Recent Photos of the Aurora, MN Gap-Filler Annex 

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Except as noted, all photos are from September 2018 and by Tom Page 

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This first photo, courtesy of "Google Street View," shows the access road where it branches off from MN State Road 135  [looking northwest] 

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A section of the gap-filler radar site access road, looking uphill  [looking east-northeast] 

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The top of the site access road, and the first view of the gap-filler radar building  [looking north-northwest] 

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The radar building's south side.  The radar-equipment section is on the left; the diesel-generator section is on the right.  [looking due north]  

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The west end and the south side of the radar building --- the door to the radar-equipment section is the one on the left, and the door to the diesel-generator section is the one on the right.  [looking northeast] 

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Here are the three radar-tower foundations/footings on the north side of the building.  The three bolts painted yellow appear to serve as earth-ground connections for the WEVE-FM radio-transmitter equipment now housed inside the old radar building.  Also, one foundation/footing serves as an anchor for one set of radio antenna-mast guy-wires.  [looking northeast] 

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Another view of the three radar-tower foundations/footing  [looking due south]  

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A close-up of one of the radar-tower's three foundations/footings  [looking southeast] 

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The radar building, inside the "L."  The diesel-generator section is on the left, and the radar-equipment section is on the right.  [looking southwest]  

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This final photo shows the diesel-generator section of the radar building at its southeast corner.  [looking northwest] 

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