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The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) is a planning document used to manage an installation's cultural resources management program. The document identifies cultural resource activities such as surveys and building inventories, that have taken place on an installation. It also identifies and describes historic resources within installation boundaries, identifies Native American groups affiliated with an installation, and provides a plan for staying in compliance with...
Final Historic Building and Evaluation of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) System (1999)
This report presents the results of an inventory and evaluation of Cold War-era buildings and structures at eight Distant Early Warning (DEW) installations. These eight installations represent the original, experimental Alaska Segment of DEW installations that provided the first comprehensive, defensive working system for possible attacks aimed at the North American continent (Thompson 1986) during the period of 1953 through 1969. The eight installations and their function within he system...
Final Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation for Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) Sites (1998)
This report presents the results of an inventory and evaluation of Cold War-era buildings and structures at ten Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) sites. The report includes the project scope, methodological approach of inventory and evaluation of sites, historic context related to the role of radar installations in Alaska, an inventory and evaluation of historic sites at AC&W and sites eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Final Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation of King Salmon Airport, Alaska (1999)
This report presents the results of an inventory and evaluation of buildings and structures at King Salmon Airport, Alaska. During the Cold War (1946-1989), King Salmon Air Force Station (AFS) supported the air intercept defense mission of the Alaskan Air Command (AAC). Seventy-one buildings and structures at King Salmon Airport were inventoried and evaluated for potential inclusion in the National Register. The 611th Air Support Group has determined that the forward operating bases in Alaska...
Final Natural and Cultural Resources Reports of Survey Stage I Site Inspection for Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants Sites Wake Island Airfield Wake Atoll (2001)
This document includes Natural and Cultural Resources Reports of Surveys of Stage I Site Inspection for Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants. The activities discussed in this report support the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) of the 15th Civil Engineer Squadron/Environmental Restoration Element (15 CES/CEVR) for work performed on Wake Island Airfield.
Final Report for Interpretive Prospectus for Wake Island Airfield (1997)
This prospectus for a historical interpretive program at Wake Island Airfield (Wake) was prepared under the Legacy Resource Management Program to help the United States Air Force (USAF) continue its compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The prospectus is part of a comprehensive USAF effort to document and manage cultural resources at Wake, a National Historic Landmark. With few exceptions, all historic features addressed in this prospectus relate to the World War...
Final Report: Archaeological Pedestrian Survey of Mt. Ka'ala and Koke'e LRRSs, Hawaii (2017)
An archaeological pedestrian survey was conducted at Mt. Ka‘ala Long Range Radar Station (LRRS) on July 12, 2016 and at Kōke‘e LRRS, Hawai‘i on July 14 and 15, 2016. The perimeters of the compounds were inspected, but most attention was on the leased properties outside the fence at both radar stations. No cultural properties were identified outside the fence line at either LRRS, and the only properties noted within each compound were those already described in the 2008 draft ICRMP. ...
Final Summary and Assessment of Peale Island Historic Resources (2015)
This report presents the results of the assessment of historic resources on Peale Island.
Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America (1994)
This volume is a collection of chapters which presents data on Paleoindian subsistence from excavated faunal remains and preserved floral remains.
Fort Richardson Cold War-Era Structures, United States Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2015)
This report provides an inventory and analysis of structures built or in use at Fort Richardson during the Cold War (1946–1991). It finds that the structures remaining from Cold War-era Fort Richardson, although they played some role in the defense of America, are nonetheless standard base operations structures of the type found on military bases throughout the United States and that they do not have a specific and historically important association with Cold War-era Alaska; thus, they are not...
Galena Air Force Station Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation (1998)
This report primarily focuses on evaluating the buildings at Galena Air Force Station.
Grain Size Analysis of Archaeological Soil Samples from Shemya Island (2006)
This report presents the results of a sieve analyses of 43 soil samples collected from archeological and borrow sources on Shemya Island, and interpret the results. The objective was to determine if grain size analysis can discriminate between disturbed and in situ archeological soils, and whether samples of midden soils display distinctive grain size distributions.
Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Cobra Dane Upgrade (CDU) Eareckson Air Station (EAS) - Shemya, Alaska (2003)
This document includes contract design elements for the upgrade of the COBRA DANE facility to support the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense (GMD) System. The COBRA DANE radar is located on the island of Shemya, Alaska. The facility is a 68,000SF, 100-foot tall, structure comprised of a single face phased array radar. The facility supports the COBRA DANE radar with prime power, electronic equipment cooling as well as temperature and humidity control. The objective of this project is to upgrade the...
Historic American Building Survey Barter Island Long Range Radar Site Building Train "A" (2021)
This document includes a historic context and an architectural overview of Barter Island Long Range Radar Site Building Train "A." Barter Island LRRS was one of the original Alaska Distant Early Warning (DEW) Stations. The purpose of the DEW line was to constantly monitor for possible enemy aircraft and ballistic missile threats during the Cold War era. Building train “A” is representative of the modular DEW Line construction technique.
Historic American Building Survey Point Lay Long Range Radar Site (2021)
This document includes a historic context and an architectural overview of Point Lay Long Range Radar Site (LRRS). Point Lay LRRS was one of the original Alaska Distant Early Warning (DEW) Stations. The purpose of the DEW line was to constantly monitor for possible enemy aircraft and ballistic missile threats during the Cold War era. Point Lay is representative of the typical modular DEW Line construction technique.
Historic American Buildings Survey Oliktok Long Range Radar Site (2021)
This document includes a historic context and an architectural overview of Oliktok Long Range Radar Site. Oliktok LRRS was one of the original Alaska Distant Early Warning (DEW) Stations. The purpose of the DEW line was to constantly monitor for possible enemy aircraft and ballistic missile threats during the Cold War era. Point Lay is representative of the typical modular DEW Line construction technique.
Historic American Landscape Survey, Wake Island: Photographs, Written Historical and Descriptive Data (2010)
Written historical and descriptive data of photographs taken at the Wake Island National Historic Landmark.
Historic American Landscapes Survey Level II, Nike Hercules Missile Battery: Site Summit (ANC-00789; HALS AK-9), United States Air Force Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska (2015)
The Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Anchorage, Alaska, recording project was performed under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson under the direction of the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The historical reports and photographs were prepared by Jacobs Engineering Group. Robert Lane served as historian and Katherine Martin served as architect. This document includes the...
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation for Selected Buildings: Eareckson Air Station, Alaska (2007)
This report presents the results of an historic building inventory at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, focusing on WWII and Cold War buildings. This report discusses recommendations for buildings eligible for the National Register. The report is divided into two sections. The first section provides the historic context for Shemya Island, Eareckson Air Station. The second section is the inventory and evaluation of the individual buildings.
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation for Selected Buildings: Eareckson Air Station, Alaska Shelia A. McCarthy (2007): Updated Historic Context for Hangar Two (Building Number 502) (2007)
An updated historic context of Hangar 2 (Building 502) from the report Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation for Selected Buildings: Eareckson Air Station, Alaska.
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation: Alaska Radar System (ARS) Late Cold War Facilities (2014)
The Alaska Radar System (ARS), which currently consists of 15 active Long Range Radar Sites (LRRS) throughout Alaska, is an essential component of North America’s air defense. It provides air space surveillance, early warning against attack, intercept control, and navigational assistance to both military and civilian aircraft. It is administered by the Eleventh Air Force, through the 611th Air Support Group (611 ASG) headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) in Anchorage, Alaska....
Historic Context and Evaluation for the Long Range Aid to Navigation-A Station on Wake Atoll (Peale Island) 1951-1977, United States Air Force PACAF Regional Support Center (PRSC) (2019)
The purpose of this report is to provide historic context on a Long-Range Aid to Navigation (LORAN) system that operated in the Pacific theatre after World War II, and also to provide a historic context and evaluate the remaining elements of the LORAN station on Wake Atoll. To evaluate the historic significance of a property, the historic context of the property must be established.
Historic Context: 20th Century Military Training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Draft Report (2017)
This work provides an historic context for military training activities at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), written to satisfy a part of National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (Public Law 89-665; 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.) Section 106 and 110 responsibilities under Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Contract No. W911KB-11-D-0001, Task Order 0017. Contained herein is an overview of World War II, Cold War, and late 20th to early 21st Century training activities for the U.S. Army,...
Historic Overview and Inventory: White Alice Communications System (1988)
In this report, the White Alice Communications System (WACS) is discussed in terms of its historic significance along with its origin, function , and demise. Brief individual descriptions, representative as-built drawings and photographs are included, as well as a map of the system. A glossary and bibliography are also included. Additionally, this report summarizes the Section 106 review investigation concerning the eligibility of the White Alice System to the National Register of Historic...
Historic Preservation Plan for Wake Island Airfield Wake Island (1996)
This Historic Preservation Plan (HPP) defines a program to integrate historic preservation planning with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) mission at Wake Island Airfield, consistent with the leadership. role of the Department of the Air Force in the preservation of the historic resources of the United States.