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Texas tower #2 near completion

Texas tower #2 near completion
Texas tower #2 near completion
Texas tower #2 near completion
Texas tower #2 near completion
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Texas tower #2 near completion
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07/01/1955
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Texas Tower #2 rises above Georges Shoal, about 100 miles offshore from Cape Cod, in 1955. Built by the U.S. Air Force during the Cold War, the tower was a radar facility for national air defense. For 15 years, WHOI scientists worked under a government contract to conduct oceanographic measurements from several Texas Towers and from the Coast Guard's offshore lightships and light stations along the East Coast.
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
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