Duluth SAGE Direction Center DC-10

 (1959-1983) - A Cold War SAGE System Direction Center first established in 1959 on Duluth Airport, Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. Named Duluth SAGE Direction Center after the location. Assigned a Sage ID of DC-10. Deactivated as a SAGE Direction Center in 1983.

History of Duluth SAGE Direction Center
Construction began on 2 May 1956, the building was accepted on 20 Nov 1957 and the direction center became operational on 15 Nov 1959 as Duluth SAGE Direction Center DC-10.

The Duluth SAGE Direction Center was one of the six direction centers designated as a SAGE Regional Control Centers (RCC) in 1966 and it remained operational, still using the vacuum tube FSQ-7 computers, until deactivated on 1 Apr 1983.

Current Status
Sage Direction Center blockhouse repurposed as the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Duluth IAP in Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.

See Also:
 * Permanent System Radar Sites
 * SAGE System

Sources:
 * , page 47, 127.

Links:
 * Radomes - Duluth SAGE Direction Center
 * Wikipedia - Duluth Air Defense Sector
 * WayMarking - Duluth SAGE Building