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Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

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Summary

Significance: The Technical Facility/Scanner Building and Power Plant is the central component of the PAVE PAWS complex and performs all the functions required for the missile detection and tracking mission, including detection, processing, and characterization. The design of the structure is rare and represents advances in radar engineering, design, and operation.

Survey number: HAER MA-151-A

Building/structure dates: 1978 Initial Construction

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sandwich mass air cape cod air station technical facility scanner technical facility scanner power plant massachusetts military massachusetts military reservation sandwich barnstable barnstable county argonne national laboratory neal collett historic american engineering record bob kramer lauren meyer ratheon equipment division us air force mandy whorton photo ultra high resolution high resolution power plants laboratory cape cod library of congress electric power
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
U.S. Air Force
Ratheon Equipment Division
Argonne National Laboratory, contractor
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Kramer, Bob, photographer
Collett, Neal, photographer
Whorton, Mandy, historian
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Location

Sandwich (Mass.) ,  41.75896, -70.49393
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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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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sandwich mass air cape cod air station technical facility scanner technical facility scanner power plant massachusetts military massachusetts military reservation sandwich barnstable barnstable county argonne national laboratory neal collett historic american engineering record bob kramer lauren meyer ratheon equipment division us air force mandy whorton photo ultra high resolution high resolution power plants laboratory cape cod library of congress electric power