Nike Missile Base C-84 Photos 2 - Launch Area

The underground storage magazines and launcher-loader assemblies are where Nike missiles were stored and kept ready for launching at the Nike Missile Base C-84. These underground structures contained a room for storing the Nike missiles, an elevator to carry the missiles to the surface for firing. There were four launchers built on top of the underground magazines. These structures were built in 1956 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, most of which were designed by the firm of Leon Chatelian, Jr., of Washington, D.C. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, they were to be pre-fabricated structures, but were rather unsightly and did not contribute to troop morale and, therefore, were changed to modified emergency design.

MAGAZINE COMPLEX, O, P, AND Q. MAGAZINE P IN BACKGROUND, LOOKING NORTHEAST

MAGAZINE P, WITH ENTRANCE DOOR IN FOREGROUND, LOOKING NORTHEAST

MAGAZINE P STAIRWAY ENCLOSURE, LOOKING NORTHEAST

MAGAZINE P ESCAPE HATCH, LOOKING SOUTHEAST

MAGAZINE P LAUNCH PAD, LOOKING NORTHEAST

MAGAZINE P AIR VENT COVER, LOOKING SOUTHEAST

MAGAZINE P STAIRWAY INTO THE INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST

MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, LOOKING FROM DOORWAY

MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, LOOKING TO DOORWAY ENTRANCE

MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, ELEVATOR IN UP POSITION

MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM DETAIL

MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, ELEVATOR OPERATIONS BUTTON DETAIL

MAGAZINE P INTERIOR, EXIT TO ESCAPE HATCH

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