ARADCOM |
Detroit - Cleveland Defense Area |
Unit: | 7/56 - 9/58, Battery C, 351st USA 9/58 - 1/61, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 68th USA 1/61 - 1963, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 137th OHARNG |
Activation Date: | July 1956 |
De-activation Date: | 1963 |
IFC Area: | 4200 S. Marginal GPS: 41.52167, -81.66694 |
Launch Area: |
Burke Lakefront airport |
Radar(s): | LOPAR |
Missiles: | 30 Ajax |
Magazine(s): | 1 type B, 2 type C |
Launchers: | 12 Ajax |
Current Status: | The Launcher area was demolished and paved over to form runway
6L. According to the Airport staff, the pits were capped and buried before
being paved over. The IFC now belongs to the City of Cleveland Park Maintenance Department. The address is listed as 1155 E. 40th St. |
Comments: | Thanks to Tom Page of radomes.org for providing an Aerial photo that located the exact position of the IFC. |
CL-67 Launcher Area as it appeared in 2000
CL-67 IFC as it appeared in 2013.
The Launch area looking west. This photo was taken during construction of the site. Note the men standing in ranks next to the Assembly and Test building. Contributed by Dana Ryan and the Burke Lakefront Airport staff. 256k Click here for a super-sized photo - Warning - this photo is 4MB in size. |
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The Launch area looking east. This photo was taken during construction of the site. Note that the far left pit is still under construction.Contributed by Dana Ryan and the Burke Lakefront Airport staff. 274k Click here for a super-sized photo - Warning - this photo is 5.3MB in size. |
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View: northeast Contributed by Dana Ryan and the Burke Lakefront Airport
staff. |
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View: southwest Contributed by Dana Ryan and the Burke Lakefront Airport
staff. |
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View: southwest Contributed by Dana Ryan and the Burke Lakefront Airport
staff. |
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View: northeast Contributed by Dana Ryan and the Burke Lakefront Airport
staff. |
This page was last updated on
01/27/2013
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