# Places

Compiled by [Robin Monks](https://coldwar.tech/about), a Cold War archival expert.

## Pages

- ["CARTWHEEL Tower", Fort Reno, Washington DC](https://coldwar.tech/places/cartwheel-tower.md): An unassuming water tower in Washington, DC, that held a critical part in the Continuity of Government plan.
- [Chernobyl-2 DUGA](https://coldwar.tech/places/chernobyl-2-duga.md): From the Soviet north, the ticking sound of long range radar.
- [DYE-MAIN](https://coldwar.tech/places/dye-main.md): Primary DEW Line Main station at Cape Dyer, Nunavut (Baffin Island). Built in 1957 as the DYE Sector hub; converted to a North Warning System Long Range Radar…
- [Jupiter (Pripyat)](https://coldwar.tech/places/jupiter-pripyat.md): A soviet secret production facility of semiconductor components for military use.
- [POW-MAIN](https://coldwar.tech/places/pow-main.md): Westernmost DEW Line Main station at Point Barrow (Utqiagvik), Alaska. Built in 1957 as the POW Sector hub; converted to a North Warning System Long Range…
- [BAR-MAIN](https://coldwar.tech/places/bar-main.md): Easternmost DEW Line Main station in Alaska and birthplace of the DEW Line. Site of the 1953 MIT Lincoln Laboratory proof-of-concept tests; converted to a…
- [PIN-MAIN](https://coldwar.tech/places/pin-main.md): One of four Canadian Main stations on the DEW Line, serving as PIN Sector headquarters on the Parry Peninsula. Converted to a North Warning System Long Range…
- [CAM-MAIN](https://coldwar.tech/places/cam-main.md): One of four Canadian Main stations on the DEW Line, serving as CAM Sector headquarters at Cambridge Bay. The station directly catalyzed the transformation of…
- [FOX-MAIN](https://coldwar.tech/places/fox-main.md): One of four Canadian Main stations on the DEW Line, serving as FOX Sector headquarters at Hall Beach (Sanirajak). The best-documented station on the Line, and…
- [DYE-1](https://coldwar.tech/places/dye-1.md): Mountaintop DEW Line station on Greenland's west coast, part of the DEW East extension closing the radar gap between Baffin Island and Iceland.