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Nike Hercules Missile

 
 
Nike Hercules Missile Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 16, 2022
1. Nike Hercules Missile Marker
Inscription. Length: 39ft 10in
Gross Weight: 10,711 lbs
Warhead: High explosive / Nuclear
Maximum Effective Range: over 75 miles
Maximum Speed: 2707 mph
Maximum Altitude: 100,000ft
Development took place in: 1950
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 32.56′ N, 83° 1.208′ W. Marker is in Port Clinton, Ohio, in Ottawa County. It is on Niagra Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Clinton OH 43452, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Lake Erie Shore and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: M42 Duster (a few steps from this marker); The Ohio Forty and Eights Box Car (a few steps from this marker); Gratitude Train (a few steps from this marker); M106A2 Variant of the M113 (a few steps from this marker); Merci Train (a few steps from this marker); AH-1 Iroquois Helicopter (Huey) (within shouting distance of this marker); M4 Sherman (within shouting distance of this marker); M551 Sheridan (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Clinton.
 
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Nike Hercules Missile Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 16, 2022
2. Nike Hercules Missile Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 199 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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