  Stinger4me Member Username: Stinger4me Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2007 |
How many folks out there remember the missile base on Belle Isle? It was on the east end of the near the Livingston Light. There may have been a tracking station of some type on E. 7 Mile Rd. near Morang. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 36 Registered: 08-2007 |
check out http://members.tripod.com/nike hercules/ for a run down of NIKE/HERUCLES missel bases. There were bases in Franklin, Grosse Isle, Auburn Heights and more. The base in Franklin/Southfield is part of a National Guard facility and is sandwiched between 696 and 11 mile. Until 9/11 the National Guard guys would let you walk around the bunkers. | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3459 Registered: 10-2003 |
This has been covered many times in other threads. The site near 7 & Morang was a gun site before the Nikes. | ||
Stinger4me Member Username: Stinger4me Post Number: 39 Registered: 08-2007 |
Mikem; What was a "gunsite"? | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3462 Registered: 10-2003 |
Before the Nike missiles were available, several anti-aircraft artillery sites were established around the city. Heilmann Field was one of the sites on the northeast side. |
