SF-93 Update

On Sunday, 28 August 2005, I took a look at launch site SF-93 in San Rafael, California.

Here's the site as it looked on 27 February 2004 from the Terraserver.

The Administrative Area is now the Helen Vine Detox Center, located at 301 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael, CA 94903.  A new skateboard  park located just down the hill from the  launching area.



All of the magazines have been sealed shut, the ventilater has plate welded over the entire opening.  All of the access holes in the concrete have been sealed with metal plates.



The Marin Municipal Water District has done a great job securing the doors leading into the magazines.



Since about 1981, the MMWD has been using these three magazines as part of a million gallon per day water treatment plant. The magazines have been lined, sealed and utilitzed as storage and chlorine contact chambers. This device pumps water into the magazine through one of the original round vents.



This is another view of one of the launchers with the pumping
unit in the foreground.



The former Hamilton Air Force Base can be seen in the distance from the launching area.  Hamiltion is now upscale houses, although you can see that the checkerboard water tower is still standing.