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Mt Moffett & 800 ft Antenna Base of 800 ft antenna with Mt Moffett in back ground. Posted with permisison of Bahtah.
Antenna Views. Note base of 800 ft antenna on right. Posted with permisison of Bahtah.
800 ft antenna guy wires. View of guy wire on 800 ft antenna. Base is about 4 ft in diameter and sits on insulators. Each insulatior is about 4 ft tall. Posted with permisison of Bahtah.
800 ft Antenna.800 ft antenna. It would take 45 minutes to climb when lamps needed replacement. Posted with permisison of Bahtah. [ Not only did it have to be climbed to replace light bulbs and other possible maintanence, but it was climbed by some of those who were staioned at this base for fun. Such climbs were notted in the climber's service record. :O)]
View Up 800ft Antenna. View on the way up the 800ft antenna. This antenna had to be grounded at the base prior to climbing for safety. Posted with permisison of Bahtah.
Inside the Power Plant
Power Plant Control Panel. Power Plant Control Board. Posted with permission of Bahtah. [Normally the Naval Radio Transmitting Station received its power from the Naval station but during high winds that power supply would fluctuate which was bad news for the various electronics of the radio transmitting equipment. Thus during those periods the Naval transmitting station would fire up their own diesel generators and supply power for the station. This control board was where that switching took place and it was a bit tricky. It wasn't just a matter of flipping a switch. The generators at the Naval station had to be revered up until there were in sync with the generators at the power station at the Naval base. If you didn't have your generators in perfect sync with those at the Naval station it would trip when you tried to switch power and you would have about 22 Radiomen and Electronic Technicians looking for your blood since they would have a lot of work to do resetting everything once you finally did get lucky and switch power correctly.]
Power Plant Building. Boiler section of Plant Power Building. Posted with permission of Bahtah. [If this is the boiler section they have gotten new boilers since 1962.]
300KW Gen.300KW Generator in Power Plant (Typical of 2). Posted with permission of Bahtah.
Diesel Generators. One of two Fairbanks Morse Diesel Engines to power 300KW Generators. Posted with permission of Bahtah.
Looking down from 150 ft of a 300 ft tower. Posted with permission of Bahtah.
Earthquakes in the Aleutians
Yes, earth tremors are very common throughout he Aleutians and on Adak as well. It is a very weird sensation and feeling when they occur. Earthquakes are not uncommon as the following shows as well.
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/quakes/adak_1996.html
There were tremors that shook the gorund on a somewhat regular basis. It was a bit unnerving at times. As can be seen from the information in this section there were also full fledged earth quakes from time to time as well.
Linked to with permission NSGDept/NSGA Adak, Alaska
http://www.navycthistory.com/adak_intro.html
Sub article from the above site: 1957 Adak 'Earthquake' on Mar 9, 1957 - from Larry McLauchlin
http://www.navycthistory.com/adak_1957_Larry_McLauchlin.html
Great Sitkin
Great Sitkin was a sometimes semi active smoking volcano located 26 miles from Adak.
Linked to with permission NSGDept/NSGA Adak, Alaska
http://www.navycthistory.com/adak_intro.html
Sub article from the above site:
http://www.navycthistory.com/images2/adaknichols05big.jpg
1964-1966 color photos from Joel Nichols (former CTR3)
Great Sitkin showing some life in 1974.
The following two picture are from this site http://www.orneveien.org/adak/contributors/mgordon76/batch2/index.htm
http://www.orneveien.org/adak/contributors/mgordon76/batch2/a28zeto.jpg
http://www.orneveien.org/adak/contributors/mgordon76/batch2/sitkin.jpg
Humor through poetry
Linked to with permission NSGDept/NSGA Adak, Alaska
http://www.navycthistory.com/adak_intro.html
Sub article from the above site:
Two versions of the same poem. The first version was probably written in the 1940's or 50's. The second version was probably in the 1960's or later:
http://www.navycthistory.com/images2/Adak%20Blues_Author%20Unknown_Feb1955toFeb1956.jpg
The second version
US NAV COMM STA ADAK Author: Unknown
http://www.navycthistory.com/adak_intro_paris.html
Linked to with permission NSGDept/NSGA Adak, Alaska
http://www.navycthistory.com/adak_intro.html
Sub article from the above site:
A humorous Story
Adak Rehabilitation
http://www.navycthistory.com/AdakRehab.html
Linked to with permission NSGDept/NSGA Adak, Alaska http://www.navycthistory.com/adak_intro.html
Sub article from the above site:
GHOST TOWNS OF THE WAR SURVIVES IN ALEUTIANS:
http://www.navycthistory.com/GHOST_TOWNS_OF_THE_WAR_SURVIVES_IN_ALEUTIANS.html
World War 2 Leftovers
World's Most Dangerous Airports: Adak Airport, Alaska
ADAK TODAY
The Once and Future Adak
http://eisengeiste.blogspot.com/2005/08/once-and-future-adak.html
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