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The north elevation contains the main entrance, a pair of metal swing doors, which is accessed via
a covered walkway from the Engineering and Administration Building. To the east of this
entrance is a blast-resistant metal swing door that provides access to the ordnance shop. In the
center of the second level (which corresponds to the mezzanine level) are three pairs of 10-ft by
7.5-ft metal louvers, with five sets of stacked 7-ft by 7.5-ft metal louvers towards the west end.
The central and west portions of the third level (which corresponds to the second floor) contain
paired fixed windows. The north clerestory of the high bay has eight fan openings. The east
elevation is divided into three sections: the north wing, the high bay, and the south wing. The
north wing has two blast-resistant metal swing doors, and a blast-resistant metal vertical lift door
and blank upper levels, while the south wing has a 25-ft by 15-ft metal louver and a pair of fixed
windows at the second floor level. The high bay portion of the façade has a four-section vertical
lift door to the north and a metal swing door and a 30-ft by 25-ft metal louver to the south.
The south elevation of the Manufacturing Building has five pairs of metal swing doors, and one
single metal swing door. Within the western half of the elevation, there are five pairs of fixed
windows on the second level and seven on the third level, whereas the eastern half is void of
openings in the upper levels, as is the southern clerestory of the high bay. The west elevation,
like the east elevation, is divided into the north wing, the high bay, and the south wing. The north
wing contains two metal rolling doors, two pairs of metal swing doors, and two single metal
swing doors. This wing also has a 10-ft by 7.5-ft metal louver near the southern end of the
second level and three pairs of fixed windows near the northern end of the second level. The
west elevation of the high bay section is a mirror image of its east elevation, with a four-section
vertical lift door, a metal swing door, and a 30-ft by 25-ft metal louver. The west elevation of the
south wing has two pairs of metal swing doors, a 25-ft by 25-ft metal louver, four pairs of fixed
windows at the second level, and five pairs of fixed windows at the third level.
As previously mentioned, the Manufacturing Building is internally divided into three areas: a
central high bay with three-story wings to the north and south. The high bay measures
approximately 252 ft in length (east-west), 80 ft in width (north-south), and 60.5 ft in height. The
floor within the high bay is a special air bearing floor, comprised of a 10-inch thick, dense, nonporous
concrete slab underneath which lie two layers of vapor barrier sheeting. There are two 15-
ton bridge cranes in the high bay, supported by a crane rail at roughly 48 ft above the finished
floor on the north and south walls. This allows the cranes to move along the east-west axis.
The north wing of the Manufacturing Building measures approximately 252 ft in length (eastwest),
155 ft in width (north-south), and 44 ft in height. Immediately to the north of the high bay
are three assembly bays at the west end, a machine shop/repair area near the center, and a booster
separation motor (BSM) cell. Each assembly bay is a class 100,000 clean room that measures
about 35 ft by 35 ft and stands the full height of the wing. Like the high bay, these cells have an
air bearing floor, and a 1-ton bridge crane. Each bay also has a rolling door on their south wall
that opens into the high bay. To the east of the assembly bays is the repair area/machine shop,
which measures approximately 110 ft in length and 65 ft in width. The 35-ft-wide southern
section of this area extends for the full height of the north wing, and has a 5-ton bridge crane, and
an air bearing floor; the 30-ft-wide northern section is a single story in height, or roughly 11 ft. It
has a standard poured concrete floor and pendant-mounted fluorescent light fixtures. A 29-ft by
20-ft tool crib sits at its northwest corner. The BSM cell measures approximately 35 ft by 35 ft
and stands the full height of the north wing. Like the high bay and the assembly bays, it has an
air bearing floor and a 1-ton bridge crane. The walls surrounding this room are constructed of
blast-resistant concrete and there is a vertical lift door on the south wall that opens into the high