[Milsurplus] [armyradios] School to bulldoze historic World War II laboratory

[J Forster]

Subject:   [armyradios] School to bulldoze historic World War II
laboratory
   From:   BSugarberg <bsugarberg at core.com>

Associated Press - Posted on Sat, Mar. 10, 2007

School to bulldoze historic World War II laboratory

DAYTON - A building used as a top-secret code-breaking laboratory during

World War II will be demolished, the University of Dayton announced.

The university, which owns the property, said the decision was made
after a
study showed that NCR Building 26 had lost its historical integrity
after
extensive remodeling and is not eligible for the National Register of
Historic Places.

``This was a difficult decision and one that we don't take lightly,''
university President Dan Curran said. ``We respect the passion of those
who
want to preserve the building. Ultimately, with the help of
professionals,
we concluded that there's not enough left of the original building to
preserve and restore.''

Between 1942 and 1945, the building was used by the Navy as a laboratory
for
designing and building sophisticated code-breaking machines, including
the
NCR Bombe, credited with helping crack German U-boat codes.

The university says it will memorialize the building's history with a
display.

The NCR Bombe:

http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/bombe_us.html