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The Nike Factory store at an updated shopping center in Seneca County. Waterloo Premium Outlets becomes Finger Lakes Premium Outlets as of Dec. 8, 2023.
Central New York's Military Tract townships. Map from the original by Simeon De Witt. The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, [1] consisted of nearly two million acres (8,100 km 2) of bounty land set aside in Central New York to compensate New York's soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War .
Waterloo (village), New York. / 42.90361°N 76.85944°W / 42.90361; -76.85944. Waterloo is a village and primary county seat of Seneca County, New York, United States. [6] The population was 5,171 at the 2010 census and is now the most populated village in Seneca County. The village is named after Waterloo, Belgium, where Napoleon was ...
The Niagara Falls Air Force Missile Site [2] was a Cold War USAF launch complex for Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air missiles. It was operated by the 35th Air Defense Missile Squadron. Equipped only IM-99Bs (46 missiles: solid-state, solid-fuel booster), [4] the site had 48 [5] Model IV "coffin" shelters, [6] after an initial design with a ...
After the phase-out of the Nike Ajax system, sites B-05, B-36, and B-73 remained supplied with Hercules missiles. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) B-21DC established at Fort Heath, MA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center.
Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953. A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for ...
Highlands Army Air Defense Site. Coordinates: 40°23′12″N 73°59′1″W. Highlands Army Air Defense Site. New York City, New York Defense Area, New Jersey. The AADCP networked local Army radars and Highlands Air Force Station radars to direct Nike fire units--each which had a local network of 3 radars (top) for acquiring the target ...
Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park. / 42.877639; -78.880978. The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, formerly known as The Buffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park, is a museum on the bank of the Buffalo River in Buffalo, New York. It is home to several decommissioned US Naval vessels, including the Cleveland -class cruiser USS ...