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View of the aft LOX tank bulkhead.

Picture 2 of 5.

At the 7:00 position is the LOX fill/drain valve. The fuel (alcohol) fill/drain valve is mostly obscured at 9:00 by the intersection of the braces added to the missile for display purposes; the fuel suction line (through which the alcohol tank was also filled and drained) is the flange between 9:00 and 10:00 whose side has been cut off to provide clearance for the support post.

At 2:00 is the conduit through which electrical cabling and pneumatic tubing was routed through the propellant tanks and to the aft unit.

Mostly cut off by the support post at about 3:00 is the flange for the LOX suction line.

This view was taken through the steam vent.

 
Mercury Redstone Tail Unit Interior and center unit aft end at U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Time picture taken Sat Sep 14 09:35:26 2013
Location picture taken Rocket Park
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Huntsville, AL
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