TMIOBY PH-91 Traditional Geocache
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The Missiles In Our Back Yards (TMIOBY) Cache series revealing the hidden Cold War remnants in our backyards.
Visit the main page "GC3V4NE TMIOBY" for more details and a list of all the caches in the series.
Remember to write down the coordinate provided with each cache to find the final
PH-91 (control site) Worcester_ The base was built in the mid 1950's on Church Road, near Potshop Road in Worcester, PA and housed Nike-Ajax missiles. Later in the 50's a more advanced model Nike Missile, the Hercules, was developed. Some Nike Bases were converted to house both Ajax and Hercules. PH-91 was not one of the bases converted and was deactivated by the mid 1960's, along with the other remaining Ajax-only Bases. When the Hercules Missiles were put into service, fewer bases were needed to protect the area.
After the base was deactivated, the Launch Area-where the missiles were assembled, fueled, tested, maintained and stored in underground magazines-was retained by the Army and used to house the 330th Combat Engineer Battalion Reserve Center. The property was sold in late 1990's and a warehouse for Techni Tool now occupies the site.
One-half mile north of this was the Control Area, which contained the radars and computer equipment that searched for enemy aircraft and controlled the missiles, Administration Building, Mess Hall and Barrack. Nine acres of this was given to Worcester Township which razed the buildings and developed it into a park known as 'Worcester Nike Park'. The remaining portion of the Control Area was sold and a private training center for the developmentally disabled was built there.
Control Site
Location: Trooper Rd
Condition: Re-purposed. Worcester Nike Park/Development Center
Remaining structure: Concrete building footprints, roadway, perimeter fence.
Launch Site
Location: Berks Rd
Condition: Re-purposed. US Army Reserve Center
Remaining structure: Launch elevators
Thanks to: John S. Flack Jr. (visit link)
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