Test Area 1-115 Instrumentation & Control Building
Bldg. 8668 is a one-story, semisubterranean building with a rectangular plan. It is constructed of reinforced, poured concrete and has a flat roof The entry to the building is recessed into the ridge with concrete retaining walls leading to the entry door (CA-236-N-2, CA-236-N-3). The northern retaining wall also serves as a wall for an enclosed walkway that leads from Bldg. 8668 to Test Stand 1 -3 (CA-236-N-9). Fenestration is minimal, consisting of two square, recessed bullet-glass windows on the eastern and western facades for viewing the test stands (CA-236-N-3, CA-236-N-4, CA-236-N-7). The roof houses an escape hatch from the control room below and several periscopes for viewing the test stands (CA-236-N-5, CA-236-N-6, CA-236-N-8). The interior consists of the control room, an instrumentation room, and an observation hall (CA-236-N-10 through CA-236-N-15).
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EAST ENTRANCE FROM LOADING AREA. CONCRETE TUNNEL TO TEST STAND 1-3 IS AT RIGHT.
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DETAIL, EAST ENTRANCE, SHOWING OUTER BLAST DOOR AND INNER DOORS.
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EAST SIDE FROM ATOP TUNNEL, SHOWING BLAST SHIELDED WINDOWS AND PERISCOPE FACING TO TEST STAND 1-3.
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DETAIL SHOWING PERISCOPE AND SHIELDED WINDOWS ON EAST SIDE, NORTH PART.
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NORTH REAR, EAST PART, SHOWING ESCAPE HATCH. TEST STAND 1-3 AND ITS MACHINE SHOP ARE IN MIDDLE DISTANCE.
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NORTH REAR, WEST PART. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST. TEST STAND 1-5 AT RIGHT.
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DETAIL SHOWING BLAST SHIELDED WINDOWS, WEST SIDE.
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NORTH PART OF ROOF, WITH PERISCOPES ALSO SHOWING WEST SIDE.
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DETAIL, ROOF VENT HOUSING. NOTE THE TUNNEL TO TEST STAND 1-3 AT FAR LEFT, AND ITS MACHINE SHOP AT LEFT CENTER.
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CONTROL ROOM INTERIOR. Looking into southwest corner. CONTROL ROOM INTERIOR, SHOWING ESCAPE HATCH. Looking north along east wall.
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CONTROL ROOM INTERIOR, SHOWING SEVERAL PERISCOPES. Looking north along west wall.
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'TAPE ROOM' LOCATED AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MAIN ROOM.
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OBSERVATION HALL ALONG WEST SIDE. DOUBLE DOORS LEAD TO MAIN ROOM. Looking north.
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OBSERVATION HALL ALONG WEST SIDE. Looking south to escape ladder.
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OBSERVATION HALL