Harry Diamond Laboratories Cultural Resource Management Plan including Adelphi Laboratory Center, Blossom Point Field Test Facility, and Woodbridge Research Facility

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Author(s): KFS Historic Preservation Group

Editor(s): Jay F. Custer

Year: 1991

Summary

Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL) is the largest laboratory in the US Army Laboratory Command (LABCOM), which is a major subordinate command of the US Army Materiel Command (AMC). HDL serves as the lead facility for the study of fluidics, nuclear-effects technology research, and the development of electronic fuzing for projectiles and missiles. The Adelphi Laboratory Center, comprising 136.68 acres, is located in Adelphi, Maryland, a northeast suburb of Washington, DC. Adelphi serves as the administrative headquarters of HDL as well as the headquarters for LABCOM. Among the three facilities, Adelphi serves as the principal developer of electronic fuzing for projectiles and missiles. The Woodbridge Research Facility (WRF) is located 25 miles southwest of Washington, DC, on 578.85 acres in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. WRF's main responsibility is to conduct research on the effects of nuclear weapon-generated electro-magnetic pulse (EMP). The Blossom Point Field Test Facility is located approximately 50 miles south of Washington, DC, on Cedar Neck Point, Charles County, Maryland. The installation occupies approximately 1600 acres, or 2.5 square miles. Activities at Blossom Point include testing fuzes, explosive and pyrotechnic devices, and electronic telemetry systems.

This document is designed to be of use to multiple audiences who are concerned with the management or preservation of the cultural resources contained within the limits of Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL). These audiences include the US Army Laboratory Command (LABCOM), HDL staff, State and Federal cultural resource managers, professional archeologists, and the general public.

Cite this Record

Harry Diamond Laboratories Cultural Resource Management Plan including Adelphi Laboratory Center, Blossom Point Field Test Facility, and Woodbridge Research Facility. KFS Historic Preservation Group, Jay F. Custer. 1991 ( tDAR id: 438892) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8438892

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Early Archaic • Early Woodland • Late Archaic • Late Woodland • Middle Archaic • Middle Woodland • Woodland

Material
Chipped Stone • Shell

Site Name
18CH155 • 18CH156 • 18CH157 • 18CH158 • 18CH159 • 18CH160 • 18CH161 • 18CH162 • 18CH163 • 18CH213 • 18CH214 • 18CH215 • 18CH216 • 18CH217 • 18CH218 • 18CH219 • 18CH220 • 18CH221 • 18CH222 • 18CH223 • 18CH224 • 18CH225 • 18CH226 • 18CH227 • 18CH228

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Farm House • House • Midden • Shell Midden • Well

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Adelphi, MD • Maryland (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -79.514; min lat: 38.565 ; max long: -76.349; max lat: 39.749 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District

Sponsor(s): US Army Laboratory Command

Repository(s): Adelphi Laboratory

Prepared By(s): KFS Historic Preservation Group

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Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District