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South Pole Amundsen-Scott Research Station
Popular Mechanics — This gleaming aluminum "beer can" links the above-ground part of the South Pole station to the subterranean complex. The building sits on 36 columns, and can be raised by two full stories when snowdrifts threaten to overtake it. A tapered edge . ...More…
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Horticultural Crops Research Station
The Horticultural Crops Research Station was established in 1947 and is located on a 60- acre tract on Highway 133, six miles north of Wilmington. An additional 50-acre tract on Holly Shelter Road is seven miles northeast of the main ...More…
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Upper Piedmont Research Station
The Upper Piedmont Research Station was created on rented land in Rural Hall in 1948. In 1954 the donation of Chinqua-Penn Plantation led to the current home of the UPRS. The UPRS currently consists of 835-acres of land and adjoins the Betsy-Jeff ...More…
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Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station was established on 14 acres in 1949 and is now 377 acres. Its growth and expansion is based on the station's success as becoming a leader in laboratory, greenhouse and field studies vitally important ...More…
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Upper Mountain Research Station
The Upper Mountain Research Station is located in Ashe County. The station, which was established in 1944, consists of 454 acres at an elevation higher than 3,200 feet. UMRS hasa varied research program with the capability of producing ...More…
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Sandhills Research Station
Sandhills Research Station was established in 1940 on a 100-acre tract in Eagle Springs and moved in 1951 to its present 517-acre site in the Windblow community of Montgomery County. The station was created to address the needs of peach growers ...More…
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Mountain Research Station
The Mountain Research Station was established at Swannanoa in Buncombe County in 1908 and moved to the present 398-acre location in Haywood County in 1944 when the U.S. Army selected the Swannanoa site for a general hospital. An additional 13.3 ...More…
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Central Crops Research Station
The land for Central Crops Research Station was purchased in December 1953 to replace the McCullers Branch Station, which was located in Wake County. The 518-acre Central Crops Research Station is located 20 miles from the main NCSU campus and ...More…
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Tidewater Research Station
The Tidewater Research Station was established in 1943 in Washington County to serve a large area of North Carolina lying between the Coastal Plain region and coastal North Carolina. It replaced the Blackland Test Farm near Wenona, established in ...More…
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Upper Coastal Plain Research Station
The Upper Coastal Plain Research Station is the oldest of the state's 18 research stations, established on a trial basis in 1902 on 201 acres of rented land eight miles southeast of Rocky Mount, on the Old Tarboro Road (now Noble's Mill Pond ...More…
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Southern Research Station Headquarters - Asheville, NC
Southern Research Station - USDA Forest Service conducts research in forestry resource science and technology for forest sustainability and productivity in southern ecosystems and environmental quality. September 14-16, 2009 in Raleigh, North ...More…
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Upper Piedmont Research Station
The Upper Piedmont Research Station was created on rented land in Rural Hall in 1948. In 1954 the donation of Chinqua-Penn Plantation led to the current home of the UPRS. The UPRS currently consists of 835-acres of land and adjoins the Betsy-Jeff ...More…