Sagamore Hill Antenna Complex (Site Name Keyword)

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Archaeological Sites Record Notebook for Hanscom Air Force Base, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timelines, Inc..

Since 1993 eight archaeological surveys have been conducted within Hanscom Air Force Base (HAFB). As a result of those surveys two prehistoric and two historic period sites have been identified. This report is a summary of the investigations and findings for these archaeological surveys conducted within Hanscom Air Force Base.


Phase 1 Archaeological Survey, Sagamore Hill Antenna Complex, Hamilton, MA and Eagle Hill Antenna Facility, Ipswich, MA (Incomplete) (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sean Fitzell. Susan Hathaway. Cynthia Auman.

This report gives a brief history of Hanscom Air Force Base including Ipswich Antenna Station and Sagamore Hill Antenna Complex. Hanscom AFB began as an auxiliary airport for Boston in mid-1941, and was utilized by the U.S. Army throughout World War II (Weitze 2001). Two organizations were conducting electronics research for the Army at the time: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Radiation Laboratory, and Harvard’s Radio Research Laboratory (Hanscom AFB nd). With the end of the war,...