Cecil Commerce Center Siren - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 13.895 W 081° 53.316
17R E 414494 N 3344780
This outdoor siren is located on Building 333 of the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field (now the City of Jacksonville's Cecil Commerce Center) in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WM383J
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2008
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Per GlobalSecurity.org
(visit link): "Naval Air Station Cecil Field was the largest military base in the Jacksonville, Florida, area. Including nearly 2,500 acres at OLF Whitehouse, the Cecil Field complex consisted of 22,939 acres; in addition, the base leased another 8,379 acres. As directed by Congress in BRAC 1993 and BRAC 1995, NAS Cecil Field was scheduled to cease Navy air operations in late 1999 with full Navy operational closure in mid-2000. When the lights were all been turned off and the doors locked, all that was left of the largest military installation in the Jacksonville area and the South's only Master Jet Base will be 30,000 acres of land, some buildings and equipment, and memories spanning six decades. The base officially closed September 30, 1999. Approximately 17,200 acres were transferred to the private sector, the remainder was transferred to NAS Jacksonville."
Per the City of Jacksonville website
(visit link): "In July 1993, former Naval Air Station Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida was recommended for closure by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. In response to the decision to close NAS Cecil Field, the Mayor of Jacksonville established the Cecil Field Development Commission, succeeded by the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission. One of the major responsibilities of the commission was to develop a proposed base reuse plan that would guide the transition of NAS Cecil Field from a fully-operational Navy base to civilian use. In 1996, the NAS Cecil Field Final Base Reuse Plan was approved and in March 1999, the Jacksonville City Council approved the Cecil Commerce Center Operations and Business Plan. Between July 1999 and April 2002, property was conveyed to the JEDC, JAA, the City of Jacksonville Parks Department and Clay County. Since the time of the conveyance of approximately 8,300 acres, the JEDC has worked to promote the site as a prime location for companies in the manufacturing, aviation-related and distribution industries, as well as other uses including support retail and office space along the main roads."