We have no information on a defense installation at this location. I checked the 1938 aerial photo, the 1940 insurance map, and the 1957 USGS topographic map, and found only farm fields at that location. The 1965 aerial photos shows the shopping center. Sorry not to be able to help. We'll let you know if we find anything.

Susan G. Pearl, Historian
PGCHS


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: I vaguely recall seeing what appeared to be
: some sort of AA defense installation on
: Riggs Rd between Chillum Rd and Eastern Ave
: in the late 1950's, about where a shopping
: center is now.
: This was just before Riggs Rd got widened
: and re-paved.
: Is my memory fooling me?
: If it existed, is it documented anywhere?
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