| Site #: | R-26, C-49 | |
| AC&W #: | 47 Radar Squadron (RCAF) | |
| Callsign: | ||
| Construction Dates: | Start: | May 1961 |
| End: | November 1962 | |
| Operational Date: | 23 January 1964 | |
| SAGE Operational: | 23 January 1964 | |
| Radar Equipment: | Search: | FPS-27 |
| Height: | FPS-26, FPS-507 | |
| Closure Date: | 17 July 1987 |
GYPSUMVILLE
|
Serial |
Description |
Cost |
|
1 |
Clearing & Grubbing |
$20,000 |
|
2 |
Roads, Walks & Parking Areas & Drainage |
298,500 |
|
3 |
Fencing |
39,800 |
|
4 |
Rail Spur Line |
4,000 |
|
5 |
Fuel Storage & Handling Facilities |
72,000 |
|
6 |
Sewage Treatment Plant & Collector System |
258,000 |
|
7 |
Water Treatment Plant, Pumping & Storage & Distribution System |
372,000 |
|
8 |
Underground Heating Distribution System |
230,000 |
|
9 |
Electrical Distribution, Street Lighting, & Fire Alarm System including Electrical Distribution to Operational Facilities |
380,000 |
|
10 |
Gate and Guard House and Two Gate Houses |
25,000 |
|
11 |
Administrative/Hospital Building |
130,000 |
|
12 |
Combined Mess Building |
275,000 |
|
13 |
Combined Quarters Building |
316,000 |
|
14 |
Combined Mobile Equipment/Unit Supply Building |
128,000 |
|
15 |
Combined Construction Engineering/Fire Hall Building |
111,000 |
|
16 |
5-Class School Building |
140,000 |
|
17 |
Combined Chapel Building |
87,000 |
|
18 |
Combined Heating/Power Plant Building |
650,000 |
|
19 |
Mobile Homes, 90 units at $11,600 (including transportation, foundations, and hooking to services) |
1,044,000 |
|
21 |
FPS-26 Height Finder Radar Tower |
300,000 |
|
22 |
FPS-6 Height Finder Tower (foundations only – Technical equipment and tower from US sources) |
20,000 |
|
23 |
FPS-27 Search Radar Tower |
800,000 |
|
24 |
Telephone Building |
134,000 |
|
25 |
SAGE Annex Building |
265,000 |
|
26 |
Ground to Air Transmitter and Receiver Building including Antenna Foundations |
175,000 |
|
27 |
Grading and Landscaping |
20,000 |
|
28 |
Sports Field Facilities | |
|
TOTAL |
$6,544,300 |
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