File:NTS - Balloons Launch Site.jpg

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Nevada Test Site, Frenchman Flat.

This reinforced concrete structure was used to hoist nuclear devices attached to helium-filled balloons. The balloons were capable of lifting upwards of two-and- a-half tons to an altitude of 1,500 feet.
Source Nevada Test Site Guide, DOE/NV-715
Author Federal Government of the United States
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Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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