Substation for the Potomac Light and Power Company

Name/Title

Substation for the Potomac Light and Power Company

Entry/Object ID

IMG2475

Description

Building was a substation for the Potomac Light and Power Company. Due to the tensions of the cold war this substation was designated post "Nectar Kilo Zero One Black" in the Ground Observer Corps as part of the East Coast Warning Service and was formally dedicated as an observation post in June 1955.

Acquisition

Accession

78

Source or Donor

Parks, Ray and Natalie

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Charles Town, West Virginia

Notes

Date: 1955 June