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Line 86: ===Building 101=== The structure is a {{Convert|164000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} T-shaped white building.<ref name=carroll/> It is situated on Plum Island's northwest plateau on a {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} site where it is buttressed by a steep cliff which leads into the ocean.<ref name=carroll/> To the Construction on Plum Island's new laboratory Building 101 began around July 1, 1954, around the same time that the Army's anti-animal [[biological warfare|bio-warfare]] (BW) facilities at [[Fort Terry]] were transferred to the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]].<ref name=newsletter/> Following the transfer, the facilities on Plum Island became known as the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.<ref name=newsletter/> The USDA's $7.7. million<ref name=carroll/> Building 101 laboratory facility was dedicated on September 26, 1956.<ref name=newsletter/> Prior to the building's opening the area around it was sprayed with chemicals to deter insect or animal life from approaching the facility.<ref name=carroll/> Upon its opening a variety of tests using [[pathogen]]s and [[Vector (epidemiology)|vectors]] were conducted on animals in the building.<ref name=carroll/> Research on biological weapons at PIADC did not cease until [[Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs|the entire program was canceled]] in 1969 by [[Richard Nixon]].<ref name=cella>Cella, Alexandra. "[http://dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/bitstream/1951/43871/1/LIHJ2004.pdf An Overview of Plum Island: History, Research and Effects on Long Island]", ''Long Island Historical Journal'', Fall 2003/Spring 2004, Vol. 16, Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 176–181 (194–199 in PDF), accessed January 10, 2009.</ref> | |||