One of the oldest sites on this list, the Coconut Grove Playhouse was constructed as a cinema called the Player's State Theater, which opened in 1927. Phillip Pessar / Flickr Creative Commons 4. In early 2010, plans were made to fix the damage the site had done to the wetlands, and in 2013, the silo was covered with concrete bridge supports. In 1969, following a NASA decision to go with liquid-fueled engines for Apollo’s Saturn V rockets, the plant was abandoned. The component sprayed propellant made of hydrochloric acid over homes and farmland in the Everglades and Homestead, causing many locals to complain about damage and ruined crops.
The last was the largest solid-fuel rocket ever, and near burnout, the rocket nozzle was ejected. The company paid just $2.50 per acre annually for the plant, located five miles from Everglades National Park.īetween 19, the plant fired three test rockets: SL-1, 2, and 3. Air Force in 1963 gave Aerojet General, a prominent rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer, a $3 million contract to start a manufacturing and testing site in Homestead. Aerojet-Dade Rocket FacilityĪfter the beginning of the space race following the 1957 launch of Sputnik, the U.S. As one commenter at puts it, there’s “not much left to see that nature hasn’t taken back.”Ĭourtesy of 3. In recent years, public access to the site has been limited by the installation of tall fencing and stern signage. Fish and Wildlife Service to create Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge in 1980. The site was decommissioned in 1979, and ownership was passed from the Army to the U.S.
The HM-40 site was equipped with five radars, including a high-powered acquisition radar housed in a geodesic fiberglass dome. In 1965, it was relocated to North Key Largo. atmospheric nuclear test, and B Battery was initially placed just outside Everglades National Park in 1962, next to A Battery. The Nike Hercules missile test is regarded to be the last true U.S. Kennedy put into motion what would soon be the largest nuclear-weapons testing program in the United States: Operation Dominic. Nike Missile IFC Site HM-40, B Batteryįollowing a recommencement of the Soviet nuclear program in 1961, President John F. Don’t call us if the fuzz catches you fence-hopping, though.ġ. For those with an intrepid spirit and insatiable curiosity, New Times, with the help of the blog Abandoned Florida, presents this list of fascinating abandoned sites scattered across our lush landscape. A variety of outré experiences lurks around town for oddity hunters with a keen eye, but it takes a special kind of recklessness to trespass into, say, a spooky, decrepit missile silo deep in the Everglades. Miami might be known for glitz and glam, but beneath the South Beach sheen, the Magic City has a bit of a seedy underbelly.
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