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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 71, Power Plant Engine Test Torque Stands, Seventh Street between D & G Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 71, Power Plant Engi...

Significance: Building 71 is part of the Power Plant Laboratory Complex, the site of essential aircraft engine research and development, particularly during the 1930s and '40s. It was the location of Wright Fi... 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

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Artificer School, Twelfth Street west of Railroad Avenue, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Artificer School, Twelfth Street west of R...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 309, South of Hagner Road to west of Clay Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 309, South of Hagner Road to west of C...

Significance: Building 309 is associated with the continued growth of Frankford Arsenal, the United States Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition, during the twentieth century. Survey number: H... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

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

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

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

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Cold Flow Laboratory Building B, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Cold Flow Labo...

Significance: The Titan propulsion system utilized a number of cryogenic gases and highly corrosive chemical compounds that could quickly destroy improperly designed valves, seals, filters, pumps and other part... More

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Cold Flow Laboratory Building B, Waterton Canyon Road & Colorado Highway 121, Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO

Glenn L. Martin Company, Titan Missile Test Facilities, Cold Flow Labo...

Significance: The Titan propulsion system utilized a number of cryogenic gases and highly corrosive chemical compounds that could quickly destroy improperly designed valves, seals, filters, pumps and other part... 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

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 309, South of Hagner Road to west of Clay Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 309, South of Hagner Road to west of C...

Significance: Building 309 is associated with the continued growth of Frankford Arsenal, the United States Army's principal manufacturer of small arms ammunition, during the twentieth century. Survey number: H... 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

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bounded by Clara Barton Parkway & McArthur Boulevard, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Bounded by Clara Barton Parkway & McArth...

Significance: Naval Surface War Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of military technology. The resources represent an i... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 305, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 305, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Building 305 is associated with the continued growth of Frankford Arsenal during the twentieth century. Survey number: HAER PA-74-AD Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

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

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

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 71, Power Plant Engine Test Torque Stands, Seventh Street between D & G Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 71, Power Plant Engi...

Significance: Building 71 is part of the Power Plant Laboratory Complex, the site of essential aircraft engine research and development, particularly during the 1930s and '40s. It was the location of Wright Fi... More

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

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Area 15, Yucca...

Significance: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Farm has been determined eligible to the National Register of Historic Places because of its association with historical and scientific events of exceptio... 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Building Nos. 13-17, 11601 Old Pond Road, Glenn Dale, Prince George's County, MD

U.S. Plant Introduction Station, Building Nos. 13-17, 11601 Old Pond R...

Survey number: HAER MD-122-E Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1959 Subsequent Work

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 316, Northwest corner Eakin Street & Treadwell Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 316, Northwest corner Eakin Street & T...

Significance: Constructed as an artillery range, Building 316 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, as the U.S. Army's principal supplier of ammunition during the United States' ent... 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

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

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, 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

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 316, Northwest corner Eakin Street & Treadwell Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 316, Northwest corner Eakin Street & T...

Significance: Constructed as an artillery range, Building 316 is associated with the large-scale expansion of Frankford Arsenal, as the U.S. Army's principal supplier of ammunition during the United States' ent... 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 an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 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

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

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

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, Area 15, Yucca Flat, 10-2 Road near Circle Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Environmental Protection Agency Farm, Area 15, Yucca...

Significance: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Farm has been determined eligible to the National Register of Historic Places because of its association with historical and scientific events of exceptio... 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

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 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

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

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