Space Miami: Abandoned Aerojet Everglades Rocket Factory

Joey Daoud
2011-07-22

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5 min

In 1963 Aerojet-General built a rocket manufacturing plant in the middle of the Everglades. They were hoping to build rockets for the Apollo moon mission. The rockets were built and tested in a 150 ft. deep silo, the deepest hole ever dug in Florida.