FIRST Missile Site East of the Mississippi
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Vermontish
N 44° 59.170 W 073° 17.761
18T E 634332 N 4982826
A reminder of the Cold War
Waymark Code: WM68TT
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2009
Views: 21
Marker Text:
MISSILE SITE
First intercontinental ballistic missile site
east of the Mississippi River.
Built 1960-1962 by the U.S. Air Force.
The marker, placed by the New York-Vermont Interstate Commission, is on the property of a Vermont Welcome Center; the actual site, which is now the Alburgh Town Highway Garage, is roughly 600 yards beyond the sign at the end of Missile Base Road.
This facility held an Atlas F and was manned by the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron under the 380th Strategic Air Wing, stationed at nearby Plattsburgh Air Force Base, which itself is no longer operational.
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