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Air Force Plant PJKS, Systems Integration Laboratory, Components Test Laboratory, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

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Significance: It played a significant role in the development of the Titan II ICBM, which not only served as the largest and most destructive weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during the Cold War, but also functioned as a launch vehicle for the Gemini space program in 1965. The laboratory served as a facility for testing, handling, and storage of Titan II's hydrazine- and nitrogen tetroxide-based propellant system components for compatibility determinations...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N491

Survey number: HAER CO-88-A

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1969 - 1980
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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