TMIOBY PH-23/25 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/12/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

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.

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PH-23/25 (control Site)Lumberton_Nike missile site was constructed during the late 1950s among the farm fields within this historic South Jersey community. This double site became operational during 1958 and possessed 6 underground missile magazines and two Integrated Fire Control facilities enabling it to track and engage two targets simultaneously.
Operation of the Lumberton site was later transferred from Regular Army air defense units to the New Jersey National Guard. Site PH-25 remained in service through the inactivation of the nationwide Nike system during 1974.
 
 
Location
Launcher Area: Lumberton (Burlington County), NJ
Control Area: Lumberton (Burlington County), NJ
Dates of Operation 1958-1974
Weapons Systems
Missile Load
Nike Ajax 60
Nike Hercules 24
 
Missile Magazines
6 Magazines (double site).
2 type "B" and 4 type "C".
 

Radar Types
ABAR; HIPAR
Unit Information
Army
C/738th (1956-1958)
HHB/738th (1958)
C/3/43rd (1958-1963)
HHB/3/43rd (1958-1963)

National Guard
A/7/112th (1963-1971)
A/1/254th (1971-1974)

Current condition

Control Site
Location: Municipal Drv. & Eayrestown Rd
Condition: Re-purposed. Municipal Drv has split the site in half. On one side the buildings are intact and have partially been taken over by a community center across the street at the same corner is a landscaping business.
Remaining structures: At both locations you can still see the concrete radar mounts.

Launch Site
Location: Municipal Drv
Condition: Re-purposed. Township uses this area as a maintenance yard.
Remaining structure: The launch elevators and underground structures seem to still be in place and are being used as a parking/service area.

Thanks to:  Alpha system at Fairleigh Dickinson University (visit link)

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