[GreenKeys] Long Lines, Norway, IL

[Don Robert House]

Rumor has it that the Cheyenne Mountain is being turned into a museum.

Is that correct?

Don


On 9 Jan 2009, at 7:51 PM, Blake Bowers wrote:

While Norway was designed to withstand an attack
13 or more miles away, at 10 psi overpressure, it was not
designed for 50 psi  overpressure.   Nowhere near the
hardening that Cheyenne Mountain has.

Of course, that pales with todays weapons.

A good read on AT&T's design standards is here,
http://long-lines.net/documents/nuclear_design/P04.html




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----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Robert House" <Packard42 at gmail.com 
 >
To: <kf9nz at juno.com>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Long Lines, Norway, IL


> I doubt Norway will get sold anytime soon.  As I recall it was
> designed like Cheyenne Mountain to survive a direct nuclear blast.
>
> The levels beneath the ground are as deep as the towers in the sky.
>
> Norway has hardened communications links that go across the country
> for the department of defense among other customers.
>
> While most of the facility is shut down I believe that the government
> still wants a hardened back-up.
>
> I have a friend that visited the site not too long ago.  I will ask
> him what he knows.
>
> Don
> K9TTY
>
>
> On 9 Jan 2009, at 4:14 PM, kf9nz at juno.com wrote:
>
>
>       There are two large microwave towers close to me.  The biggest
> one is called Norway.  It still has over a dozen dishes and horns on  
> it
> at various heights and bearings.  It is a monster tower.  If you know
> where to look you can see it from Interstate 80  around Illinois MP  
> 100.
> It's on high ground (of course) so there are lots of other towers in  
> the
> general area.    At one time there were a number of AT&T Long Lines
> folks
> employed there, but I have no idea how many may be left.    There used
> to
> be a number of underground cables in the Chicago area that had warning
> notices with the Norway telephone number to call for information.    I
> should go by there and take some pictures of it before they drop it I
> guess.
>
>       There is also a large AT&T tower close beside I80 Near Orland
> Park Ill that still had horns on it last I looked.
>
> Frankf9nz
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