Site: POW-D
Satellite Image – High level.
Satellite Image – Close-up.
Site Photos. Before cleanup – courtesy Radomes.Org.
Site photo before it fell into the ocean in 1997/98. Courtesy Stephen Parker
Site Photo Collinson Point. Abandoned building. Courtesy Stephen Parker.
Site Photo Collinson Point. Abandoned building. Courtesy Stephen Parker.
Site Photo Collinson Point. August 2000. Courtesy Stephen Parker.
Construction Era Photos for POW-D.
The pictures below were selected from the extensive collection of Markham Cheever, the DEWLine’s Superintendent of Construction from 1953 to 1957, before the Line went operational. (Click on picture to enlarge.)
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Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing in the Arctic! June 1956.
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Maybe it’s just sniffing the ground! June 1956.
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Another photo of Interior Airways N4643B. June 1956.
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The construction camp is snowed in. May 1957.
The People.
The people in the photos below, also from the Markham Cheever collection, are displayed in the hopes that someone may recognize a father, grandfather, or friend who was involved in the construction of this particular DEWLine site. (Click on picture to enlarge.)
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Dick Hotz. Oct 1953.
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L to R: Rick Carlson & Paul Marsh. July 1953.