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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Standby Building, 200 yards east of County Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Standby Building, 200 yards east of County Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

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Summary

Significance: The Transmitter Standby Building (Building No. 11002) was built to house radio-based aircraft navigation and communication equipment. It also housed a diesel-powered generator intended to provide an auxiliary electrical power source for adjacent Building No. 11000.
Survey number: HABS SD-21-Y
Building/structure dates: 1953 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
U.S. Air Force
Kumar, Rebecca, transmitter
Groethe, Bill, photographer
Rosby, Wayne, historian
Geiger, Lee, historian
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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

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