed by the Marconi Wireless
Telegraph Company of America as the New York to London link in the
‘World Encircling Wireless Girdle’. The second group of
structures significant to communications history at Camp Evans were
built by the U.S. Army to serve its mission during World War II as
a radar production center, and its later transition to a research
and development facility. Most of the buildings were built in 1942.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See
full nomination. |
 Save
the LUT Campaign sponsored by the Space Restoration
Society. Apollo 4, 8, and 11 blasted off from this tower, but NASA
has nevertheless been forced to accede to EPA demands that work
proceed with disposal of LUT 1, which has been classified as "hazardous
waste" due to its eroding paint surface. LUT 1 can still be saved
if the right conditions are met. NASA have provided the Space Restoration
Society with a direct line to contact if such a donor comes forward.
Six months from now there will be nothing remaining. We are determined
that this 490-ft tall structure not be allowed to just rot away.
It symbolizes the heights of the struggles and achievements so many
of our families committed to in order to make the impossible dream
of landing a Man on the Moon come true. It should once again stand
tall and declare how determined and committed we can be.
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A
Secret Landscape: The Cold War Infrastructure of the Nation's Capital
Region, by Albert LaFrance of Falls Church, VA. A comprehensive
collection of photographs, text, and links documenting Cold War resources
around D.C., including The Greenbrier Hotel in WV--a former relocation
facility for the U.S. Congress, concealed within a luxury resort hotel,
a "top-secret" facility from 1960 until 1992. |
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Thematic
Study and Guidelines: Identification and Evaluation of U.S. Army Cold
War Era Military-Industrial Historic Properties. "This
document provides a national historic context for the U.S. Army’s
military-industrial involvement in the Cold War (1946-1989). The goal
of the project was two-fold: 1. to develop a thematic study on historic
properties associated specifically with the military-industrial theme
of the Cold War and 2. to provide guidelines for the identification
and evaluation of Cold War era military-industrial historic properties
in the Army." |
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The
Department of the Army's Wherry and Capehart Military Family Housing
Historic Context "Wherry and Capehart housing was constructed
by and for DoD under two separate programs. The housing dates from
1949 through 1962. Its purpose was to provide military housing equal
to housing in the private sector. The Army had no standard plans;
rather, local contractors built housing developments on military bases
similar to construction on private land." |
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Inventory
of Historic Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities.
A comprehensive list including National Register of Historic Places
eligibile and listed properties. Resources from the Civil War to the
present. Historic
Buildings List by State is a useful tool for survey and research.
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Seacoast
Fortifications Preservation Manual,
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. "The
seacoast fortifications of GOGA are widely acknowledged to comprise
the finest outdoor museum of coast defense structures in the country.
They range in age from Fort Point (1861), through Battery Construction
No.129 (1944) to Nike Site SF-88L (1954). Construction types include
intricate brick casemates, extensive earthworks, massive solid-pour
concrete, and reinforced concrete subterranean structures. As a group,
these fortifications possess relatively high integrity; represent
a unique spectrum of military engineering techniques used by the United
States in its seacoast fortifications from the Civil War through the
Cold War; and are associated with important historical developments
of the nation as an evolving international military power." |
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Preserving
the Past: Historic Preservation of Midway, Midway Atoll National
Wildlife Refuge. "The Navy has been the steward
of Midway's historic resources for several decades. As part of the
base closure process, the Navy was obligated to consider the effects
of the closure process on historic sites and structures. The Navy
determined that 78 structures, buildings or objects were eligible
for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, including
the structures associated with the Battle of Midway National Historic
Landmark, designated in 1986." |
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Minuteman
Missile National Historic Site, South Dakota. "One
of the nation's newest national park areas. Located on the Interstate
90 travel corridor in western South Dakota, this Cold War commemoration
is not yet open to the public. Although the tangible resources protected
at this site relate directly to the Minuteman Missile program, the
site's story will include the larger issues of the Cold War era.
The NPS is currently involved in the planning process to determine
the future of this site. Stay Tuned!"
Related Story...
Rethinking
the Unthinkable: The National Park Service is making a monument
out of an old nuclear missile site. But how do you interpret history
so recent it may not be over yet? By Bob Thompson, The Washington
Post, Sunday, July 28, 2002; Page W12 washingtonpost.com
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 Lowry:
Military Base to New Urban Community by Thomas J. Noel and
Chuck Woodward. Photography by Carole D. Cardon. Enjoy a tour through
history at Denver's former Air Force base. This booklet details the
transformation of a former military base into an entire community
with residential, commercial, and public sites. Produced by Historic
Denver, Inc. |
 Survival
City: Adventures in Atomic America by Tom Vanderbilt. "In
this fascinating--and at turns frightening and comical--travelogue
to the hidden battlefields of the Cold War, Tom Vanderbilt travels
the Interstate (itself a product of the Cold War) to uncover the sites
of Cold War architecture and reflect on their lasting heritage."
Princeton Architectural
Press, Inc., 2002. |
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