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 hunter117
 |  | A "ghost" Richmond
< on 12/16/2006 4:04 AM >
|  | | | Im pretty new to this site been here a couple times and have been looking for some info on and abandon "city" that was built as a decoy during WW2. Its purpose was to trick the nazis/japanese from bombing richmond v.a. I was just wondering if any one would happened to have pics of the place? or a location I can google earth it. Any help would be great thx!
[last edit 12/16/2006 7:32 AM by hunter117 - edited 1 times]
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Corporal_Clegg
    
Location: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
| |  |  | Re: An "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 1 on 12/16/2006 6:05 AM >
|  | | | This is the first I've heard of it.
It would most likely be gone by now, but who knows.
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andrea
 
Location: Baltimore MD
Gender: Female
Apparently, I am heinous.
| | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 2 on 12/16/2006 2:46 PM >
| | | | This should be in the mid-atlantic section.
This isn't boot camp and you are not a ninja. But you sure look like an idiot in that outfit.
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DevilC
Location: Washington, District of Corruption
Gender: Male
I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their views.
| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 3 on 12/17/2006 5:20 AM >
| | | | They built a decoy AIRFIELD in the vicinity.
It is now a park.
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natxtron
Location: memphis
urbanesquelation
| |  | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 4 on 12/17/2006 8:01 AM >
| | | | there were several of these decoy towns built along the west cost in the mid forties. i don't know specifics but will try to find info and post it. i never heard of any on the east coast but they may exist there as well.
as far as i know, the houses were nothing special, made of very flimsy materials, and would not have survived sixty years. nonetheless, the sites may still remain.
Are you now, or have you ever been? |
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natxtron
Location: memphis
urbanesquelation
| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 5 on 12/17/2006 8:03 AM >
| | | | i agree, this does need to be moved to mid atlantic.
Are you now, or have you ever been? |
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bryciekun
| | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 6 on 12/22/2006 9:06 AM >
| | | | i went there a long time ago. its near the airport. there was really nothing left then. probably less now if its still there.
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weishaarkc
Location: RICHMOND
Gender: Male
| | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 7 on 12/22/2006 2:52 PM >
| | | | If you have google earth (if you don't, you should) look at the richmond airport and then look east. If you turn on the google earth community layer, there is a maker posted for a water tank. Click on it and go to the thread. There's an explanation there about it and a link to a website. It's pretty interesting, even though the actual airstrip is gone now and there is a semiconductor plant sitting where it used to be. I tried to go there about a year ago and security was tight due to all the technology developments that have been built in the area.
Here's a link to the thread in the google earth forum:
http://bbs.keyhole....php/Number/350972
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w-m_explore
Location: Richmond, VA/Williamsburg, VA
| | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 8 on 12/22/2006 11:57 PM >
| | | | It's there, nothing but only streets those because an actual city was never built, just lamp posts and streets. The military used it for training in the 1970s and part of it was sold by Governor Allen in the 1990s. the Infinion plant and lab is on part of the site but the rest is still there. Here is the wikipedia link. It is not hard to find and is very interesting, but nothing exciting. Happy huntings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elko_Tract
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blackhawk
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| | | Re: Torpedo Junction
<Reply # 9 on 12/25/2006 11:23 PM >
| | | | It's pretty amusing that they went to all this trouble to protect themselves from a very unlikely scenario. This was far beyond the Germans heavy bomber range.
What's even more hilarious is the fact that none of the eastern coast was blacked out at night. This gave U-boat commanders clear shots at ships during the night. "Happy days" for the U-boats; many a kill was made. More than one U-boat captain commented on this strange US oversight. Really dumb. For well over a year the U-boats ruled the night off our eastern coast.
Good reading: Torpedo Junction http://www.randomh...10276&view=excerpt
If you haven't seen "Das Boot", check it out! You can almost smell the diesel and sweat...
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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Chewie
Location: Asheville, NC
Gender: Male
| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 10 on 1/10/2007 8:57 AM >
| | | | Yeah I had heard about the decoy airfield, but I personally have never been out there. I knew a guy who went out there, and proceeded to find the most of the "interesting" decoy stuff was gone. The security was also suppose to be unusually high for a lab. I know there's a lot out there on a google search so look around. Good luck if you go. -Drew
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament -- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game happily, untroubled by the certainty of the outcome. - Lazarus Long "Time Enough For Love" |
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blackhawk
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| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 11 on 1/10/2007 10:42 AM >
| | | | Posted by Chewie
Yeah I had heard about the decoy airfield, but I personally have never been out there. I knew a guy who went out there, and proceeded to find the most of the "interesting" decoy stuff was gone. The security was also suppose to be unusually high for a lab. I know there's a lot out there on a google search so look around. Good luck if you go. -Drew
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Did you say lab? Like R&D with animals? If it's that, or a DOD site, stay clear. If your caught, it will be extra nasty.
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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Bfagan
Location: Glasgow
UE as Canon sees it.
| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 12 on 1/19/2007 7:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by blackhawk
It's pretty amusing that they went to all this trouble to protect themselves from a very unlikely scenario. This was far beyond the Germans heavy bomber range.
What's even more hilarious is the fact that none of the eastern coast was blacked out at night. This gave U-boat commanders clear shots at ships during the night. "Happy days" for the U-boats; many a kill was made. More than one U-boat captain commented on this strange US oversight. Really dumb. For well over a year the U-boats ruled the night off our eastern coast.
Good reading: Torpedo Junction http://www.randomh...10276&view=excerpt
If you haven't seen "Das Boot", check it out! You can almost smell the diesel and sweat...
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While on my ship in the Navy, I read a book onboard called: Uboat Ace. It was all about Wolfgang Lueth, and the whole U-boat operations under his command. I believe he had some of the most sinks of most other U-boat captains. Pretty interesting.
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful".; - Anton LaVey
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blackhawk
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Location: Mission Control
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| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 13 on 1/19/2007 7:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by Mongoose
While on my ship in the Navy, I read a book onboard called: Uboat Ace. It was all about Wolfgang Lueth, and the whole U-boat operations under his command. I believe he had some of the most sinks of most other U-boat captains. Pretty interesting.
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Not sure about that, but I have a lot of respect for those sailors. Most were young, but they were some of the very best men Germany had, and were highly trained. In that service branch something like a 25% of those who served would not survive to see the end of WW2; the highest mortality rate in any of the German fighting men. Life was nasty on the boats too.
I want to pick up Das Boot again. What a great watch; it's such a great war epic, one of my favorite WW2 films. You can almost smell the sweat and diesel...
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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blackhawk
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| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 14 on 1/21/2007 12:59 PM >
| | | | Correction: there were about 40,000 who served on German U-boats during WW2; 30,000 of those sailors never returned home.
hitler had many victims.
RIP
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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Bfagan
Location: Glasgow
UE as Canon sees it.
| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 15 on 2/8/2007 1:41 PM >
| | | | Here is a link to the book I read on Wolfgang Luth.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1557508631.01._O U02._PE10_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1557508631&h=154&w=102&s z=7&hl=en&start=45&tbnid=RlwAzP99WAri5M:&tbnh=96&tbnw=64&prev=/images%3Fq%3DU-Boat%2BAce%26start%3D40 %26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful".; - Anton LaVey
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Bfagan
Location: Glasgow
UE as Canon sees it.
| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 16 on 2/8/2007 1:42 PM >
| | | | Here is a link to the book I read on Wolfgang Luth.
http://www.amazon....os/ASIN/1557508631
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful".; - Anton LaVey
"Please allow me to adjust my pants, so that I can dance the goodtime dance; and put the on-lookers and innocent bystanders into a trance.." |
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blackhawk
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Location: Mission Control
UER newbie
| | | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 17 on 2/8/2007 4:01 PM >
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That pic of the captain in wild. Erich Topp, one of my favorite U-boat commanders, pasted away on December 26, 2005 in Hanover at the age of 91. Bummer. He helped preserve the history and tell the story of what it was to be a successful Wolfpack leader, and live.
RIP, old peaceful war dog.
Just when I thought I was out... they pulled me back in.
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level505
| | Re: A "ghost" Richmond
<Reply # 18 on 3/1/2007 1:46 AM >
| | | | the place is call Portuguese Road and you can read about it on ghost towns dot com.
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