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Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defense Installation Magazine, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK
Summary
Significance: Two types of ammunition magazines were built on Alaskan bases during World War II: igloo and elephant. The igloo was a reinforced concrete shell covered with three feet of earth and camouflage. The elephant was an above ground corrugated metal structure.
Survey number: HABS AK-34-DD
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002733
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Date
1950 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Office of the Quartermaster General
Location
alaska, 52.09681, -173.50056
Source
Library of Congress
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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
