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Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2 showing cranes and support equipment as both stages of the airframe wait to be unloaded from their transport trailers and prepped for emplacement on the missile platform. In this photo, the missile platform has not yet been raised to the surface. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - 196x-titan-i-sm-32-60-3677- -850th-sms-3182
Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2. Missile platform has raised to the surface for emplacement of 1st stage seen being rigged up to cranes for installation. Umbilical tower base is visible on the right. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - 196x-titan-i-sm-32-60-3677- -850th-sms-3187
Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2. First stage has been lifted off its transport trailer and is being prepared for positioning over the missile platform. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - 196x-titan-i-sm-32-60-3677- -850th-sms-3188
Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2. First stage being moved into position for emplacement on the missile platform. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - 196x-titan-i-sm-32-60-3677- -850th-sms-3189
Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2. First stage positioned over the missile platform. Next it will be lowered into place and held down with explosive bolts to the missile platform. Note the protection placed over the hydraulic rams to prevent damage. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - 196x-titan-i-sm-32-60-3677- -850th-sms-3190
Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2. First stage being emplaced on the missile platform. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - 196x-titan-i-sm-32-60-3677- -850th-sms-3225
Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2. First and second stage installations are complete and re-entry vehicle is being mated to stage two. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - 196x-titan-i-sm-32-60-3677- -850th-sms-3229
Missile installation at Ellsworth 850-A, launcher #2. Looking into the silo through the gap which is occupied by the umbilical tower when the missile is in the raised position at newly-installed missile no. 3677. Taken: circa 1963 Source: Art LeBrun - ellsworth 850-a post-op 2012 1-1
Cattle crossing at access road leading to Ellsworth 850-A. Taken: 2012 Source: Lars Fichtner-Lorenz - ellsworth 850-a post-op 2012 2-1
Main gate at Ellsworth 850-A. Original gate has been replaced. A small security portal can be seen to the right of the gate that allowed passage of mail, paperwork and small parcels and was secured with a locking box or panel (now absent). Orientation target can be seen through the fence in the distance. Taken: 2012 Source: Lars Fichtner-Lorenz - ellsworth 850-a post-op 2012 3-1
Main gate at Ellsworth 850-A showing the original security fence and rolling track frame that once supported the original gate. Taken: 2012 Source: Lars Fichtner-Lorenz - ellsworth 850-a post-op 2012 4-1
Orientation target at Ellsworth 850-A taken near the main gate. Taken: 2012 Source: Lars Fichtner-Lorenz - ellsworth 850-a post-op 2012 5-1
Signs warning of buried cable near the main gate and access road at Ellsworth 850-A. Signs read: "CAUTION - ELECTRICAL CABLE BURIED BENEATH". Taken: 2012 Source: Lars Fichtner-Lorenz