CHAPTER Il, SECTION 5 Figure 2-87. Station 70 - Entrance on 29 September, and it was aproved 28 October, CONSTRUCTION. Work started on 1 November 1953 and was completed on 6 February 1954. Figure 2-93 shows the Station completed. STATION 70 - TIMING AND COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING SITE NAN USERS: TU-15, TU-6, JFT. NRLS and HEN GENERAL. The Timing and Communications Building was located on site Nan and was used Figure 2-88. for the timing andfiring of all Bikini shots. This one-story reinforced concrete structure measured 44° x 72°x 12’ high and was covered with a five-foot. seven-inch earth fill. Figure 2-37 shows Station 70 as 53° completed on 3 December. In the left foreground ts the 300-foot tower, Station 1300, There were nine rooms in Station 70 with access to each room by an L-shaped corridor. The largest room was 23 fee: by 27 feet. Eight rooms were constructed of wood studs and plywood. Access to the building was through hbiast-resistant type doors located in the side retaining walls. These doors may be Station 70 - Completed with Earth Covering Page 2-95