Wallops Beach Station Site

Wallops Island, VA

Also known as Wallop's Beach (1884-1890); Wallops Beach (1891-1947)

The Wallops Beach Station Site site was established in 1884

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This is not an active site. It was active 1884-1947

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This site was closed (in) 1947

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This is the original site location

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Designation number: 151

Station closed in 1947 and acquired by the Navy Department as a firing range. Now part of Goddard Space Flight Center. 1933 station survives but is unused.

Station Site Notes:

1883 approaching completion; 1884 completed (USLSS Annual Reports). Discontinued in 1947. Station was acquired by the Navy Department as a firing range (USCG Historian's Website).

Buildings at this Station Site

The 1933 station house is surviving at this site

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