Crusty old Joe's
Kodiak Alaska Military History
The official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum
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Alaska Communication System |
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REUNION
Alaska Communication System - 505th Sig. Const. Co. [ACS]
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Washington Alaska Military Cable And Telegraph System [WAMCATS]
1901 to 1962
34th Annual Seattle Reunion
& 102nd ANNIVERSARY
For the Personnel, Family and Friends of the Above
AT WOODLAND PARK - SHELTER NO. 6
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16th 2003
This text not only describes the ACS in Kodiak but also gives
weather, civilian habits, and quite a slice of life in Kodiak
at the time.
You will find mention of who did the work, and why they did some
of it where they did. It discusses a minefield and other subterranean things.
Some material for the project was salvaged from the navy dump.
Dates many installations were completed are included as well as a statement
that "installation of equipment which as far as can be ascertained here
will never be used."
Source: NARA Anchorage RG342, stack 10/04/08(1), Records of US Air Force Commands, Activities and organizations,
Records of the Alaska Communications System 1900-1961, Box 7.
History of Alaska Communication System Kodiak 28 November 1945
Signal Hill radio site. Photos taken 1949. (Where the dairy barn is today.)
Site plan on notepad paper found with pictures at NARA Anchorage.
The building on the site built in June 1954 is still in use by AT&T Alascom in 2008.
The original blueprints are located in the building in a file cabinet in the office.
The title block from one sheet of many gives quite a bit of information about who built it.
Off-site links
505th Signal page, photos
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(Note: If largest photo version doesn't load, it may be only available
on our CD-ROM of the website.)
Main index
http://www.kadiak.org/acs/index.html
This page created 2003 May 31, updated 2007 February 7
