Nike Missile Control Site, PI - 52

USA / Pennsylvania / Gastonville /
 military, Cold War 1947-1991, nikemissile
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This was a Nike Missile Control Site. The launcher site is directly south of here. For more information see www.forgottenpittsburgh.com or www.ed-thelen.org/loc.html
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Coordinates:   40°16'33"N   80°0'59"W

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  • I drove past these sites many times as a kid and young man never knowing the Nike Sites were so close. While attending Thomas Jefferson High School in Jefferson I was told many times that the sites were just south of the school. I looked for it many times from the southern windows on the second floor thinking it was just past the adjacent hill. History has a strange way of being a part of your life sometimes without knowing!
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