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September 2018 photos by Tom Page
(with permission from the owner)
Access road from MN State Road 149 to the former Askov Gap-Filler Annex [looking west-southwest]
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The view of the old gap-filler site as one approaches the gate [looking southwest]
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Another view of the site, from just outside the gate [looking south-southwest]
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The radar building, inside the "L." The diesel-generator section was on the left, and the radar-equipment section was on the right. The AN/FPS-14 gap-filler radar tower once stood just to the right of that refrigerator. The was no visible sign of any of the three radar-tower foundations/footings. [looking southeast]
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The west end and the south side of the old radar tower building; the radar tower once stood to the far left [looking northeast]
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The south side of the radar building (the radar-equipment section) [looking north]
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The southeast corner of the radar building, with the radar-equipment section on the left, and the diesel-generator section on the right [looking northwest]
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A view from behind the site --- the orginal chain-link fence was still intact [looking southeast]
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Immediately north of the former gap-filler annex is this quaint old church and cemetery [looking northwest]
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This final view is from the neighboring cemetery looking back at the gap-filler radar site [looking west-southwest]
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