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PARB Miscellaneous Exterior Photos

Photo Sources:

0nnn: Anonymous WECo engineer

1nnn: Ves Fulp

2nnn: Curtis Schweitzer

3nnn: Denis Abbott

7nnn: Historic American Engineering Record: SRMSC

Lnnn: Cynthia LaNell via Facebook (2)

Mnnn: Robert F. Martina

Tnnn: 10SWS Facebook page

PARB

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• 7396:
  • PARB entry (former docking facility) on left, behind satellite dish.
  • On the bottom right can be seen the knockout panel provided for a future tunnel that was never used.
  • The two 'holes' above are referred to as bird screens.
    • The upper air intake, on the fifth level, incorporates a plenum chamber (#510e), as does the lower (#2M8A) air exhaust, located on the second level mezzanine

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• 7402:
  • PARB showing docking facility.
  • Left of the knockout panel on lower right is emergency exit blast door #BD5/#127.
• 7400: PARB showing accessway #101 leading into power plant from service road B in foreground.

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• T048: Wide view of PAR showing new stacks from the 2014 power plant upgrade.
  • Compare to photo 7399 above.
• M400: PAR radar, artist concept drawing, 1968.

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• T041: PAR building roof hatch.

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• 0146:
  • Nike Hercules target tracking radar on the roof of the PARB.
    • Used to help align the phased array radar.
    • The information printed on the photo is a joke.