Air Force Plant PJKS, Systems Integration Laboratory, Long-Term Oxidizer Silo, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO
Summary
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Lakewood, 39.68647, -105.08153
Source
Library of Congress
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