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System 112A - The Black Vault

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SECRET<br />

SYSTEM 1Jn~£<br />

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Figure 24. Construction of the Electronic Data Center, Wheatfield, New York<br />

measuring 1612 x 170 feet, will house electronic computer<br />

and dal" processing equipment. Late ln July<br />

1957, Bell Ailrcraft's Type 650 magnetic-drum computer<br />

will be moved into the Center from the Advanced<br />

Analysls Laboratory. As presently planned,<br />

the Type 650 computer will be replaced during<br />

October 1957 with an IBM Type 704 magnetic-tape<br />

ComITdter.<br />

Tbe ElectrOnic Data Center will Pl'OC08S problems<br />

involving nutter analySiS, rocket engine design<br />

and combustion analysts, aeroelastic studies, traJectory<br />

studies, and reduction of test data from misBile<br />

fligbts or wind tunnel testing.<br />

b. Niagara Falls Plant<br />

Located apprOximately seven miles from Wheatfield,<br />

New York, the Niagara Falls Plant is a Bellleased<br />

facility comprising more than 165,000 square<br />

feet of floor space. PrtmarUy, this facility is used<br />

for the assembly and ",sting of electrOniC components<br />

and subsystems.<br />

In support of the Ra.scal rellablllty eHort, a<br />

portion of the Niagara Falls PI~.nt is being employed<br />

in a debugging prograr4 alme

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