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Air Force Plant PJKS, Systems Integration Laboratory, Long-Term Oxidizer Silo, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Air Force Plant PJKS, Systems Integration Laboratory, Long-Term Oxidizer Silo, 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 structure was designed to assess long-term environmental impacts on storage of the missile's oxidizer as part of the complex that contained facilities for testing, handling, and storage of the Titan II's propellants.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N494
Survey number: HAER CO-88-D

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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