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Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth County, NJ

Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, Bell Laboratories Road, Holmdel, Monmouth ...

Significance: Bell Laboratories Holmdel was constructed from 1959 to 1966 according to a plan and design of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-61). Although Saarinen passed away in September 1961 be... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Materials Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Materials Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, D...

Significance: Building 120 appears to have been used as a materials test lab and compatibility testing facility. The structure was believed to be built about 1960, as part of the Apollo missions. There is som... More

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Laboratory Building, Area 15, Yucca Flat, 10-2 Road near Circle Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Laboratory Bui...

Survey number: HABS NV-28-A Building/structure dates: 1966 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Laboratory Building, Area 15, Yucca Flat, 10-2 Road near Circle Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Laboratory Bui...

Survey number: HABS NV-28-A Building/structure dates: 1966 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1973 Subsequent Work

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Industrial X-Ray Building, Off Sixth Street, adjacent to and south of Facility No. 11, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Industrial X-Ray Building, Off Sixth St...

Significance: It is a contributing resource to the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark and a unique facility introducing new technology for examination of shipyard materials. It is a distinctive building ty... More

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prin...

Significance: The U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale was one of four federal stations established to receive plant materials into the United States, test them for sustainability for more extensive tr... More

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prin...

Significance: The U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale was one of four federal stations established to receive plant materials into the United States, test them for sustainability for more extensive tr... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...

Significance: Building 123 was constructed during World War II and at one time was used as a Pyrotechnic Test Lab to test and store missiles and bombs in World War II. Survey number: HAER CA-310-K Building/st... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Cryogenic Test Lab-Hazardous Storage, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Cryogenic Test Lab-Hazardous Storage, 12214 Lak...

Significance: Building 125 was built as a cryogenic test lab and also to house hazardous storage. Survey number: HAER CA-310-L Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 19... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-2, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-2... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 1/9, Flight Test Hangars, On flightline between Ninth & Tenth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 1/9, Flight Test Han...

Significance: Integral components of the Wright Field flightline complex constructed during mobilization for World War II, these hangars were used for testing and modification of aircraft. Unprocessed Field no... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller Test Complex, Seventh Street, from E to G Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller T...

Significance: This concrete acoustical structure was built during World War II to surround an outdoor propeller test area and craneway. The unique concrete tube construction was a response to the need to muffl... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Electronics Laboratory Building (E Building), One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Electronics Laboratory Building ...

Significance: E Building is significant for its operational role in the polonium processing mission of the Mound Laboratory, polonium having importance in the 1940s for its use in nuclear weapon manufacture and... More

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Electronics Laboratory Building (E Building), One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Electronics Laboratory Building ...

Significance: E Building is significant for its operational role in the polonium processing mission of the Mound Laboratory, polonium having importance in the 1940s for its use in nuclear weapon manufacture and... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Test Laboratory, Between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structura...

Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Test Laboratory, Between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structura...

Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-4, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-4... More

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Nevada Test Site, Test Cell C Facility, Building No. 3210, Area 25, Jackass Flats, Road J, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Test Cell C Facility, Building No. 3210, Area 25, Ja...

Significance: The Test Cell C facility is significant for its role in the United States space program. The facility was part of the Rover project for the initial development and testing of a nuclear-propelled ... More

Nevada Test Site, Test Cell C Facility, Building No. 3210, Area 25, Jackass Flats, Road J, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Test Cell C Facility, Building No. 3210, Area 25, Ja...

Significance: The Test Cell C facility is significant for its role in the United States space program. The facility was part of the Rover project for the initial development and testing of a nuclear-propelled ... More

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prin...

Significance: The U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale was one of four federal stations established to receive plant materials into the United States, test them for sustainability for more extensive tr... More

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prin...

Significance: The U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale was one of four federal stations established to receive plant materials into the United States, test them for sustainability for more extensive tr... More

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prin...

Significance: The U.S. Plant Introduction Station at Glenn Dale was one of four federal stations established to receive plant materials into the United States, test them for sustainability for more extensive tr... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Mechanical Testing Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Mechanical Testing Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood B...

Significance: Building 127 supported the Downey site as a mechanical testing laboratory. Survey number: HAER CA-310-N Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1960... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Mechanical Testing Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Mechanical Testing Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood B...

Significance: Building 127 supported the Downey site as a mechanical testing laboratory. Survey number: HAER CA-310-N Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1960... More

U.S. Naval Hospital, Guinea Pig & Rabbit House, Park Boulevard, Balboa Park, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

U.S. Naval Hospital, Guinea Pig & Rabbit House, Park Boulevard, Balboa...

Significance: A contributing structure in an eligible historic district. Not individually significant. (Designed and built to hold animals used to detect disease.) Survey number: HABS CA-1548-L Building/str... More

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Soil Conservation Service Cluster, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Soil Conservation Service Cluster, 11...

Survey number: HAER MD-122-H Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-1, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-1... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-1, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-1... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Cryogenic Test Lab-Hazardous Storage, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Cryogenic Test Lab-Hazardous Storage, 12214 Lak...

Significance: Building 125 was built as a cryogenic test lab and also to house hazardous storage. Survey number: HAER CA-310-L Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 19... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-2, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-2... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Laboratory No. 1, Southwest corner of Fifth & E Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Labo...

Significance: This building was the site of static structures tests on many World War II and earlier aircraft. It exhibits architecture typical of the early period of construction at Wright Field. Unprocessed... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Laboratory No. 1, Southwest corner of Fifth & E Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 23, Static Test Labo...

Significance: This building was the site of static structures tests on many World War II and earlier aircraft. It exhibits architecture typical of the early period of construction at Wright Field. Unprocessed... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, B Building, One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, B Building, One Mound Road, Miam...

Significance: Mound's B "Biology" Building is significant for its operational role in the polonium processing mission of Mound Laboratory during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Radioactive polonium had importan... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Electronics Laboratory Building (E Building), One Mound Road, Miamisburg, Montgomery County, OH

Department of Energy, Mound Facility, Electronics Laboratory Building ...

Significance: E Building is significant for its operational role in the polonium processing mission of the Mound Laboratory, polonium having importance in the 1940s for its use in nuclear weapon manufacture and... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 8, Operations & Flight Test Building, Northeast corner of Tenth & C Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 8, Operations & Flig...

Significance: Building 8, the Operations and Flight Test Building, was an integral part of Wright Field's World War II expansion. At this time ti housed the newly formed Flight Test Division, and also Wright F... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Test Laboratory, Between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structura...

Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-4, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-4... More

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aiken County, SC

Physics Assembly Laboratory, Area A/M, Savannah River Site, Aiken, Aik...

Significance: The Physics Assembly Laboratory, a testing facility at the Savannah River Plant that housed a zero power reactor known as the Process Development Pile, is significant for its role in establishing ... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 26, Supersonic Test Laboratory, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 26, Supersonic Test ...

Significance: Building 26, the Super Sonic Test Laboratory, was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. Throughout its history it has housed the latest equipment capable of simulating subsonic, tra... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Materials Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Materials Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, D...

Significance: Building 120 appears to have been used as a materials test lab and compatibility testing facility. The structure was believed to be built about 1960, as part of the Apollo missions. There is som... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 31, Aircraft Assembly Hangar, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 31, Aircraft Ass...

Significance: From 1927 through World War II, this laboratory was responsible for assembling and testing all prototype aircraft submitted to the Army Air Corps, a vital component of Wright Field's commitment to... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, CaptiveTest Stand D-3, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, CaptiveTest St...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-3... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Industrial X-Ray Building, Off Sixth Street, adjacent to and south of Facility No. 11, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Industrial X-Ray Building, Off Sixth St...

Significance: It is a contributing resource to the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark and a unique facility introducing new technology for examination of shipyard materials. It is a distinctive building ty... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...

Significance: Building 123 was constructed during World War II and at one time was used as a Pyrotechnic Test Lab to test and store missiles and bombs in World War II. Survey number: HAER CA-310-K Building/st... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...

Significance: Building 123 was constructed during World War II and at one time was used as a Pyrotechnic Test Lab to test and store missiles and bombs in World War II. Survey number: HAER CA-310-K Building/st... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Building, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Buil...

Significance: Building 821 was the first radar test facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It has been the site of a great deal of important radar research. Survey number: HAER OH-79-AA Building/struct... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Building, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Buil...

Significance: Building 821 was the first radar test facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It has been the site of a great deal of important radar research. Survey number: HAER OH-79-AA Building/struct... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More

Marshall Space Flight Center, F-1 Engine Static Test Stand, On Route 565 between Huntsville and Decatur, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Marshall Space Flight Center, F-1 Engine Static Test Stand, On Route 5...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a vintage city plan, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 32, Original Wright Field Shops, Fourth Street, from D to E Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 32, Original Wright ...

Significance: This structure was the original site of the Wright Field engineering shops, supporting the vital research being conducted in Building 31. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...

Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller Test Complex, Seventh Street, from E to G Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller T...

Significance: This concrete acoustical structure was built during World War II to surround an outdoor propeller test area and craneway. The unique concrete tube construction was a response to the need to muffl... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller Test Complex, Seventh Street, from E to G Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller T...

Significance: This concrete acoustical structure was built during World War II to surround an outdoor propeller test area and craneway. The unique concrete tube construction was a response to the need to muffl... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller Test Complex, Seventh Street, from E to G Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building No. 20A, Propeller T...

Significance: This concrete acoustical structure was built during World War II to surround an outdoor propeller test area and craneway. The unique concrete tube construction was a response to the need to muffl... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road, 2 miles south of I-20, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 8, Operations & Flight Test Building, Northeast corner of Tenth & C Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 8, Operations & Flig...

Significance: Building 8, the Operations and Flight Test Building, was an integral part of Wright Field's World War II expansion. At this time ti housed the newly formed Flight Test Division, and also Wright F... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Test Laboratory, Between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structura...

Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Test Laboratory, Between Eleventh & Twelfth Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 65, Static Structura...

Significance: The imposing Static Test Laboratory was built during Wright Field's World War II expansion. It replaced Static Test Laboratory No. 1, which was too small for testing new, larger aircraft, and had... More

Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Building No. 500, Adelphi, Prince George's County, MD

Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Buil...

Significance: The Aurora Pulsed Radiation Simulator was the first gamma radiation simulator of its size and capacity built in the world. The simulator achieved a new plateau of nuclear effects simulation, able... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test Stand D-4, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Captive Test S...

Significance: By providing a facility where the Titan I and Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles could be "flown on the ground" under controlled conditions prior to actual launch, Captive Test Stand D-4... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Engine Test Building, Southeast of Wasp Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Engine Test Building, Southeast of Wasp...

Significance: This building is a distinctive type and period of construction, designed as a facility to test plane engines. It is associated with the history of Ford Island as a Naval Air Station, from the end... More

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Area, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-20/59, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, Pipe Casting & Testing Are...

Survey number: HAER AL-32-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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