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`Cut and cover' job buries Titan missile base
Scrapers open up site beneath Colorado plains, near Lowry Air Force Base, for first underground missile base in United States; deep silos, to house Titan missiles and powerhouse, are dug by teams of tractor-loaders and clamshells in open cut excavation; excavation of 3 million cu yd of cemented clay and sandstone; as excavation proceeds, steel ring-beams are placed into silos; backfilling over completed work.
`Cut and cover' job buries Titan missile base
Scrapers open up site beneath Colorado plains, near Lowry Air Force Base, for first underground missile base in United States; deep silos, to house Titan missiles and powerhouse, are dug by teams of tractor-loaders and clamshells in open cut excavation; excavation of 3 million cu yd of cemented clay and sandstone; as excavation proceeds, steel ring-beams are placed into silos; backfilling over completed work.
`Cut and cover' job buries Titan missile base
Excavating Engr
Excavating Engineer ; 54
1960
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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