12 Apr
2001
12 Apr
'01
8:20 p.m.
If it's the one I'm thinking of it's an old
Atlas (pre Titan) silo up near
Plattsburgh New York. If it is the same one it's since been blasted due to
the dangerous conditions of both being in it and the possibility of cave-in
above. It should have been near the town of Saranac.
I actually found the website again! The URL was still in the
bookmarks on my laptop (which NEVER gets cleaned off). Sometimes I'm
thankful for being such a packrat and being able to go back and find
4 year old emails <g>. Anyway, he's moved the site but it's still
active at:
http://triggur.org/silo/
He doesn't give any clear indicators as to where it's
located, but here's the statistics he does list:
Missile type: Titan I
Missile count: 3
Missile speed: 18,000 MPH
Missile burns: 1 ton fuel/sec
Silo doors: 2x116 tons
Fuel storage: 26,000 gals/silo LOX
Active during: 1963-1965
Feet of tunnel: 2000
Feet of wire: 3 million
Miles of re-bar: 2400
Tons of concrete: 405,000
Tons of structural steel: 6,900
yards^3 of dirt displaced: 800,000
Water tanks: 2x30,000 gallons
Diesel tanks: 2x67,000 gallons
Generators: 4x1 megawatt
Capacity: 150 people/30 days
Total depth: 165 feet
All in all, I thought it was pretty interesting.
Jeff
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