Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Well House, Menoher Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rushmore Air Force Station, Well House, Menoher Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

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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

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1933 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jackson, Christiana, transmitter
Eilbeck, Kevin, photographer
Slott, Roger, photographer
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
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Library of Congress
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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

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