Nike Missile Site W-25 (Control Area): Difference between revisions

, was originally to be constructed on Kent Island, MD, but due to high real estate costs, the US Army moved it to an area off Queen Anne Bridge Road in Davidsonville, MD, in 1954 <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>. In 1958, land for a 16-unit Armed Forces Housing Project for the families of those stationed at W-25 was purchased on the north side of Queen Anne Bridge Road <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>. In 1963, W-25 was given the honor of being named "the National Nike Site" <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>. In May 1964, the Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM) bestowed W-25's adjacent launch site with its Distinguished Firing Battery Award, which the battery received for outstanding performance during ARADCOM's firing competitions <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>. In December 1964, W-25's fallout protection construction, which included sturdy concrete buildings and air filtration systems, was completed <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>.

 

 

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==Davidsonville Recreation Center and Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy==

The properties on which the W-25 IFC Area and its adjacent launcher, W-25L, stood were purchased by Anne Arundel County in 1976 <ref name = militarystandard>"Nike Missile Base W-25, Maryland", TheMilitaryStandard, http://www.themilitarystandard.com/missile/nike/w25.php. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref> <ref name = marylandDepartmentOfTheEnvironment> "FACTS ABOUT: DAVIDSONVILLE NIKE CONTROL", Maryland Department of the Environment, https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Land/MarylandBrownfieldVCP/Documents/Davidsonville_Control.pdf. Accessed 20 July 2022. </ref> <ref name = gba>"Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy", GBA Architects, https://www.gba-architects.com/anne-arundel-county-police-training-academy/. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref> and turned into the [https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=159448517421519&__tn__=C-R Davidsonville Recreation Center] <ref name = marylandDepartmentOfTheEnvironment> "FACTS ABOUT: DAVIDSONVILLE NIKE CONTROL", Maryland Department of the Environment, https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Land/MarylandBrownfieldVCP/Documents/Davidsonville_Control.pdf. Accessed 20 July 2022. </ref>, and the [https://www.aacounty.org/departments/police-department/training-division/ Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy] <ref name = gba>"Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy", GBA Architects, https://www.gba-architects.com/anne-arundel-county-police-training-academy/. Accessed 20 July 2022.</ref>, respectively. The Davidsonville Recreation Center is home to [https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-organization/BSA-Troop-454-Davidsonville-MD-1687129368193804/ Boy Scout Troop 454], the [https://www.davidsonvilledanceclub.org/ Davidsonville Dance Club], and the [https://www.w3vpr.org/ Anne Arundel Radio Club] <ref name = w3vpr>"AARC HIstory 1971-1977", Anne Arundel Radio Club, https://www.w3vpr.org/node/393. Accessed 21 July 2022.</ref>.