"Guided Missile Test Tower with Redstone Missile, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama."
"This is the largest static firing test stand for rocket motors in the U.S., and possibly in the world. The huge Army facility, costing $12,000,000, towers 145 feet high - as tall as a 15-story building, and is built of reinforced concrete, with walls 48 inches thick. Static testing of a missil...
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures "Guided Missile Test Tower with Redstone Missile, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama." |
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures Buildings; Military facilities; Missiles; Redstone Arsenal (Ala.); Huntsville (Ala.); Madison County (Ala.) |
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"This is the largest static firing test stand for rocket motors in the U.S., and possibly in the world. The huge Army facility, costing $12,000,000, towers 145 feet high - as tall as a 15-story building, and is built of reinforced concrete, with walls 48 inches thick. Static testing of a missile consists in locking the missile into place on the stand and firing it. The missile does not 'take off', but as it strains against the mighty grip of the great tower its roaring engine can be studied for performance characteristics as if it were actually in flight." |
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Q0000057047Q57047"Guided Missile Test Tower with Redstone Missile, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.""This is the largest static firing test stand for rocket motors in the U.S., and possibly in the world. The huge Army facility, costing $12,000,000, towers 145 feet high - as tall as a 15-story building, and is built of reinforced concrete, with walls 48 inches thick. Static testing of a missile consists in locking the missile into place on the stand and firing it. The missile does not 'take off', but as it strains against the mighty grip of the great tower its roaring engine can be studied for performance characteristics as if it were actually in flight."1960-1969; 1970-1979Buildings; Military facilities; Missiles; Redstone Arsenal (Ala.); Huntsville (Ala.); Madison County (Ala.)Still imagePostcardsEvans, DeanDean Evans collection of Alabama imagesLPP88, Box 1, #1687v33642Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/19789 |
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