Managing Cold War historic structures: Mitigating impacts to a satellite-tracking antenna at New Boston Air Force Station, New Hampshire
✍ Scribed by O'Rourke, Daniel J.; Najjar, Stephen J.; Elliott, Joseph E. B.
- Book ID
- 102204603
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1048-4078
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
It is the responsibility of all federal facilities to be the caretakers of any historic properties under their jurisdiction. When a significant historic structure will be adversely affected by a federal project, that impact must be mitigated. Such mitigation is generally achieved through documentation of the structure so that a written and visual record of the existing structure is saved for posterity. Argonne National Laboratory personnel recently documented a historically significant Cold War‐era satellite‐tracking antenna for the New Boston Air Force Station in New Hampshire. This antenna was slated for demolition. The procedure followed for identification of the property, the planning of the demolition, and the development of the documentation provides an example of how management of historic properties can be addressed without interfering with the mission activities. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.