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This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
Devil's Slide was the location of a military triangulation station and observation site (known as Devil’s Bunker) used during World War II as part of the harbor defense of San Francisco. Prior to the advent of radar, military personnel used binoculars and compasses to search for ships at sea and relay their coordinates to a central post.
The first completed shelter, located in Indiana, [5] was built during the Cold War to withstand a near direct hit from a 20-megaton nuclear bomb. [6] With accommodations for 80 people, the Indiana complex has a few spots left due to member relocations and family changes.
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The bunker-like construction is just one part of the sprawling 1,400-acre compound, named Ko’olau Ranch, on the island of Kauai. Planning documents obtained by Wired show the partially-completed ...
Devils Postpile National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located near Mammoth Mountain in Eastern California.The monument protects Devils Postpile, an unusual rock formation of columnar basalt, "all closely and perfectly fitted together like a vast mosaic."
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Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is a United States Navy weapons and munitions loading, storage, and maintenance facility located in Seal Beach, California, with detachments in Fallbrook and Norco, both also in California. It also encloses the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge.