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Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National Forest, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA
LocationLos Angeles National Forest,
Sylmar vicinity, CA
Find maps of Sylmar, CA
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-56
Building/structure dates:
1956 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1958 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1961 subsequent work
Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrative, and battery control facilities are located within a single line-of-site. This is also an unusual feature nationwide, because the battery control facilities were generally located in an area remote from other facilities. As a result, Los Pinetos presents a powerful visual representation of an operative Nike site within a single line-of-site. Los Pinetos, along with Mt. Gleason, experienced the full range of the Nike development, including conversion from conventional Ajax to the nuclear capable Hercules missile.
Related Names
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING DETAILS OF RADAR SITE IN FOREGROUND Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
2. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING RADAR SITE IN UPPER LEFT, BARRACKS IN MIDDLE, AND LAUNCH AREA IN LOWER PORTION OF PHOTO Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
3. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH, SHOWING DETAIL OF LAUNCH AREA IN FOREFRONT Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
4. VIEW FROM RADAR SITE, LOOKING EAST, SHOWING BARRACKS ON LEFT, LAUNCH ON RIGHT Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
5. VIEW OF MISSILE ASSEMBLY CALLED 'FIRE HOUSE,' LOOKING NORTH, LOCATED NEAR GATE AT ENTRANCE TO LAUNCH AREA Marilyn Ziemer, photographer, April 1988
6. VIEW SHOWING GUARD HOUSE, STORAGE, AND TWO LAUNCH PAD UNITS, LOOKING NORTH Marilyn Ziemer, photographer, April 1988
7. VIEW SHOWING STORAGE BUILDING/GUARD HOUSE AT LAUNCH AREA, LOOKING WEST Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
8. VIEW SHOWING STORAGE BUILDING ACROSS FROM LAUNCH PAD, WITH A SIDE VIEW OF AIR VENT Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
9. VIEW OF GUARD HOUSE AT LAUNCH PAD, LOOKING NORTH Marilyn Ziemer, photographer, April 1988
10. VIEW OF SILO DOORS, AIR VENTS, AND ESCAPE HATCH, LOOKING EAST. WHITE STRUCTURES BELONG TO CURRENT OCCUPANTS Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
11. VIEW SHOWING CLOSED DOORS WITH EXPOSED COUNTERWEIGHTS, LOOKING WEST Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
12. VIEW OF HYDRAULIC PUMP INSIDE SILO. ACTUATING ARMS FOR DOORS EXPOSED Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
13. VIEW LOOKING INSIDE SILO, SHOWING ELEVATOR (ON LEFT) AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
14. VIEW OF DOG KENNELS, LOOKING EAST Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
15. VIEW SHOWING FRONT OF MESS HALL, LOOKING NORTH. STORE WORK WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED Marilyn Ziemer, photographer, April 1988
16. VIEW OF OFFICE/CLASSROOM AND DORMITORY, LOOKING EAST Everett Weinreb, photographer, March 1988
17. VIEW SHOWING FRONT OF DORMITORY-DOOR, LOOKING EAST Marilyn Ziemer, photographer, April 1988
18. PANORAMIC VIEW OF RADAR SITE, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING NORTH-WEST HELIPAD AT UPPER LEFT AND CIRCLE BUILDING PAD Everett Weinreb, photographer, March 1988
19. PANORAMIC VIEW OF RADAR SITE, CONTROL ROOM, AND HELIPORT, LOOKING WEST-SOUTHWEST Everett Weinreb, photographer, March 1988
20. VIEW OF RADAR SITE, LOOKING NORTH Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
21. VIEW OF RADAR TOWER PLATFORM, LOOKING SOUTH Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
22. VIEW SHOWING BASE OF RADAR TOWER PLATFORM, LOOKING EAST Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
23. VIEW SHOWING BROWN CONCRETE BLOCK STRUCTURES AND SOUTHERN EDGE OF RADAR SITE Everett Weinreb, photographer, March 1988
24. VIEW SHOWING CIRCLE CONCRETE PAD AT RADAR SITE, LOOKING SOUTH Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
25. VIEW OF HELIPAD WITH STEEL MESH AT RADAR SITE, LOOKING NORTH Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
26. CLOSE-UP VIEW OF HELIPAD, LOOKING NORTH Everett Weinreb, photographer, April 1988
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