The
Complex Operations room as it appears today. Not much left
really, though the remains of the Launch console can be seen at
left. The raised flooring has been mostly removed, leaving the
supports. The raised floor allowed for the routing of conduit
and cabling under the equipment which kept it out of the way. As
this room had so much equipment in it, it tended to get rather noisy,
so this room was outfitted with acoustical baffling in the ceiling.
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Stripped
bare of equipment, the remains of the Operations room are rather
skeletal. The Athena computers were most likely retained by the
Military or went to universities (which were probably involved in military
research anyway).
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What
was once the Launch Complex office (AKA the spare bedroom). The
remnants of the launch clock minus the faces and mechanisms. You
can bet they are adorning someone's den somewhere. The windows
(not visible at right) have been smashed and the aluminum foil is long
gone-- along with the comfy chairs!
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Were
it not for it's size and weight, I'm sure this would be gone as
well. Perhaps someday it will be restored and placed on display.
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On
the other side of the upper level of the Control Center was the
Communications Equipment room that contained the phone, alarm,
intercom and other comm systems equipment used in the Titan I.
Bell
& Howell, AT&T, WECO (Western Electric CO), Stromberg Carlson
and a host of other telco and communications companies' systems were
installed to make the site functional. As the Titans were so
large in scale, they required a very complex comm system and were
outfitted with systems similar to what a college campus might have had
in 1960.
All
work areas needed to be in contact with each other in case they needed
to contact, or be contacted by any other if there was a need to do
so. This meant there were phones everywhere-- there were phones
on the surface, phones at the guard shack, phones at the launchers and
phones at the antennas; there were phones in the control center on
each level in multiple locations, there were phones throughout the
Power House (though I wonder if anyone could hear them), phones
in the entry portal, main tunnel and phones in the fuel terminal; each
equipment terminal had phones on all 4 levels and the silos themselves
had phones at each level of the cribwork and at the personnel tunnel;
there were phones in the propellant terminal and the LOX bay and even
in the air handling facilities. In short, there were a SH*TLOAD
of phones!
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The
remaining racks of the comm system. Much of the wiring is gone,
but some remains along with many, many connectors. Some Stromberg
Carlson equipment is still present at left. Cables
4" in diameter (as seen in the stairwell earlier) used to run from
above the ductwork at right (with some conduit still visible at upper
right) to these racks. As there was copper to be had, the cables
were salvaged.
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Jillions
of connectors for jumpers and cables. This is basically a big
wiring block for the entire complex.
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That's
it for the Control Center. I could have included pics of the
latrine and janitor's closet but I figured since for now my web space
is limited, I'll conserve it for more interesting imagery.
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