Underground Garage

USA / Nevada / Indian Springs /
This underground dual-purpose garage and mass shelter was built for the Federal Civil Defense Administration at a cost of $200,000. The shelter was constructed under three feet of earth with a reinforced concrete roof slab two feet, six inches thick, and the huge room measures about 90-feet square. A four-foot-thick reinforced 100-ton concrete blast door was also installed.
The Priscilla nuclear test (June 24, 1957) subjected the garage to 30 pounds per square inch of overpressure.
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Coordinates:   36°47'56"N   115°56'6"W
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