This weekend will be an important milestone in the on going project to salvage parts from LA-96. We have rented a 14 ton capacity truck crane and will begin lifting t
he hydraulic pumping units and other heavy items out of the magazines.
The Nike Historical Society members will be arriving from the San Francisco Bay Area to help disconnect and move the pumping units into position to be lifted topside.
We will stage this material and then evaluate what we need to move the material to the Fort MacArthur Museum for temporary storage. We express our sincere appreciation to the Fort MacArthur Museum for their assistance on this project.
Now that we have many of the things we need to begin work at the White Point Historic Site, we hope to have all the issues resolved with the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation in the near future so we can begin to put these pieces back in service at White Point.
In the meantime, we are continuing to pursue 501(c)(3) tax exempt status for the Los Angeles Air Defense Museum Association and create the framework for a strong association to support our efforts at White Point.
The tax exempt status is critical to our ability to apply for funds to rehabilitate the Nike buildings in the Nike Launch Site Historic District.
If you would like to join our project, please call Frank Evans at (818) 562-1515 or sign in at our guest book at our website.
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