The Nuclear Weapons Storage Area at Loring once operated as a separate, top secret facility.

Originally called the North River Depot, the remote area to the northeast of Loring’s property was the first U.S.

Operational site allegedly constructed for the storage, assembly, and testing of atomic weapons.

[1] A parallel series of four fences, one of which was electrified, surrounded the heart of the storage area.

In June 1962, the United States Atomic Energy Commission released its custody and ownership of the weapons to the Air Force, and the personnel and property were absorbed into the adjacent Loring Air Force Base.