Cleveland Nike Missile Site, ca. 1956

ID: 2716 | This file appears in: Crile Military Hospital
Cleveland Nike Missile Site, ca. 1956
Guided missiles, similar to the ones located on the grounds of Crile Hospital, circa 1956. The Ajax, Hercules, and Zeus missiles (left to right) were part of Project Nike, which developed anti-aircraft missiles during the first years of the Cold War in response to the threat of a Soviet attack. Seven Nike missile bases were built in Cuyahoga County during the mid-1950s, but all had closed by 1971.

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