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Title: Abandoned Titan II missile silo site
Post by: f4_phantom_fan on November 27, 2009, 03:23:35 PM
I came across this old Titan II site last March when I was in Tucson for the Heritage Conference, but was unable to spend any time during the day, so during my trip last month, I made to sure to go out there and wander around the entire place taking pics...........fascinating!
Title: Re: Abandoned Titan II missile silo site
Post by: f4_phantom_fan on November 27, 2009, 03:28:15 PM
The main silo obviously is no longer accessible, but there was one big chamber still left only half-filled. Two concrete pads, which I would assume marked the guard shacks and main entrance, are also still present.
Title: Re: Abandoned Titan II missile silo site
Post by: aero-engineer on November 29, 2009, 09:39:59 PM
You have been to the Titan Missile Musuem just south of Tucson, right?

It is pretty neat.

http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/ (http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/)

Kevin
aero-engineer
Title: Re: Abandoned Titan II missile silo site
Post by: f4_phantom_fan on November 30, 2009, 01:26:47 PM
Actually no I've never been there. I've known about it of course for years, but have not really had much interest in it until I came across this one site. Depending on what source you read, there were at one time around 20 of these silos around Tucson.