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MAGAZINE, INTERIOR, WITH UPPER DOORS CLOSED. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines and Launcher-Loader Assemblies, Southwesternmost end of launch area, Hecker, Monroe County, IL
Photographer
Thallheimer, Arnold, creator
Title
MAGAZINE, INTERIOR, WITH UPPER DOORS CLOSED. - NIKE Missile Base SL-40, Underground Storage Magazines and Launcher-Loader Assemblies, Southwesternmost end of launch area, Hecker, Monroe County, IL
Depicted place Illinois; Monroe County; Hecker
Date Documentation compiled after 1968; 1992
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER ILL,67-HECK.V,1Z-5
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base SL-40. These underground structures contained a room for storing the Nike missiles, an elevator to carry the missiles to the surface for firing. There were four launchers built on top of the underground magazines. These structures were built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, which were designed by the firm of Seelye, Stevenson, Value and Knecht of New York City. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, there were to be pre-fabricated structures, but were rather unsightly and did not contribute to troop morale and, therefore, were changed to modified emergency design.
  • Survey number: HAER IL-117-Z
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0888.photos.319457p
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