File:Credit USAF, ca. 1952. Original housed in the Photograph Files, AFFTC-HO, Edwards AFB, California. Oblique low-level aerial view of North Base looking northeast. Based on HAER CAL,15-BORON.V,2-8.tif

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Grogan, Brian, photographer
Rittermann, Philipp S, photographer
Hudlow, Scott M, historian
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Credit USAF, ca. 1952. Original housed in the Photograph Files, AFFTC-HO, Edwards AFB, California. Oblique low-level aerial view of North Base looking northeast. Based on positions and types of aircraft and automobiles, this photo taken same day as HAER photo CA-170-7. Most temporary structures in this view have been demolished with the exception of the hangars. The concrete foundations remain of many structures, while no trace was found of others. - Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, North Base Road, Boron, Kern County, CA
Depicted place California; Kern County; Boron
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER CAL,15-BORON.V,2-8
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: North Base originated as a remote, secret facility to test the United States' first jet-propelled military aircraft, the Bell XP-59A Airacomet. During World War II, facilities grew to accommodate more than 400 personnel and four active hangars. After the war, North Base remained a test facility which supported the testing and development of advanced aircraft. Such planes as the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, XP-80 Shooting Star, North American F-86 Sabre, North American Aviation XB-45 Tornado, Douglas XB-43 Versatile II, Convair XB-46, North American Aviation F-100 Super Sabre, McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Lockheed XFV-1 Pogo, Lockheed U-2, and many others.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N709
  • Survey number: HAER CA-170
  • Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1943-1945 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1947 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1953 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1967-1970 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca2142.photos.384016p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location34° 59′ 57.98″ N, 117° 38′ 56″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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