EXTERIOR

 

TITAN II  MISSILE SITE

390th STRATEGIC MISSILE WING

571st STRATEGIC MISSILE SQUADRON

DAVIS MONTHAN AFB

SITE 3

EXTERIOR PHOTOS

 

OVERLOOKING SITE

 

OVERLOOKING SITE

 

EXPOSED MANHOLE

 

ORIGINALLY FILLED WITH DIRT

 

HARD STAND

 

BEGINNING EXCAVATION AT INTERSECTION OF CABLEWAY AND BLAST LOCK

 

ANOTHER EXPOSED MANHOLE

 

LOOKING ONTO HARD STAND

 

UPPER END OF SITE

 

ACCESS ROAD WITH PARKING AND MAIN GATE

 

SURROUNDING DEBRIS

 

LOOKING ONTO SITE FROM ACCESS ROAD

 

OUTER AREA OF SITE

 

ROAD TO QUONSET HUT PAD

 

OLD ROADSIDE POST

 

OVERLOOKING SITE FROM VENTILATION AND ESCAPE TUNNEL

 

LOOKING ONTO SITE

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

LAUREN INSTRUCTING JOSH ON THE FINER DETAILS OF OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT

 

BEGINNING EXCAVATION ON INTERSECTION

NOTE:  STAKE INDICATES AREA WHERE CABLEWAY AND BLAST LOCK INTERSECT

 

LOOKING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET

 

VERY NEAR ROOF OF BLAST LOCK

 

REMOVING MORE MATERIAL

 

THE WORK NEVER ENDS

 

VENTILATION AND ESCAPE HATCH

 

FILLED WITH CONCRETE

 

COMMUNICATIONS SILOS

 

COMMUNICATION SILO

 

ORIGINAL HATCH FOR COMMUNICATION ANTENNA

 

ANOTHER COMMUNICATION HATCH

 

TOP OF COMMUNICATION SILO

 

PERSONNEL ENTRANCE

 

COMMUNICATION

 

OVERLOOKING COMMUNICATION SILOS

 

FENCE LINE

 

CORNER OF SITE

 

CORNER OF ORIGINAL SITE

 

PIPE NEAR ACCESS PORTAL

 

MORE CONDUITS

 

ACCESS PORTAL

 

FILLED BASE NEAR ACCESS PORTAL

 

LOOKING FROM ACCESS PORTAL TO CABLEWAY INTERSECTION

 

ACCESS PORTAL AREA

 

WIDENING EXCAVATION

 

WIDENING EXCAVATION

 

STARTING A ROAD DOWN TO THE BLAST LOCK

NOTE: STAKE INDICATES CENTERLINE OF BLAST LOCK

 

STARTING THE ROAD DOWN

 

NEARING THE BLAST LOCK

 

SOME LINES CUT DURING THE REMOVAL OF THE CABLEWAY

 

EDGE OF BLAST LOCK ROOF

 

THE DIRT CONTINUES TO GROW

 

EXCAVATING DOWN THE 5 FOOT THICK BLAST LOCK CEILING

NOTE:  1 INCH STEEL PLATE SURROUNDS EVEN THE BLAST LOCK

 

ERIC KNOWS THE MOMENT IS NEAR

 

LAUREN INFORMING THE MASSES ON PROPER SHOVELING TECHNIQUES

 

MANY THANKS TO THIS FINE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT

 

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