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Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Camera Car & Track, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA
LocationCA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-169-D
Building/structure dates:
1948 initial construction
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VARIABLE-ANGLE LAUNCHER CAMERA CAR, VIEW OF CAMERA CAR AND TRACK WITH CAMERA STATION ABOVE LOOKING NORTH TAKEN FROM RESERVOIR.
2. VAL CAMERA CAR, VIEW OF CAMERA CAR AND TRACK WITH CAMERA STATION ABOVE LOOKING WEST TAKEN FROM RESERVOIR.
3. VAL CAMERA CAR, VIEW OF CAMERA CAR AND TRACK WITH THE VAL TO THE RIGHT, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
4. VAL CAMERA CAR, VIEW OF CAMERA CAR AND TRACK LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
5. VAL CAMERA CAR, DETAIL OF HOIST AT SIDE OF BRIDGE AND ENGINE CAR ON TRACKS, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
6. VAL CAMERA CAR, DETAIL OF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT INSIDE CAMERA CAR WITH CAMERA MOUNT IN FOREGROUND.
7. VAL CAMERA CAR, DETAIL OF 'FLARE' OR TRAJECTORY CAMERA INSIDE CAMERA CAR.
8. VAL CAMERA CAR, CLOSE-UP VIEW OF 'FLARE' OR TRAJECTORY CAMERA ON SLIDING MOUNT.
9. COMPLETED ROLLING CAMERA CAR ON RAILROAD TRACK AND BRIDGE LOOKING WEST, APRIL 26, 1948. (ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH IN POSSESSION OF DAVE WILLIS, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.)
10. 22'X34' original blueprint, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'SIDE VIEW CAMERA CAR-STEEL FRAME AND AXLES' drawn at 1/2'=1'-0'. (BOURD Sketch # 209124).
11. 22'X34' original blueprint, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'SIDE VIEW CAMERA WOOD FRAME SUPERSTRUCTURE' drawn at 1/2'=1'-0'. (BOURD Sketch # 209125).
12. 22'X34' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'SIDE VIEW CAMERA TRACK H-20 BRIDGE MODIFICATIONS' drawn at 3/16'=1'-0' and 1/2'1'-0'. (BUORD Sketch # 208784, PAPW 907).
13. 22'X34' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'SIDEVIEW CAMERA CAR TRACK DETAILS' drawn at 1/4'=1'-0' (BUORD Sketch # 208078, PAPW 908).
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