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DOCUMENT Full-Text Marie Cottrell.

This document is a Memorandum for Record regarding a request made by the United States Air Force for a cultural-historical resources assessment at the Pillar Point Air Force Station. The purpose of the assessment was to determine whether the proposed erosion control project would involve cultural or historic properties. The Pillar Point Erosion Control Project, falling under the purveiw of Vandenberg Air Force Base, proposes to realign an existing road, construct a section of new road, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chantal Cagle.

This document is a Section 106 National Register of Historic Places evaluation of the Pillar Point Air Force Station. The process of evaluation of the facility for eligibility for the NRHP included an analysis of the facility's significance and integrity. Significance was assessed by creating a historic context about the Cold War, the radar, telemetry and command destruct systems of the Western Range, and the Pillar Point station's instrumentation systems themselves within which to evaluate the...