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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:29 am    Post subject: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
You guys have talked about the pool that's there. But im unable to figure out what project they worked on that was so classified they got locked in the compound.




http://www.stlouisco.com/ParksandRecreation/MapsFacts/GPSFun

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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 10:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
Swimming pools are an essential part of top secret work. If I told you where it is, I'd have to..
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:47 am    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
Anybody have pics of the old train depot that it says is on the property?
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:18 am    Post subject: RE: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote


It was torn down at least a decade ago. It had been at the bottom of the hill to the north of the cannon/flagpole.
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
There were at least three depots at Jefferson Barracks. The one pictured above is the old Missouri Pacific Depot. At one point there was also a St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Depot & another depot for the streetcars. I'll see if I can find some photos of them.
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Depot at Jefferson Barracks circa 1890.



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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
The streetcar/trolley depot at JB circa 1908.

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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
Another shot of the MoPac Depot from 1981.

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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
indolence73 wrote:
Another shot of the MoPac Depot from 1981.



Does this photo come any larger?
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:36 pm    Post subject: RE: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
I can ask the original photographer if he has a larger version, If so I'll be sure to share it here.
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2012 8:33 am    Post subject: RE: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
By the way, the pics I took of the pool are here:

http://www.undergroundozarks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3284
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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 1:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Jefferson barracks secret compound Reply with quote
Damn wish the old Mo Pac one was still standing.
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