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| F-07 | Spokane | C - 4.5 NE, Craig Rd, N of Deno Rd
[(Murdock, S) (updated 3/2002) GPS 47-42-08, 117-34-35 TerraServer, Mapquest ]
L - 6 NE, Newkirk Rd & Lyon Rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| F-37 | Cheney | 1.8 E Four Lakes ((P) WAANG; 105 TCS)
[(Murdock, S) GPS 47-33-05, 117-33-11 TerraServer, (became Four Lakes Communications Station, USAF) ]
L - 6 NE, Newkirk Rd & Lyon Rd
The entire F-37 site is under the
control of the Washington Air National Guard (they use the abbreviation
WANG, rather than WAANG). It's currently known as Four Lakes ANGS; the
operating group there is the 256th Combat Communications Squadron. They
have a
website at http://wa.ang.af.mil/MainPage/256cbcs/256_main_page.htm
{link updated by Jef Poskanzer}
which includes a small photo of the upper (control) area as it looks now. I
haven't visited the facility yet, but reportedly it's fairly intact with the
launch area elevators and doors still operational.]
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| F-45 | Medical Lake |
Current pictures of Launcher area
by Marc Spurgeon, June 2008
C - Graham Rd, N of Espanola Rd ((P) communications site) [(Murdock, S) (on Booth Hill) GPS 47-33-10, 117-43-39 TerraServer ]
L - Booth Hill, S of Rancher Rd ((P) communications company))
What I believe to be the launch site is
in section 7, T24N R41E, at the foot of Olson Hill. The control site is in
section 23 of T24N R40E, on top of Booth Hill, south of Fancher (rather than
Rancher) Road. Booth Hill is just north of the extended centerline for the
main runway at Spokane International Airport, and the F-45 control site is
often readily visible out the left side of aircraft landing eastbound.]
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| F-87 | Deep Creek | C - Bowie Rd, W of Wood Rd (Valley Electrical Service)
[(Murdock, S) GPS 47-42-12, 117-44-31 TerraServer, MapQuest ]
L- Sprague Rd, E of Wood Rd (William F Spelker & Sons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S-03 | Kenmore | C - 47th Ave NE, S of 201st ((O) Horizon Heights Park)
[{Morgan, M} Lat: 474628, Long: 1221634 TerraServer, NOTE: The IFC site is the park, lower-center. ]
L - 130 228st SW ((P) FEMA Region X Headquarters /USAR Center)
Web Site
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| S-13/14 (double) | Redmond | C - end of 95th NE, off 171st ((O) housing development) [{Sorrell, E}The control site is not obliterated - in fact the buildings are still there and in use by the National Guard. It appears that only about 1/2 to 2/3 of the site was sold and developed, this being where the antennas were.] [{Needham, A} terraserver image [{Funk, R} (12/01) Only the old barracks cluster remains. {There was an} area that must have been a buffer zone, now used as a Redmond city park. Called Nike Park, appropriately enough. The city has some historical sense.
L - 95th NE, off 195th NE ((I) Nursery) S-20 | Cougar Mountain/ | Issaquah
web site
spotted by Tom Page
| C - end of Cougar Mtn Rd ((O) Cougar Mountain County Park) [{Needham, A} terraserver image [{Morgenstern, A} (Feb 2004) ... - this one takes some getting to; Cougar Mountain is to the west of Issaquah and is southeast of Bellevue. The control site is at the summit of the mountain and is now Cougar Mountain I took a look at it in August 1988. at that time it appeared there was nothing remaining. This time i went up there and discovered the park was closed. ] [{Ray, J} (1999) It's in a county wilderness park now. Well kept and a lot of foundations and sidewalks exist. The park is staffed with a residence for the "ranger". Good parking near the old gate. ]
L - E of 166 Way SE ((P) Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park)
S-32 | Lake Youngs
| C - 184th & Petrovitsky ((P) King County Sheriffs Dept.)
| [{Morgan, M} Lat: 472609, Long: 1220658 TerraServer, NOTE: The large white building is the Army reserve center; the FEMA Region X headquarters went into the lot to the immediate east. ]
L - end of 174th SE ((I) Maple Valley Christian School/
South King County Activity Center) S-33 | Youngs Lake / | Renton C - 14631 SE 192d (USAR Center; 104th Division (Training)
Drill Sargent School) | [{Needham, A} terraserver image (the area in the middle is the control facility. North and east of it across the streets are water tanks.)]
L - end of 174th SE ((I) Maple Valley Christian School/
South King County Activity Center) S-43 | Kent /Midway
| C - Military Rd & 37th Ave S ((I) WAArNG; 3/161st Infantry (Mech)
| [{Morgan, M} Lat: 472352, Long: 1221702 TerraServer, Note: The radars were on the berm at the north end of the property. The buildings at the south end are the only surviving Nike-era structures and were the battalion headquarters site, S-45. By-the-way, the site is now (August 2002) only partially intact (P) and the occupant is 1/303rd Armor, WAArNG.]
L - Military Rd, S of WA 516 ((P) King County Parks /Kent School District)
S-61 | Vashon Island
| C - 99th Ave SW ((P) commercial use)
| [{Morgan, M} Lat: 472501, Long: 1222744 TerraServer ]
L - SW 220th ((P) Vashon Island Equestrian Park /Nike Events Center)
I still think one of the empty guard shacks would make a nice
informational kiosk on the cold war history of this otherwise wonderful
equestrian park. The history needs to be preserved. I could not help but
think during the weekend I was there how all those wonderful children with
their beautiful ponies have much to be thankful for, they just need to know
about it. It was a great example of swords being turned into plowshares. I
have a picture of me with my horse standing in one of those empty sentry
shacks.
An elderly gentleman, who use to be the editor of the island newspaper and who
had been on the site numerous times when it was active, filled me in on much of
what was left which is considerable. The back of my horse's stall was the
original perimeter chain link fence topped with barbed wire, there are a couple
of empty guard shacks, a maintenance building ( now being used as a food shack),
a (supposed) warhead assembly building with overhead crane and date of last
inspection stenciled on it (now used as horse show equipment storage), remains
of the kennel, remains of the old basketbball court, part of one of the silos
is visible where the footing for the horse arena ends. The gentleman informed
me that one of the decommisssioned missles had been taken to Ft. Lewis
see Ft. Lewis and that he and some others
had attempted
to bring it back to begin a museum on the site but were apparently overruled
by the good peace loving people of Vashon. ... By the way, the editor's wife was
the one responsible for turning the site into an equestrian park, a very nice
one at that with plenty of paved parking! ] S-62 | Ollala
| C - 0.5 N Ollala, 12700 Lala Cove Ln ((P) Ollala Guest Lodge;
substance abuse rehab center)
| [{Morgan, M} Lat: 472554, Long: 1223224 TerraServer NOTE: The web page imagery is just a tad off. The IFC buildings are at the bottom of the photo and most are original; the circular drive to the north-northwest looks like the old housing site. ] [{Needham, A} terraserver image (Lala Cove Ln is the east/west road in this image. I don't know which buildings are original.)]
L - 1.5 SW Ollala, 7450 Nelson Rd ((P) private ownership)
A Web Page S-81 | Poulsbo
| C - 1.5 SE Poulsbo, 18360 Caldart Ave ((I) North Kitsap School District
admin offices /Frank Raab Municipal Park)
| [{Morgan, M} Lat: 474332, Long: 1223734 TerraServer ]
L - W Poulsbo, Finn Hill Rd ((P) private owner)
As I knew that construction would start soon, I went and visited
the site again. Too late! The Assembly building, barracks, and maintenance sheds
were already gone. The transformers had been taken away as well. The silos, were
still there though and the water had been pumped out. So two nights later, a
friend and I forced open one of the personnel access doors on the third silo and
filmed and took photos.
Everything was covered with rust or a rust-like slime. You had to walk very
carefully. I have never been inside one before and it was an interesting
experience. The machinery for the elevator and the ventilation system was
still in place. The soundproof insulation in the hallway leading to the control
room was also still in place (and still worked - there was a notable sound
difference) Everything had been under water for at least 15 years and it was
remarkably intact. No control equipment was present in the control room, but
the controls for the elevator and main doors were still there, as were all the
breaker panels.
During the day, work crews had removed all of the CO2 fire extinguishers and some
piping in the other two silos. They had also sandblated any lead paint from the
walls. They hadn't gotten to this one yet (though they may have removed the
extinguishers, as they were all missing) I found one extinguisher that they had
missed and brought it out of there and cleaned it up at home.
After talking to an Olhava family member, I learned that the area where the silos
are will apparently be used as a parking lot for the new shopping mall. The plan
is to put all rubble from the roads and foundations that they tear up, inside
the silos. Excess space will be filled with sand.
Alas, there goes another one! I'm glad I got to see it while it was around.
S-82 | Winslow / | Bainbridge Island C - S Winslow, 4900 Rose Ave ((P) Painbridge Parks District, Eagledale Park)
| [{Morgan, M} Lat: 473633. Long: 1223116 TerraServer ]
L - High School Rd ((P) Painbridge Parks District, Strawberry Hill Park)
A Web Page
[I suspect they could verify the Nike missile launcher site location right away.] ] S-90DC | Ft. Lawton
| (Missile Master, then BIRDIE) - LOC - W Seattle, W Government Way,
((P) Seattle Discovery Park)
| also a temporary Nike site (/55-/56) [{Handa, D} (October 18, 2008)Missile Master building is now being torn down this week, October 18th, 2008. Cinder block building to the west will also be torn down, it is right near the still existent FAA radar dome, and maintenance building. } [{Handa, D} (Aug 2007) The concrete bunker has been in the news two times, once around April 2007, then again June 2007, both times related to break-ins, and theft of copper wire and various other metal scrap from building. Due to remote location, police and Seattle City Parks have been unable to prevent the thefts. I visited the site in July and there was a dumpster just outside the perimeter fence, and it was filled with junk, as it appears they are starting to clear out the building of refuse. I noticed a small refrigerator with a 2001 or so manufacture date, so the building must have been used in some manner the last few years. I also saw in some park board minutes that they intend to not only tear down this building, but also another one directly to the southwest. If you look at the Sat photos, it is the concrete block building directly east of the FAA building and radar dome, outside their perimeter fence. Not sure of what that building was previously used for, but is slated as neither useful or historic, so like every other building now on park land, will be torn down shortly. They also tore down in April 2007 a building next to the chapel, at the south end of officer’s row. They would have torn down the chapel, if not for the community uproar three years ago. So for the time being it is spared. ] [{Handa, D} (Jan 2007) ... local community paper [will have] a big article with current photos of the site, saying the city parks dept will be tearing it down. They have a budget of $1 million, and are looking for a company with experience dealing with 3 to 4 foot thick walls! Lol There was casual mention of possibly saving the building (fat chance). It’s Seattle as you know…. L [{Page, T} (Jan 2006) "Bird's Eye" Imagery for the Fort Lawton (WA) Missile-Master Blockhouse - North view, East view, South view, West view, And, the once-shared Army / Air Force / FAA radar station (RP-1) is just to the SW of the MM building. ] [{{Morgan, M} Lat: 473932, Long: 1222433
TerraServer ]
[{Stone, J} In the middle of Ft. Lawton is a highly reinforced building, it's kind of half-underground, half-above ground. The exterior walls vary from 3 ft to 6 ft in thickness, all reinforced concrete. The building is roughly 200' x 250'. The building was obviously designed to be able to "lock-down" and to have a full crew work and live inside for a good long while. Most all of the mechanical systems-air decontamination, HVAC, electrical, etc. are still there and in outstanding condition. The perimeter of the inside consists of dozens of rooms from 100 sq ft to 1000 sq ft. In the very center of the building is the old "blue room". It's walls are painted blue. It was obviously a command and control facility. The best way I can describe it is it looks exactly like the main control room in the movie Wargames, but not as large. The only thing missing is the operator consoles, but you can still see where they were fastened to the floor in three tiers. Literally hundreds of black-light flourescent tubes still function on the ceiling. Tube amplifies line the walls at the ceiling. The floor in this room is false. Underneath are more electrical devices and some very large tanks. An old timer once told me that he thought these were used for water storage. [Bender, D} This Missile Master served to coordinate the firing of all of the Nike missile batteries in the Seattle Defense Area (10 sites). Personnel identified hostile aircraft and directed the batteries to engage specific targets. This served to avoid a wasteful duplication of effort (i.e., two or more batteries engaging the same target, and perhaps neglecting yet another incoming hostile aircraft.). It also assisted with the identification of friendly (U.S. or possibly Canadian) aircraft operatin in the region and prevented the Nike batteries from accidentally firing on them. Missile Master was linked to the nationwide SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) air defense system which linked radar sites, computers, digital land lines, command and control facilities, fighter interceptor aircraft and anti-aircraft missile batteries. Missile Master was very expensive to buy and was expensive to run (labor intensive). It was replaced during the mid-1960s at the Ft. Lawton site by a simpler and less expensive system known as "BIRDIE" for "Battery Integrated Radar Display Equipment". ] S-92 | Kingston
| C - 1 N Kingston, 27055 Ohio Ave ((I) AGC Laborers Training)
| [{Morgan, M} Lat: 474826, Long: 1222932 TerraServer Note: The web page imagery is about a block off; I first visited the site in '88 or thereabouts and a couple of the towers were still standing. ] [{Needham, A} terraserver image (the control site is somewhere on this map, east of the north/south road and south of the east/west road)]
L - W Kingston, 8998 Kingston Rd ((I) North Kitsap County School District;
Specturm Alternative Center)
A Web Page
H-06 | Saddle Mt.
| [{Morgan, M}at the northeast corner of the {Hanford] reservation,
... north of WA 24.] | C - 2 S Corfu, Saddle Mountain ((O)) [{Snowberg, P} TerraServer ]
L - 5 S Corfu, WA 24 ((O))
H-12 | Othello
| C - 14 SW Othello ((O))
| [{Snowberg, P} TerraServer ]
L - 15 SW Othello, Grant/Franklin County Line ((O))
H-52 | Rattlesnake Mt.
| C - 11 WNW Benton City, Rattlesnake Mt. ((O)abandoned) | [{Packard, D}is atop Rattlesnake mountain and now houses an observatory operated by Battelle Northwest.] [{Snowberg, P} TerraServerThe H 52 C control center at the top of Rattlesnake combined administrative, radar, and barracks functions in one building. Observatory - Rattlesnake mountain ] [(Murdock, S) GPS 46-23-43 119-35-45 ]
L - 10 NW Benton City ((O)abandoned)
H-83 | Priest Rapids
| [{Morgan, M}on the bluff above WA 24 across the bridge over the
Columbia. ] | C - 8 E Desert Aire, N of WA 24 ((P) Saddle Mt. National Wildlife Refuge) [{Snowberg, P} TerraServer ]
L - 8 E Desert Aire, N of WA 24 ((P) Saddle Mt. National Wildlife Refuge)
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Note from Thomas E. Page, Jan 2004
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All Nike sites in the greater Seattle urban area have this new high-resolution
color aerial imagery, except Paulsbo (S-81, both IFC and Launch site); the
Winslow / Bainbridge Island Launch site (S-82L); and the Kingston Launch site (S-92L).
In the latter two cases, the respective IFC areas do have the new imagery.
Use the links in my spreadsheet to get to the respective B&W 1-meter/pixel image, then switch to "Urban," and zoom in further to get the 0.25-meter/pixel view. I recommend opening two browser windows, with one showing the older, lower-resolution B&W image, and the other browser window showing the newer high-resolution color aerial imagery. It's interesting to compare them side by side at the same resolution setting before zooming in. Here are a few differences I have found --
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