Safeguard Construction Gallery B

Sources:

To Defend and Deter
A History of the Huntsville Division
Seize the High Ground
A 20-Year History of the Antiballistic Missile Program
Pan American
Chris Craft via Facebook (2)

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ND MSR

02908 : Forms and resteel await the placement of concrete at the MSCB during summer 1970. Source (2).
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02910 : 43 foot high midsection of the Spartan launch tube and exhaust chamber being prepared for insertion into the Spartan launch cell at the MSR site during October 1970. Source (2).
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02965 : Tying rebar-construction began on the nuclear hardened facilities in 1970. Source (3).
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02913 : Miles of conduit being installed in the MSR power plant during the subzero weather in January 1971. Source (2).
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02933 : The MSR site in June 1971 during construction. Source (2).
- At left is the 7 1/2 million gallon capacity heat sink which will be underground when completed.
- At right center is the 17.3 megawatt power plant with its roof being closed in.
- Directly behind the power plant is the Missile Site Control Building (MSCB) with the third floor structure being roofed in and the radar turret starting to be formed up.
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02912 : An intricate mass of rebar for the MSR turret wall, July 1971. Source (2).
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02963 : Despite weather conditions, which ranged from -40^oF to 100^oF, the Top-Out Pour for the Missile Site Control Building took place on 12 October 1971. Source (3).
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02945 : Despite the snow cover, work continues on Sprint silos and the MSR. Source: newspaper photo.
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C021 : Winter construction, MSCB, 1973. Source: (6). <$
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C020 : Antenna element installation 1973 (face on right). Source: (6). <$
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- More information on antenna installation.
02927 : Closer view of the MSR turret with winterization in place to allow work to continue on the antenna faces. April, 1972. Source (2).
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02918 : MSR site looking toward the southwest, Fall 1972. Source (2).
- Major facilities are labelled. All unidentified structures are contractor construction facilities.
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02903 : Construction of the MSR complex is mostly complete, but the temporary parking lot is still in place (just to right of center) for access to the personnel entrance on level 2 of the MSCB (just below the right face of the MSR). Source (1).
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02930 : Another view from the west of the mostly completed MSR complex. Source (2).
- The heat sink and power plant intake/exhaust stacks are at the extreme right.
- Spartan and Sprint missile fields are at the extreme left.
- A rare view of the two radar test towers (lower right corner and opposite side of the MSR turret).
- A rare view of both MSCB entrances. The main entrance is below and just to the left of the white oval of the heat sink. The personnel entrance is just above and right of the temporary parking lot.
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