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Site Created : October 1, 2017
Last Update: June25 2024
Downey Industrial Site
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33*55'26.0" N 118*07'55.9" W
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Anita Gale
William E. Dean
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The Last Frontier
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SPECIAL FACILITIES
APOLLO DROP TOWER
This was an engineering test facility constructed speacially for testing the Apollo command modules for effects of dirt and water landing impacts. The 60 foot swing tower would suspend a test CM and then release it into a water tank instrumented with high speed cameras to observe impact conditions.
The Tower and tank facility was located due east of the Building 288 Labs. It was constructed circa 1962
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