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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Shed, Supply & Equipment Depot, Quesada Drive, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD
Summary
This structure was relocated in 1962.
Significance: This building possesses documented historical association with Rushmore Air Force Station, an early 1950s federal storage and maintenance facility for nuclear weapons. The station was a key component in the American strategy defense build-up which occurred during the early years of the Cold War.
Survey number: HABS SD-21-AB
Building/structure dates: 1952 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
U.S, Air Force
Kumar, Rebecca, transmitter
Groethe, Bill, photographer
Geiger, Lee, historian
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
