Smoky Shot Tower, Nevada Test Site

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Smoky Shot Tower

Nevada Test Site NV United States

Status:	destroyed
Construction Dates
Began	1957
Finished	1957
Destroyed	1957

Building Uses

- science

Structural Types

- guyed mast

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Description
- Architect: Holmes & Narver, inc (http://www.vce.com/balloonetc.html)

- This guyed mast was built for the test of Smoky, a 44 kt yield nuclear bomb of UCRL TX-41 type and hold the bomb until its explosion on August 31st, 1957, whereby it was vaporized.

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