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GENERAL AERIAL VIEW OF MORRIS DAM TEST FACILITIES LOOKING EAST, Date unknown, circa 1960's. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA
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Lindvall, F C
Jennison, J H
U.S. Department of the Navy, Owner
Maul, David, transmitter
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GENERAL AERIAL VIEW OF MORRIS DAM TEST FACILITIES LOOKING EAST, Date unknown, circa 1960's. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA
Description

Aerial view of Morris Reservoir and the Variable Angle Launcher Complex — former U.S. Navy missile test facilities in the San Gabriel Mountains, within Los Angeles County, California.

Depicted place California; Los Angeles County; Azusa
Date circa 1960
date QS:P571,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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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,19-AZUSA.V,1-6
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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: Morris Dam Test Facility (MDTF) was built at the Morris Dam Reservoir for the purpose of obtaining basic hydrodynamic data for use in design and development of Naval Ordinance, particularly air-to-water projectiles.
  • The Variable-Angle Launcher (VAL) and its predecessor, the Fixed-Angle Launder (FAL) were a consolidated effort between the scientific and military research and development communities. The VAL was the only structure in the nation where full scale, air launched projectiles could be tested at high velocities and variable entry angles into a body of water.  :*MDTF served as a valuable resource during WWII and the Cold War era, spanning over 50 years.
  • This is a unique complex where the setting has been unaltered by major modern development. The design is unique and all of its material is original. The components exhibit high quality, professional workmanship typical of contemporary naval military facilities. The facility has retained its overall feeling and appearance from the Cold War Era maintaining a strong sense of time and place.
  • Survey number: HAER CA-169
  • Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Morris Dam Test Facility (MDTF) construction; 1946−1948 Variable-Angle Launcher (VAL) construction.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca2094.photos.182192p
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Camera location34° 08′ 01″ N, 117° 54′ 24.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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