Squantum NAS recent Photos
Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:29 pm
A few years ago I stopped at the old Squantum NAS on the south side of Boston Harbor. Almost every vestige of it's former life has been erased, but there is a walking path on the Northwest end. They have outlined part of the old runway and installed granite historical aviation markers along the path. It's nice that something is remembered.
Jerry
Looking Southeast down the former Runway 14-32 from the waters edge.
Looking Northwest down about what would've been the last third of Runway 32-14.
Granite marker. One of many depicting historical events and people at Squantum.
180 degrees from the marker, looking Southeast again, is a fence and a portion of runway 14-32 that is still asphalt. Underwater perhaps, but still there for a short distance.
Jerry
Looking Southeast down the former Runway 14-32 from the waters edge.
Looking Northwest down about what would've been the last third of Runway 32-14.
Granite marker. One of many depicting historical events and people at Squantum.
180 degrees from the marker, looking Southeast again, is a fence and a portion of runway 14-32 that is still asphalt. Underwater perhaps, but still there for a short distance.
Re: Squantum NAS recent Photos
Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:20 pm
Jerry:
You probabley should forward these NAS Squantum photos on to Paul Freemans's abandoned airfield website. I think he would welcome them ! http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MA/Air ... l#squantum
You probabley should forward these NAS Squantum photos on to Paul Freemans's abandoned airfield website. I think he would welcome them ! http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MA/Air ... l#squantum
Re: Squantum NAS recent Photos
Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:30 am
A group of involved folks @ KBLI including some from Bill Anders Heritage Flight Museum were working with the airport commission to locate items on the West side from the WW2 era, haven't heard a peep in a couple years so I have no idea what, if anything, is happening there.
The airport folks @ Black Lake in Olympia WA. turned down any sort of preservation requests about a year ago and implemented the 'plow it under and pave it over' approach to it's WW2 usage and history.
So this effort @ Squantum is a great way to teach history to those in the future for a fairly low cost solution. Good for their foresightedness.
The airport folks @ Black Lake in Olympia WA. turned down any sort of preservation requests about a year ago and implemented the 'plow it under and pave it over' approach to it's WW2 usage and history.
So this effort @ Squantum is a great way to teach history to those in the future for a fairly low cost solution. Good for their foresightedness.