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http://www.california-blog.com/photos-information-places/2011/7/10/seal-beach-naval-weapons-station-seal-beach-ca.htmlThis one was built in 1944, is still in use, and most of it has farming now
Remember a lot of stuff in the 60's was carry over from the Army/Navy/Marines build up in the late 30's through the 40's. Many current reserve Military bases, still utilize structures built from WWII and slightly earlier (for instance Fort Indiantown Gap, PA). If you're modeling munitions usually thats kept in a shallow/below ground bunker with heavy sealed doors. Buildings like the one you show below are common during/after WWII and stored everything else.The best example would be the GSA Depot in Curtis Bay which is now part of the Army Reserve post and Coast Guard maintenance/repair facility. You can see the lead in, as well as where the tracks used to be, and remnants of old buildings. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1929601,-76.5807018,824m/data=!3m1!1e3Bing actually has "winter" pictures which allows better detail to be seen, you can see what I believe is an engine house, where the staging/holding yard would be and the various tracks:http://binged.it/1FAF6PzOn page 8 of this report shows a decent map: http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0605/ML060580564.pdfThis report has the history of the depot: http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/024000/024200/024209/pdf/msa_se5_24209.pdfPretty good shot from 695 looking down at the entrance: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.207004,-76.586837,3a,44y,169.56h,71.19t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sW84qQvGxCcpyu-5cbUaMFA!2e0The S.
The S., I kinda figured sme installations would be WWII leftovers, hence my suggestion of the clapboard structures like the ones at Ft. Meade, visible from 32. I was thinking Quonset huts as a possibility too. But the Curtis Bay facility poses some interesting questions. The one pad closest to the water and in front of a standing building, at the head of Field Office Rd., almost looks like it has narrow gauge track set into it, and evidence of a loop of that at the front of the pad. I imagine this may have been for carts hauling heavy loads, like bombs or crates of bullets. Of course, it could be my imagination too.
Go to Google Maps and look up Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. They use storage bunkers and have a large network of rail to deliver the ammunition from the manufacturing plant to the storage locations. Each set is build to the required specs that are needed for teh type of ammo being stored there. I'd bet there is close to 30 miles of rail there and it hasn't changed since it was built in 1940. Maybe this link will work.https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iowa+Army+Ammunition+Plant/@40.7966385,-91.2471947,8584m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xe2490c23e976e431!6m1!1e1Cheers,Brian