Army Radio Station (WEST) - San Diego, CA
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bluesnote
N 32° 40.417 W 117° 14.513
11S E 477321 N 3615130
A plaque located near the vista point parking lot for the Army Radio Station.
Waymark Code: WMYEAV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2018
Views: 1
The plaque says, "Army Radio Station
The United States Army constructed this building in 1918 to serve as
its first radio station for harbor defenses in San Diego. Since then it
has many other uses.
During World War II, the building housed a meteorological station
to support coastal artillery. Wind speed and direction, air pressure
and other variables that affect the range and accuracy of artillery
were first measured and sent to artillery officers from here.
When the National Park Service reopened Cabrillo
National Monument after the War, the station became the monument's
headquarters and then a storage building when the current
Visitors Center/Headquarters complex opened in 1966. Today
the station houses a permanent exhibit about San Diego's WWII
harbor defenses."
Group that erected the marker: NPS
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
San Diego, CA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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