Historic American Building Survey Barter Island Long Range Radar Site Building Train "A"

This document includes a historic context and an architectural overview of Barter Island Long Range Radar Site Building Train "A." Barter Island LRRS was one of the original Alaska Distant Early Warning (DEW) Stations. The purpose of the DEW line was to constantly monitor for possible enem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: 611th Civil Engineer Squadron
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 611th Air Support Group, United States Air Force 2021
Subjects:
Alaska State / Territory
Building A
Barter Island LRRS
Barter Island Long Range Radar Site
611th
Pacific Air Forces
611th Air Support Group
11th Air Force
611th Civil Engineer Squadron
LRRS
United States Air Force
Historic Background Research
Architectural Survey
Records Search / Inventory Checking
Pacific
Barter Island
Alaska
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48512/xcv8459066
https://core.tdar.org/document/459066/historic-american-building-survey-barter-island-long-range-radar-site-building-train-a
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Summary:This document includes a historic context and an architectural overview of Barter Island Long Range Radar Site Building Train "A." Barter Island LRRS was one of the original Alaska Distant Early Warning (DEW) Stations. The purpose of the DEW line was to constantly monitor for possible enemy aircraft and ballistic missile threats during the Cold War era. Building train “A” is representative of the modular DEW Line construction technique.

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