View from road. Building at bottom of tower is entrance as well as
lifting shaft for equipment. This is a two (or 3?) story below grade structure.

View of the Gamma ray nuclear detector. Vents are in fenced in area. Note round vents, unusual for this area.

The blast pressure detector about 500 feet from the site. Note unusual box mounted on pole. The large cable
terminates just below box with what appears to be four capped coaxial cable connectors (the size of N coaxial connectors).
A second cable about 3/4" in diameter runs to a piece of apparatus the size of a large alarm clock?
Would appreciate any input on what this device is.

Located on Higgins Road in Cheshire CT. Cheshire was a Main Station on the Boston to Miami L-4 Cable. Cable terminations
include L-3 to Chesterfield, MA, Hartford CT and New Haven, CT and also L-4 to Green Hill, RI; Blackstone, MA and Netcong, NY.

Notes from the Society of Broadcast Engineers:
AT&T Chesire Complex tour
The June '97 meeting was held at AT&T Complex in Cheshire. Dave Strong, supervisor of the site, was our host. The Cheshire complex is an
integral part of AT&T's core Public Switch Network infrastructure. Contained at the office are a large capacity network switch, light guide
terminal facilities, digital cross connect frames and SONET architecture. One of the unique things about the Cheshire complex is that it is
underground. It was originally used as a hardened AUTOVON switching node designed to withstand Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological attacks.
The site now operates as a central office, cellular site and microwave relay. This meeting included an hour long tour of the facility and proved to
be a very interesting meeting. We learned that the microwave relay process of 20 years ago has been totally replaced today by fiber optic cable.
The maintenance intensive hardware of years ago has been replaced by totally solid state digital equipment. Dave was heard to comment,
"today we essentially install the new equipment, turn it on, and never have to repair it".
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