Ka'ena Point SCR-271A Radar Station | Second World War 1939-1945, historic ruins, early warning radar

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 Second World War 1939-1945, historic ruins, early warning radar
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Built in October 1942 to replace the temporary SCR-268 radar set. The SCR-271A antenna rig was permanently mounted on a 100-foot steel latticed tower mounted on concrete piers, and the operations equipment and emergency generators were housed in a 100-foot tunnel dug into the hillside accessed by a 50-foot tunnel. The pyramid-roofed structure next to the tower foundations served as both ventilation shaft and communication cable conduit.

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dlnr.hawaii.gov/ecosystems/files/2013/09/Kaena_Draft_EA...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCR-270_radar
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Coordinates:   21°34'23"N   158°16'21"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago