Cape Cod Air Station, Technical Facility-Scanner Building & Power Plant, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
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
Location
Sandwich (Mass.), 41.75896, -70.49393
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