D-69 FAIRVIEW PARK (Ohio)
At one time this base was huge. It was designed to protect both Detroit and Cleveland from incoming missiles and bombs. The base was long abandoned before I was born but living in Fairview Park as a kid, we used to explore parts of the base that later became a police academy. But I remember as a kid being told that the serial square dips in the ground at Bolkein Park were where the missile magazines had been removed and filled in with dirt. I also remember the IFC towers but had no idea what they were for.
All that remains of this massive Nike Missile base is Tri-City Park on the border between Westlake, Rocky River and Fairview Park. The area now occupied by Tri-City Park used to house the assembly shed, fuel barn, maintenance shed, and generator building. The generator building is now the restroom facility at the park.
All that remains of this massive Nike Missile base is Tri-City Park on the border between Westlake, Rocky River and Fairview Park. The area now occupied by Tri-City Park used to house the assembly shed, fuel barn, maintenance shed, and generator building. The generator building is now the restroom facility at the park.
