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Item Title
BWPhotos 214371
Location200 yards east of County Road,
Blackhawk vicinity, SD
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS SD-21-Y
Building/structure dates:
1953 initial construction
Significance: The Transmitter Standby Building (Building No. 11002) was built to house radio-based aircraft navigation and communication equipment. It also housed a diesel-powered generator intended to provide an auxiliary electrical power source for adjacent Building No. 11000.
Subjects
Electric UtilitiesCold WarGenerator Houses
Related Names
U.S. Air Force
Groethe, Bill, Photographer
Rosby, Wayne, Historian
Geiger, Lee, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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