TECUMSEH

 

551st  STRATEGIC MISSILE SQUADRON

ATLAS F

LINCOLN, AFB  NEBRASKA

SITE 6

 

WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE AN ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR AN EXTERIOR ANTENNA

 

CLOSE-UP

 

SHOCK MOUNTED LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE ENTRYWAY

 

BLAST DOOR

 

UPPER LEVEL LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER

NOTEONCE A RESTROOM WITH 2 TOILETS AND SHOWER

 

CENTER SUPPORT FOR LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER

NOTEDARKENED AREA ON SUPPORT WAS A SIGN REGARDING  RELEASE OF THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE HATCH

 

ESCAPE HATCH

NOTE: WHEN RELEASED, FOUR TONS OF SAND WOULD FALL, THEN ALLOWING ALERT CREW MEMBERS AN ESCAPE TO THE SURFACE

 

LOWER LEVEL LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER

 

CENTER SUPPORT FOR LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER

NOTETHIS WAS ORIGINALLY ENCLOSED WITH WALLS

 

MUCH OF THE VENTILATION AND WIRING CONDUIT REMAINS ON THE CEILING OF THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER

 

LOOKING FROM LOWER LEVEL LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER INTO UTILITY TUNNEL

 

SECOND BLAST DOOR FROM SILO

LOOKING BACK THROUGH UTILITY TUNNEL TO LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER

 

MISSILE SILO DOORS

NOTEEACH DOOR WEIGHTS 75 TONS

 

CRIB SPRING HANGERS ATTACHED TO THE SILO WALLS ARE ALL THAT REMAIN OF THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE

NOTETHIS SILO HAS EXCESSIVE WATER IN THE BOTTOM

 

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THESE PHOTOS TAKEN OF THE AIR FIELD ACROSS THE ROAD

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