- City:
- Kekaha, HI
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1941
- Completed:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility is a U.S. Naval Installation on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii. Between 1941 and 1942 WPA funds helped enlarge the facility.
Source notes
“Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF): Cultural Landscape Report, Final, August 2011, Chapter 3 – Historic Context,” at Commander Naval Installations Command, “Barking Sands to PMRF – Prehistory Through the Cold War,” https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrh/installations/pacific_missile_range_facility_barking_sands/about/history/barking-sands-to-pmrf----prehistory-through-the-cold-war/early-20th-century-prior-to-wwii/hawaii-airfields-and-barking-sands-landing-field-1914-1939.html, accessed March 21, 2015.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 24, 2016.
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