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There is also detailed information regarding what was done in which building found online at: | There is also detailed information regarding what was done in which building found online at: http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/map2.html and http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/map3.html and http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/map4.html and http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/map5.html and http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/somedrawings.html Source: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey - Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Building 1's roof there are approximately 22 separate buildings, some of which are part of the original plant constructed in 1929, and all of which contribute to the plant's 70-year history of design, production, and testing for the aircraft/aerospace industry. Location of Navaho & Flight Control for MM proposal. The Process of Chemical Milling was done in Building 1 - http://www.citywd.com/E/eagle/ 1999/dec10/features.htm Between Buildings 3 & 4 was the temporary location of Autonetics after the MM start. Building 4 - 4.2.1.4 The Downey Simulation facility. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/ 19790076942_1979076942.pdf Isotopes used at Downey by Rockwell were used for industrial radiographyin building 4 on Clark Ave.. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/pdfs/tbd/etec2.pdf Building 6 - Home to Inertial Navigation Building 9 - Cafeteria also Building 10 appears to have been primarily used as a maintenance facility in all but its original function. The core structure was built in 1929 as part of the EMSCO aircraft manufacturing plant. Subsequent additions were erected after 1940. Building 25 was constructed in 1941 during the plant's World War II expansion. Historical records indicate that the building was designed for manufacturing purposes, and some early site plans indicate that is was also used for paint storage. Since the 1960's, the building has functioned largely as a storage facility, and in the 1990s was used to house real estate and planning records. Building 41 was used for missile research and construction and is a contributing factor to the historic value of the NASA site. Early testing of parts manufactured by the chemical milling process was done in Building 41. http://www.citywd.com/E/eagle/1999/dec10/features.htm Building 42 supported the NASA site as a garage and Transportation Maintenance Facility. Building 55 was built to serve as an electrical substation for the main building of the NASA Industrial Plant, in Downey California. Building 55 helped support research, testing and construction of guidance missile, aerospace propulsion, and astronaut capsule systems later used by both NASA and the military. The Downey plant developed the Apollo Command Modules, Little Joe Launch systems, jet propulsion systems, and the inertial guidance system used for both missiles and submarines as well as the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Discovery, Challenger, Colombia and Endeavor. Building 120 appears to have been used as a materials test lab and compatibility testing facility. The structure was believed to be built about 1960, as part of the Apollo missions. There is some conflicting information about the actual date of construction since the "Final Historic Buildings and Structures Inventory and Evaluation" states that Building 120 was being built in 1941 Building 123 was constructed during World War II and at one time was used as a Pyrotechnic Test Lab to test and store missiles and bombs in World War II. Building 123 also hosted the bombshelter Building 125 was built as a cryogenic test lab and also to house hazardous storage. - Also - Building No. 125 was constructed of reinforced concrete (12 in. thick roof and walls) in 1941. Its original use was a bomb shelter constructed during World War II by the U.S. Army Air Corps. During 1940 and 1941, the Air Force acquired the property by direct purchase. It was later used as a hazardous materials testing laboratory. It has now been abandoned in place. The General Services Administration concurred with NASA plans to demolish the building in accordance with federal property management regulations. Air Force Plant #16 was transferred to NASA in July of 1964. The facility was renamed NASA Industrial Plant, Downey, California. At this time NASA assumed status as the holding agency. Since 9 August 1972 RI was contracted to be custodian of building #125 and other property. See: http://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/ profile_report.asp?global_id=80000160 Building 126 was constructed as a hazardous material storage space at the beginning of World War II. Building 127 supported the Downey site as a mechanical testing laboratory. Building 128 was used as a propellant test laboratory/cryogenic/pneumatic lab support during World War II. Building 130 was designed and used as a ultra-high temperature testing facility for the complex but it was also used for a number of other functions over the course of its existence. It was built during World War II. Building 217 was built to house a generator for the main building of the NASA Industrial Plant, in Downey California. Building 217 helped support research, testing and construction of guidance missile, aerospace propulsion, and astronaut capsule systems later used by both NASA and the military. The Downey plant developed the Apollo Command Modules, Little Joe Launch systems, jet propulsion systems, and the inertial guidance system used for both missiles and submarines as well as the Space Shuttles Atlantis, Discovery, Challenger, Columbia and Endeavor. Building 226 was built to serve as an electrical power station for the main building of the NASA Industrial Plant, in Downey California. Building 226 helped support research, testing and construction of guidance missile, aerospace propulsion, and astronaut capsule systems later used by both NASA and the military. The Downey plant developed the Apollo Command Modules, Little Joe Launch systems, jet propulsion systems, and the inertial guidance system used for both missiles and submarines as well as the Space Shuttles Atlantis, Discovery, Challenger, Columbia and Endeavor. For close to a decade, however, it has been used for storage and as a tool crib, possibly to support Plant Maintenance (Building 10), which was situated directly across from it. Building 227 was constructed as a guided missile laboratory for the NASA Industrial Plant, in Downey California. Building 227 housed research, the testing, and construction of missile guidance and propulsion systems later used by both NASA and the military. The Downey plant developed the Apollo Command Modules, Little Joe Launch systems, jet propulsion systems, and the inertial guidance system used for both missiles and submarines as well as the Space Shuttles Atlantis, Discovery, Challenger, Columbia and Endeavor. For close to a decade, however, Building 227 has been used for storage and as a tool crib, possibly to support Plant Maintenance (Building 10), which was situated directly across from it. Building 250 - Home to Inertial Navigation Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly and testing laboratories. 4.7.1.4.1 - Modal tests will be conducted in the Space Systems Development Facility (Bldg. 288) at Downey, California. Vibration Transmissibility - 4.7.1.4.2 SC - Systems Vibration 4.7.1.4.4 Space Systems Development Laboratories (Bldg. 288) 4.7.2.4.1 Building 290 - Blk I CSM installed in ATO, Sec. 4-1 House SpaceCraft - Apollo/Saturn - Tests were performed in an AT0 (Downey) "hot" station. This station, plus a full complement of GSE, was required. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/ 19790076942_1979076942.pdf 4.2.1.4 related: http://www.belljar.net/634neut.pdf Tower drop tests were conducted at NAA, Downey, California. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/ 19790076942_1979076942.pdf |
