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Summary
Significance: With the acceleration of Cold War tensions and the outbreak of the Korean War, the growing complexities of aircraft technology and flight brought about the construction of modern support facilities which included the Oil Pump Station Building (Building No. 88470). This small pump house had large underground fuel tanks that stored the jet fuel needed to operate aircraft.
Survey number: HABS SD-21-R
Building/structure dates: 1952 Initial Construction
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Tags
pump houses
fuel supply
aeronautics
blackhawk
ellsworth
ellsworth air force base
rushmore
rushmore air force station
oil
pump
oil pump station
moneher
moneher road
meade
meade county
air force
south dakota
lee geiger
bill groethe
historic american buildings survey
rebecca kumar
wayne rosby
us air force
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
historic american landscapes survey
historic american engineering record
air force base
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
U.S. Air Force
Kumar, Rebecca, transmitter
Rosby, Wayne, historian
Geiger, Lee, historian
Groethe, Bill, photographer
Location
Blackhawk
,
44.15110, -103.30796
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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