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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Oil Pump Station, Moneher Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD
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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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
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
