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| 1st Entrance Gate to
Atlas Missile Silo Site # 5 - Oplin, Texas Note: This is a Private Gate and did not exist during the Air Force Years |
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| Zoom View of Entrance Road to Atlas Missile Silo Site # 5 - Oplin, Texas |
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| Original Main Entrance Gate to Atlas Missile Silo Site # 5 - Oplin, Texas |
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| View from just inside Original Main Entrance Gate |
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| Bruce Townsley, Current Owner of Atlas Missle Silo - Site # 5 - Oplin, Texas |
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| View of Silo Cap covering 50 foot diameter by 185 foot deep underground silo |
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| Entrance Stairs to
underground Launch Control Center and Silo Sloping Roof in Foreground covers Original LCC Escape Hatch - Note: A/C unit at intake Pipe to LCC |
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| First Set of Blast Doors at Bottom of Entrance Stairs to Launch Control Center |
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| Drawings showing layout of Launch Control Center and Silo |
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| Bruce Townsley, at the Entrance to the Stairwell Vestibule going to Launch Control Center |
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| Stairwell into Launch Control Center |
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| Entrance to Living
Quarters of Launch Control Center AND YES! Bruce ask you to remove your shoes to keep the carpet clean - I gladly did so |
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| Bruce's revamped Kitchen Area located on the Living Quarters Floor of the Launch Control Center |
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| Bruce's revamped Bed Room Area located on the Living Quarters Floor of the Launch Control Center |
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| The Launch Console or 1st Floor area of the Launch Control Center - Currently being Remodeled |
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| Entrance to Tunnel from Launch Control Center with Tunnel Blast Door Closed |
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| Tunnel - Looking back towards Launch Control Center |
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| Tunnel - Looking back towards Launch Control Center |
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| Tunnel and Two Blast Doors from just inside the Silo on Level 2 |
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| Silo Level 2 - Were Air Handler for Heat/Ventilations and Air Conditioning Systems was located |
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| Silo Level 2 - Looking
inside Missile Enclosure and down towards Level 3 in Southeastern
direction Note: Spiral Stairway and Handrail on Left |
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| Silo Level 2 -
Northeast Quad in area were Launch Platform Counter Weights traveled
Note: Crib Suspension Mounting Bracket on East Wall |
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| Silo Level 2 - Southwest Quad showing Confetti from illegal entry during era silos were vacated |
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| Silo Level 2 - Crib Suspension Mounting Bracket - East Wall |
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| Silo Level 2 - Looking inside Missile Enclosure and up at Level 1 Elevator Doors |
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| Silo Level 2
- Looking across Missile Enclosure towards Southeast quad
Note Spiral Stairway and Hand Rail |
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| Silo Level 2 - Looking down inside Missile Enclosure and towards Northwest Corner |
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| Silo Level 2
- Looking out through the Silo Door - Chain Link Fence is
stretched across opening for safety Note: Missing Bracket for connecting Hydraulic Cylinder to Door |
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| After Many years the Silo sees daylight once again, Thanks Bruce |
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| Bruce and his Newly Cast Bracket for mounting the Hydraulic Cylinder to the Silo Door |
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| The Silo is kept dry by pumping the water out with the discharge hose running through the Collimater Tube |
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| Office Quonset used by General Dynamic Astronautics during Installation & Checkout of the Atlas - 1962 |
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| Top Side View looking towards North West - Atlas Missile Silo Site # 5 |
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| Top Side View looking towards South West and Entrance Gate to Atlas Missile Silo Site # 5 |
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| Highway Sign Authorized by the State of Texas on the Highway to Lawn and Oplin Sites |
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