Beginning in World War II, Morris Reservoir was used for the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site for the U.S. Navy in conjunction with the California Institute of Technology. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-46.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF 'Y' JOINT CONNECTING THE COMPRESSION TANK TO THE LAUNCHING TUBES. 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Established in 1943 by Caltech, the Morris Dam Test Facility (NOTS MDTF) was built at the Morris Dam Reservoir for the purpose of obtaining basic hydrodynamic data for use in the design and development of naval ordinance, particularly air-to-water projectiles. That was the cry 60 years ago when Caltech teamed up with the Navy to hurriedly turn a mountain dam into a weapons. you can only shore fish. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-11.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF CAMERA TOWER LOOKING NORTHEAST. you also can't fish the tailwater coming out of Morris.. as for San Gabriel Res. Confirmation samples were collected at 10 locations: five from the excavation floor and five from the excavation sidewalls and were analyzed for the EU-1 COC, i.e., arsenic. Morris Reservoir: Manmade reservoir with a gravity dam, used as a naval weapons test site until the 1990s. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-9.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF CAMERA STATION ON CONNECTING BRIDGE SHOWING SIDE THAT FACED THE VAL. SAYLOR (RIGHT), AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONY, May 7, 1948. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising 245 feet (75m) above the San Gabriel River stream bed.[1]. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-1.tif, VARIABLE-ANGLE LAUNCHER CAMERA STATION 1400 (BUILDING NO. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-19.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF ARCHED OPENING FOR ROADWAY LOOKING SOUTH. 4 .50 caliber/90, in single mounts. The ship suffered 13 dead, 45 wounded.[1]. - YouTube Morris Reservoir is approximately 5 miles north of the city of Azusa and is located. (Original photograph in HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-83.tif, DETAIL OF VAL SUPPORT CARRIAGE AND BREECH END OF LAUNCHER BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTH, July 28, 1948. Excavation areal limits were approximately 56 ft by 52 ft, Confirmation samples were collected at 10 locations: six from floor excavation and four from excavation sidewalls. Morris Reservoir is located in the San Gabriel Mountains, within the Angeles National Forest, in Los Angeles County, California. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising 245 feet above the San Gabriel River stream bed. (Original photograph in possession of Dave Willis, San HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-54.tif, VAL COUNTERWEIGHT CAR ON COUNTERWEIGHT SLAB AND CAMERA TOWER TAKEN FROM RESERVOIR LOOKING SOUTHWEST. The goal of each was to determine how various styles of torpedoes reacted when they hit the water at various speeds and angles. Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Reservoirs in Los Angeles County, California, "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California (H-M)", The Center for Land Use Interpretation: Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site, U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morris Reservoir, The Caltech Archives: Morris Dam reservoir, San Gabriel Mountains, Morris Dam Water Supply Enhancement Project, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morris_Reservoir&oldid=1092554413, This page was last edited on 11 June 2022, at 00:33. Site Descriptions. - Variable Angle HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-4.tif, VAL PROJECTILE LOADING DECK AND BREECH END OF LAUNCHER BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTH. Focusing on Morris Dam, located on the San Gab. (BOURD Sketch - 209124). - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-2.tif, VAL CONNECTING BRIDGE AND BARGES FLOATING ON RESERVOIR (PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED MUZZLE END OF LAUNCHER BRIDGE). Excavation operations commenced in September 2010 but were delayed until August 2011 due to difficulty in determining excavation boundaries, especially in relation to the cliffside, which had slope stability issues. The confirmation samples were evaluated in the post-removal HHRA. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. Then she returned to San Francisco, California for a 7-week overhaul. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-55.tif, VIEW OF VAL FIRING RANGE LOOKING SOUTHWEST SHOWING LAUNCHER BRIDGE, BARGES, SONAR BUOY RANGE AND MORRIS DAM IN BACKGROUND, June 10, 1948. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-17.tif, VAL PROJECTILE LOADING DECK AND VIEW OF RESERVOIR LOOKING SOUTHWEST WITH MORRIS DAM IN THE DISTANCE. But dozens of the underwater missiles disappeared after sinking into mud at the bottom of the lake. Morris Reservoir and an associated water tunnel to Pasadena were . The mean water elevation is about 1,100 feet (340m), when the reservoir is at capacity. None of the torpedoes carried explosives. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1B-10.tif, 22'X34' original blueprint, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'CONTROL STATION STRUCTURAL DETAILS' drawn at 1 1-2'=1'-0'. During the action, she destroyed six aircraft and once more came to the rescue of Hornet, from which she took on 550 survivors. Approximately 180 cy of material were removed at this site. EU-1 is located in the northern portion of the site peninsula. - Patreon : owlappsnet NO. (P.W. NO. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-99.tif, 28'X40' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher '32 INCH BREECH DOOR OPERATING MECHANISM ASSEMBLY' drawn at 3'=1'-0, 6'=1'0', and full size. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1-8.tif, 22'X34' original blueprint, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'FRONT ELEVATION OF LAUNCHER BRIDGE, CONNECTING BRIDGE AND BARGES' drawn at 1-4'=1'0'. Arriving on 17 February, she continued carrier operations until 24 February, when she sailed for Pearl Harbor. Morris Reservoir Test Site, California. The reservoir was transferred to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in 1995.. They created the Morris Dam Propulsion Laboratory to conduct research and development of hydro-propulsion systems. A wide variety of weapons, including torpedoes and ballistic missiles, had their trial runs here. Because China Lake is a dry lake in the Mojave Desert, Caltech opened this substation at the Morris Reservoir, near their campus, north of Azusa in the San Gabriel Mountains. Site terrain and open access allowed for direct loading of excavated material directly into a waiting truck. 42020) BACKGROUND. Detached from the 7th Fleet after Luzon, Morris rejoined the 5th Fleet and prepared for Okinawa. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1-11.tif, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Variable_Angle_Launcher_Complex&oldid=603758990, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The test facility was built for the purpose of obtaining basic hydrodynamic data for use in design and development of, MDTF served as a valuable resource during WWII and the. We went up to Morris Dam to find out.. Analytical results for confirmation samples indicated no exceedances of RAOs. The excavation at EU-2 east was initially terminated at a depth of 0.5 ft below ground surface (bgs). - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1-9.tif, GENERAL VIEW OF MORRIS DAM RESERVOIR SHOWING MORRIS DAM TEST FACILITY LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARD AZUZA, Date unknown, circa 1960's. Morris Reservoir is located in the San Gabriel Mountains, within the Angeles National Forest, in Los Angeles County, California. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1-2.tif, VARIABLE-ANGLE LAUNCHER CAMERA CAR, VIEW OF CAMERA CAR AND TRACK WITH CAMERA STATION ABOVE LOOKING NORTH TAKEN FROM RESERVOIR. (Original photograph in possession of Dave Willis, San HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-62.tif, SUPPORT CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY AT ISLIP CANYON SHOWING CURVED RAILS AND FLOATING BARGE IN BACKGROUND, February 16, 1948. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Control Station, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1B-7.tif, VAL CONTROL STATION, DETAIL OF EXTERIOR SHOWING EXTERIOR DOOR, WINDOW AND EXPOSED CONCRETE SURFACE LOOKING NORTH. As the task forces pressed further into the central Pacific, Morris sailed with them into the Marshall Islands. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. This site was used especially for the development of submarine-based warfare systems, including torpedoes, bombs, and submarine-launched missiles like the Polaris rocket, the first ballistic missile that could be launched from submerged submarines. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-44.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF 'PILLOW BLOCK' WHERE LAUNCHER BRIDGE PIN SAT AT THE TOP OF THE CONNECTING BRIDGE. On 22 May, she started out across the Pacific, and on 18 June entered the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. Five of the little rockets were shot off as planned at depths to 15 feet, producing the bubble trails the Navy was curious about. 1781). (Original photograph in possession of Dave Willis, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1C-11.tif, CONSTRUCTION OF FIXED CAMERA STATION 1100 (BUILDING NO. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Camera Stations, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1C-3.tif, VAL CAMERA STATION, INTERIOR VIEW OF CAMERA MOUNT, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE CABINET. The objective of NTCRA is excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated soils at the Morris Dam Facility (MDF), Installation Restoration (IR) Site 2. In that action she again pulled alongside Yorktown to rescue over 500 survivors. At EU-2 west, the planned excavation depth was 5 ft. On October 4, 2011, a rusty metal cylindrical object about 8 inches long resembling a bomb was encountered during excavation operations. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-6.tif, VAL LOOKING DOWN THE LAUNCHER SLAB STAIRS AT THE PROJECTILE LOADING CAR AND LOADING PLATFORM ADJACENT TO THE PROJECTILE LOADING DECK AND LAUNCHER BRIDGE. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Control Station, CA State Highway 39 at Morris HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1B-3.tif, VAL CONTROL STATION, VIEW OF INTERIOR SHOWING EXTERIOR DOOR, WINDOWS AND CONTROL PANELS, LOOKING SOUTHEAST. [2] The reservoir was transferred to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in 1995. The last one emerged from the water about 50 feet from us and shot out of the lake. NO. Extreme conditions including the presence of competent rock and slope stability concerns forced the termination of excavation activities. The county took over the dam from the Metropolitan Water District in 1995. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1-3.tif, 22'X34' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'GENERAL SITE PLAN' drawn at 1'=200'. According to naval records, the Morris Dam tests resulted in modifications to torpedoes that paid off for the fleet with the tremendous victories won by Navy aviators at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944 who sunk 60 enemy ships. It today is now known as the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and is still the primary proving ground for naval weapons systems. 1784). USS Morris (DD-417), a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, was named after Commodore Charles Morris. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-18.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF LAUNCHER SLAB AND LAUNCHER RAIL WITH 7 INCH DIAMETER HOLE FOR SUPPORT CARRIAGE LOCKING PIN. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-26.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF COUNTERWEIGHT CAR AND CONNECTING CABLES LOOKING NORTH. It is impounded by Morris Dam, which. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-45.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF INTERIOR ROOM OF CONCRETE 'A' FRAME STRUCTURE SHOWING NATURAL ROCK PROTRUDING THROUGH SLAB AT STORAGE ROOM. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising 245 feet (75 m) above the San Gabriel River stream bed. In mid-February she departed Kwajalein and moved with TG 51.11 to support the seizure and occupation of Eniwetok. - HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-101.tif, 28'X40' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher '32 INCH BREECH' drawn at 2'=1'-0', 3'=1'-0' and full size. Beginning in World War II, Morris Reservoir was used for the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site for the U.S. Navy in conjunction with the California Institute of Technology. (Original photograph in possession of Dave Willis, San Diego, California.) - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Camera Stations, CA State Highway 39 at HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1C-7.tif, VAL CAMERA STATION, VIEW FROM INTERIOR OUT OF WINDOW OPENING TOWARD VAL FIRING RANGE LOOKING SOUTHEAST WITH CAMERA MOUNT IN FOREGROUND. It is impounded by Morris Dam, which was completed in 1935. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Camera Stations, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1C-2.tif, VAL CAMERA STATION, VIEW OF INTERIOR TOWARD EXTERIOR DOOR. - Variable Angle HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-93.tif, 22'X34' original blueprint, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'SIDE VIEW CAMERA CAR-STEEL FRAME AND AXLES' drawn at 1-2'=1'-0'. Allied forces were losing about 20 ships a week to Nazi U-boats in the Atlantic and the Caribbean during the summer of 1942 when Caltech scientists working on military rocket designs were asked by Washington officials to help with the submarine problem. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-23.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF FLOATING BARGE TAKEN FROM RESERVOIR. Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising 245 feet (75m) above the San Gabriel River stream bed. English: The Variable Angle Launcher Complex (1940s1990s) formerly located in the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test SiteMorris Dam Test Facility (MDTF) at Morris Reservoir, in the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California. Scientists and sailors built a secret torpedo research station at Morris Dam. That was the cry 60 years ago when Caltech teamed up with the Navy to hurriedly turn a mountain dam into a weapons test site whose remnants remain visible above Azusa -- and whose effects are still felt beneath the sea. Twitter : owlapps Morris Dam is a gravity dam rising 245 feet (75 m) above the San Gabriel River stream bed. It today is now known as the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and is still the primary proving ground for naval weapons systems. The reservoir and its slopes were the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site, a naval weapons test facility, from World War II through the 1990s. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-12.tif, VAL, DETAIL OF CONNECTING BRIDGE SHOWING SIDE THAT FACED THE FIRING RANGE TAKEN FROM THE BARGE DECK. Assembled components were shipped to Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site in Azusa Canyon (Morris Dam and reservoir) for launch testing and water performance analysis. CA: 91702: 34.19-117.86: 34.191904-117.861912: Google Map: See Other Lakes: 4.40: 38 reviews: More Details: 1,810: We really try to make sure our data is 100% complete but sometimes we need help. (BUORD Sketch - 209786, PAPW 1932). CLUI. If it were not for the three dams, the flow past Azusa may have exceeded 150,000cuft/s (4,200m3/s), but was limited to just 65,700cuft/s (1,860m3/s), with Morris Dam alone reducing the flood peak by some 30,000cuft/s (850m3/s). The reservoir and its slopes were the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site, a naval weapons test facility, from World War II through the 1990s.The reservoir was transferred to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in 1995.The test facility was established by Caltech, which was developing weapons for the Navy at its Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at China Lake (town), near Ridgecrest, California. The Department of Toxic Substances Control concurred with Navys request to close the site and the official closure letter was signed in January 1995. It is impounded by Morris Dam , which was completed in 1935. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-84.tif, VIEW FROM STATE HIGHWAY 39 LOOKING SOUTHWEST AT THE PARTIALLY COMPLETED VAL COUNTERWEIGHT SLAB AND SECOND STORY ADDITION TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Engineers from the California Institute of Technology, working at the NOTS annex along Foothill Boulevard in Pasadena, operated the NOTS Morris Dam facility from 1943 to 1950. 1 and 2 guns. The facility was demolished with only concrete pads left behind. (BUORD Sketch - 207572, PAPW 1833) - Variable Angle Launcher HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-88.tif, 22'X34' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher 'ELEVATION OF LAUNCHER BRIDGE ON TEMPORARY SUPPORT' drawn at 1'=20'. 42022) LOOKING WEST SHOWING WINDOW OPENING FOR CAMERA, March 31, 1948. Morris Dam was originally slated to be called Pine Canyon Dam, but was renamed for the chief engineer of construction, Samuel Brooks Morris of the Pasadena Water Department With the dam envisioned as a private structure for Pasadena, groundbreaking was in April 1932 and construction was completed in May 1934, four months behind schedule. It is impounded by Morris Dam, which was completed in 1935. no body contact with the water.. so no tubing or boating. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Control Station, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1B-5.tif, VAL CONTROL STATION, DETAIL OF CONTROL PANELS. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-16.tif, VAL PROJECTILE LOADING DECK, SUPPORT CARRIAGE AND LAUNCHING BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTHWEST. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-40.tif, VAL CONTROL STATION, DETAIL OF CONTROL PANELS. The confirmation samples collected were analyzed for arsenic, chromium, hexavalent chromium, nickel, and perchlorate. The reservoir was transferred to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works in 1995. DWG. The following 147 files are in this category, out of 147 total. The excavation depth was terminated at a depth of 5 ft bgs. In May 1943, Morris departed the southern Pacific and sailed north to support the capture and occupation of Attu Island and Kiska, the Aleutian end of the Japanese ribbon defense. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Camera Stations, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1C-4.tif, VAL CONCRETE 'A' FRAME STRUCTURE AFTER FORMWORK REMOVED, Date unknown, circa December 1946. (Original photograph in possession of Dave Willis, San HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-78.tif, SIDE VIEW OF SUPPORT CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY WITH VAL BRIDGE STRUCTURE IN BACKGROUND AT ISLIP CANYON, Date unknown, circa February 1948. They tied an improvised pipe firing tube to two pieces of rope, stuck one of the artillery rockets inside and connected igniter wire to it. Through a series of consolidations with other Navy organizations, NOTS Pasadena became part of NCCOSC, officially created in 1992. 1785). (Original HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-69.tif, MORRIS DAM TEST FACILITY (MDTF) AND VARIABLE-ANGLE LAUNCHER AS SEEN FROM STATE HIGHWAY 39 NEAR MORRIS DAM LOOKING EAST. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-60.tif, VAL BRIDGE AND BARGES FLOATING FROM ISLIP CANYON TO THE VAL SITE, April 12, 1948. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1-10.tif, 28'X40' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'INDEX TO Drawings' drawn at no scale (P.W.DWG.No. The Department of Navy (DON) project is the project proponent for environmental actions. 2 depth charge track, 10 depth charges. Most of the buildings at the site have been removed, and the site is being restored to a "natural" state, and may once again be open to the public. Secret / Restricted US Navy R&D facility, active from 1945 to 1978, related to the development of torpedo and guided missile propulsion and guidance components - possibly other still classified programs. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-7.tif, VAL CONCRETE 'A' FRAME STRUCTURE SHOWING CAMERA TOWER, PROJECTILE LOADING DECK AND BREECH END OF LAUNCHER BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTH. This page was last edited on 30 October 2021, at 18:58. Always try These days the lake stores water that is carefully released into downstream percolating basins to replenish San Gabriel Valley groundwater supplies. April 20, 1948. Morris Reservoir: Manmade reservoir with a gravity dam, used as a naval weapons test site until the 1990s. (Original photograph in possession of Dave Willis, San Diego, California.) Still visible clinging to the shoreline behind the dam is an unusual 250-foot concrete ski jump-like ramp that was a launch point for thousands of unarmed torpedoes between 1943 and 1993. Samples were analyzed for arsenic, chromium, Aroclor 1254, and Aroclor 1260. Thirty-four of 58 locations were on the excavation floor. A wide variety of weapons, including torpedoes and ballistic missiles, had their trial runs here. It was the menace of enemy subs operated by Germany and Japan in World War II that led to American torpedo tests at the dams skinny, 1 1/2-mile-long lake, located about four miles north of Azusa. - Variable Angle HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-30.tif, VAL PARTIAL ELEVATION SHOWING LAUNCHER BRIDGE ON SUPPORTS, LAUNCHER SLAB, SUPPORT CARRIAGE, CONCRETE 'A' FRAME STRUCTURE AND CAMERA TOWER LOOKING SOUTHEAST. - Variable Angle HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-70.tif, 22'X34' original blueprint, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'CAMERA CABLE TOWER PLAN AND ELEVATION' drawn at 3-8'=1'0' (BUORD Sketch - 208580). The dam was built in the 1930s as a water supply facility for the city of Pasadena, but is now mostly utilized for flood control and flow regulation for groundwater recharge. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Control Station, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1B-9.tif, COMPLETED FIXED CAMERA STATION 1700 (BUILDING NO. Morris Dam (officially the Samuel B. Morris Dam) is a concrete gravity dam across the San Gabriel River in the U.S. state of California. The object was later identified as a practice bomb and as a result, the former hazardous waste storage area, was excavated entirely. Because China Lake is a dry lake in the Mojave Desert, Caltech opened this substation at the Morris Reservoir, near their campus, north of Azusa in the San Gabriel Mountains.This site was used especially for the development of submarine-based warfare systems, including torpedoes, bombs, and submarine-launched missiles like the Polaris rocket, the first ballistic missile that could be launched from submerged submarines.Most of the buildings at the site have been removed, and the site is being restored to a \"natural\" state, and may once again be open to the public. Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test SiteMorris Dam Test Facility (MDTF), COLOR RENDERING OF MORRIS DAM FACILITIES, Date unknown, circa 1970's. Approximately 50 cubic yards (cy) of material was removed from EU-1. Declared neither seaworthy nor habitable, she was decommissioned on 9 November. (BUORD Sketch - 207406). - HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-50.tif, VIEW FROM THE RESERVOIR LOOKING SOUTHWEST AT THE MUZZLE END OF THE FIXED ANGLE LAUNCHER, June 7, 1948. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-47.tif, VAL, DETAIL SHOWING LOADING PLATFORM, PROJECTILE LOADING CAR, LAUNCHER SLAB AND UNDERSIDE OF LAUNCHER BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTHWEST. NO. - Variable Angle Launcher HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-97.tif, 28'X40' original vellum, Variable-Angle Launcher, 'PROJECT PLOT PLAN' drawn at no scale (P.W.DWG.NO. (P.W. The test facility was established by Caltech, which was developing weapons for the Navy at its Naval Ordnance . (P.W. It impounds Morris Reservoir. By dropping the Mark 13 into the water from a 300-foot slide down the Morris Dam, into the reservoir to study all aspects of the torpedo's drop into the clear water. On 25 October, following a 3-day independent sweep through the Gilbert Islands, she rejoined TF 17 and took part in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. These days, motorists traveling up San Gabriel Canyon Road toward Angeles National Forest recreation areas are not likely to be aware that work done at the Morris Dam Naval Ordnance Test Station helped the United States win World War II, and that a half-century later it played a role in helping end the Cold War, too. However, there are several overlooks where you can pull off the highway and view the dam. An array of underwater hydrophones also plotted the torpedoes trajectory by sound. The southern end of the dam was the location of the Morris Dam Test Facility's Small Calibre Range. Fires caused by the explosions spread quickly. Following this excavation, confirmation samples were collected at 10 locations at EU-2 west: five from the excavation floor and five from the excavation sidewalls. EU-1 (formerly Area of Concern [AOC] 5, Subarea 1 Leach Field Lines). The $3-million variable angle launcher boasted a 300-foot-long welded-steel frame that could be moved to change the direction that torpedoes were fired into the water. EU-6 (formerly AOC 6, Subarea 2 Sludge Sampling Area). In 1995, MWD sold the dam to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, which continues to operate it and the reservoir today. DWG. Twenty-four of 58 locations were on the sidewalls. NO. The reservoir and its slopes were the Morris Reservoir Naval Weapons Test Site, a naval weapons test facility, from World War II through the 1990s. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, CA State Highway 39 at Morris Reservior, Azusa, Los Angeles County, CA HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1-4.tif, PERSPECTIVE SKETCH OF VARIABLE-ANGLE LAUNCHER, April 15, 1947. (P.W. The heart of the test site was the ski jump-like structure about a quarter mile north of the dam, however. (Original photograph in possession of Dave Willis, San Diego, California.) - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Camera Car and Track, CA State Highway 39 at HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1D-3.tif, VAL CAMERA STATION, DETAIL OF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. - Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Variable Angle Launcher, CA State Highway 39 at Morris HAER CAL,19-AZUSA.V,1A-67.tif, VAL CAMERA CAR, CLOSE-UP VIEW OF 'FLARE' OR TRAJECTORY CAMERA ON SLIDING MOUNT.
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