Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Well House, Menoher Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD
Summary
Significance: The Well House No. 5 (Water Supply Building No. 88625), was built in the Cold War era in 1952 as part of the water distribution system for the newly constructed Rushmore Air Force Station, a federal storage and maintenance facility for nuclear weapons.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N743
Survey number: HABS SD-21-O
Building/structure dates: 1952 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jackson, Christiana, transmitter
Eilbeck, Kevin, photographer
Slott, Roger, photographer
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html