"Battleship" tanks, which simulate the configuration of an atlas ICBM, feeding propellants to the engine being test fired, ca.1955

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Title	"Battleship" tanks, which simulate the configuration of an atlas ICBM, feeding propellants to the engine being test fired, ca.1955
Description	Photograph of "Battleship" tanks, which simulate the configuration of an atlas ICBM, feeding propellants to the engine being test fired, ca.1955. In the left, a large tower can be seen exposing five platforms with staircases, pipes and a rail surrounding each one. Its highest point is formed by a cylinder-shaped machinery(?) with two circular balconies surrounding its top area. In the left, by the bottom of the tower, different tones of smoke (steam?) are being ejected from the tower¿s pipes and from underneath it.; In the right foreground, the curve of a paved street is noticeable showing a small cabin made out of concrete; a rail delineates the street and a pipe extends along. A rocky mountainside fills in the backdrop.; Photoprint reads: "Battleship" tanks, which simulate the configuration of an Atlas ICBM, feed propellants to the engine being test fired at Rocketdyne's propulsion field laboratory in the Santa Susana Mountains. Stands like the one shown are capable of withstanding one million pounds' thrust, transmitting the enormous power of the Rocketdyne liquid propellant engines deep into bedrock."
Subject	Rocketdyne; North American Aviation, Incorporated
Subject (adlf)	industrial sites
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Aerospace
Subject (lcsh)	Industry Electronics Computers Engineering Guided missile industries
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1955
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1955
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	40632
Call number	CHS-40632
Microfiche number	84-1-1312
Legacy record ID	chs-m10932; USC-2-1-1-11083
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-40632
Archival file	chs_Volume104/CHS-40632.tiff

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