A historical point of view

We had gone on a hike to the tracking station some months ago. I had seen an old photo in a magazine of the tracking station when it was operational. It made me curious - could I find the same spot the photo was taken.

I went back today to see if I could find it.  The array on the left was dismantled years ago but the concrete bases were still there.  The vent boxes seemed strange but when I went for a walkabout in the area, it turns out the photo was taken from the roof of a building about 200 metres from the dish.

There was an exterior set of stairs on the building and I went up to the roof.

Now the roof of an abandoned building may not be best place to stand but it looked quite sturdy and I was able to find the same spot (more or less) where the photographer stood 50 years ago.  The roof was overgrown but some of the vent boxes were intact.

It was pretty cool to find the same spot.

Inside the buildings there was lots of graffiti including this classic Trini pic - in the Trini flag colors. In case you didnt know, 868 is the area code for Trinidad. 

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