Site of Texas Tower 2

USA / Massachusetts / Chatham /
 military, place with historical importance, radar station, Cold War 1947-1991, historical layer / disappeared object, United States Air Force
The Texas Towers were a set of off-shore radar facilities used by the United States Air Force during the Cold War that were modeled on the offshore oil drilling platforms first employed off the Texas coast. The platforms were used for radar surveillance of the Atlantic Ocean near the eastern seaboard of the United States from 1958 to 1963.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Tower
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Coordinates:   41°43'41"N   67°46'56"W

Comments

  • The sea depth in which it was built was a surprising 50-60 feet as it was in the shallower waters of George's Bank.
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