Nike Missile Base C-84 Photos 2 - Launch Area
The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base C-84. 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 1956 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, most of which were designed by the firm of Leon Chatelian, Jr., of Washington, D.C. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, they 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.
MAGAZINE COMPLEX, O, P, AND Q. MAGAZINE P IN BACKGROUND, LOOKING NORTHEAST
MAGAZINE P, WITH ENTRANCE DOOR IN FOREGROUND, LOOKING NORTHEAST
MAGAZINE P STAIRWAY ENCLOSURE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
MAGAZINE P ESCAPE HATCH, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
MAGAZINE P LAUNCH PAD, LOOKING NORTHEAST
MAGAZINE P AIR VENT COVER, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
MAGAZINE P STAIRWAY INTO THE INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, LOOKING FROM DOORWAY
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, LOOKING TO DOORWAY ENTRANCE
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, ELEVATOR IN UP POSITION
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, ELEVATOR DETAIL
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM DETAIL
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, HUMIDIFIER DETAIL
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, AIR VENT DETAIL
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, ELEVATOR OPERATIONS BUTTON DETAIL
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, WRITING ON DOOR
MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, EXIT TO ESCAPE HATCH
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