Posted by historybuff
on January 10, 2009, 9:06 am, in reply to "Re: Accokeek - Airport Lane"
69.250.91.195
I am not sure if this will have the info you want, but it is an interesting website. In your search engine, go to Abandoned and Little Known Airfields: Maryland. For sure there was a Nike missile silo in Croom near the Vocational School. Possibly according to rumor there was one off Ritchie Road at the end of Jordan Park Blvd. Evidently there was a park back there but it was supposedly over a silo. A friend grew up there and the presence of military men drew her attention quite often!
--Previous Message--
: You can look at PGAtlas.com to see if there's
: anything on the historic section of the
: mapping system - there are aerial photos
: going back several decades. I can't use it
: with my Mac - you need IE on Windows.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Does anyone know the history of the naming
: of
: Airport Lane?
:
: I recall as a kid there were numerous sites
: around the Washington DC area, some from the
: WWII era used as manned observation posts
: with towers and after that there were also
: "Nike" bases for defense.
:
: Was there in fact an observation outpost in
: Accokeek that is associated with the naming
: of Airport Lane?
:
: Thanks
:
: Jeff Thorne
: jeff.thorne@pnmsi.com
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