NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI
Summary
Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of American military history, and in particular, the Cold War in the United States and as such, it demonstrates the technology and prevailing political attitudes of the 1950s.
Survey number: HAER RI-37
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Location
foster
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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