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| Anonymous @ 2005-12-08 09:44:35 | |
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This is not a picture of the actual site. It was located 3/4 mile directly NW of this picture. I grew up right outside its fence line. |
| kjfitz @ 2005-12-08 10:34:02 | |
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I'm sorry but you are wrong about this not being C-50L (the L being for "Launch." You may have grown up outside a former Nike missile site but it wasn't C-50L. Multiple listings of this site have it here and the pad is clearly a Nike Launch pad. Those same listings have the command center west of Illinois 11 and North of 178th street which would be consistent with a site 3/4 of a mile to the NW. Did you live next to this site? http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.550495,-87.647520&spn=0.005423,0.007461&t=k&hl=en This would be the C-150C command center. Check out http://ed-thelen.org/loc-i.html#Illinois I suspect you lived near the control center. Each site has a launch facility and a command and control center. There were also radar facilities associated with each and often housing facilities. Each was colloquially referred to as "a nike site." If you'll post the address or coordinates I can track down what the records have on the site you lived next door to. |
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