
Satellite Image – Close-up.
Like all the Intermediate sites (I-Sites), POW-B was shut down and abandoned in 1963. Unfortunately, beyond the construction era photos below, there are no pictures of POW-B during its operational period of 1957-63.
Construction Era Photos for POW-B.
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.)
- Living quarters with a oil drum foundation to keep it off the tundra. June 1956.
- A Weasel (the tracked vehicle) is about to tow the Cessna back because it can’t turn around. June 1956.