Strategic Air Command Bunker


Strategic Air Command Bunker
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By: kjfitz @ 2005-07-29 18:09:03
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This 44,000 square-foot underground bunker, in the rolling hills next to Hampshire College, was built in 1956 as a regional control center by the Strategic Air Command (SAC), which operated a bomber base nearby in Westover. The three story building features a self-contained water supply and electrical generation system, a cavernous "war room" with a glassed-in balcony, and accommodations for up to 300 people. In 1973, as SAC centralized its command centers in Nebraska and Colorado, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston moved in and used it as an emergency back-up facility, and for records storage, along with New England Telephone and the New York Federal Reserve. The bunker was put up for sale for $250,000 in 1992, and was bought by nearby Amherst College, which uses it as a book depository and for archival storage.
More Info: ludb.clui.org
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts (MA), United States (US)
@ 42.30615000, -72.53497800
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skyeye @ 2005-07-29 21:46:31
skyeye's picture Here's another link to info about "The Notch" Bunker:
http://users.primushost.com/~mfoster/PACCS.htm
skyeye @ 2007-11-04 08:32:33
skyeye's picture See: http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/MA3302/
skyeye @ 2008-09-20 10:58:41
skyeye's picture More links:
http://www1.shore.net/~mfoster/PACCS.htm
http://coldwar-c4i.net/Notch/index.html
http://www.hampshire.edu/archives/1890.htm
http://www.westoveryesterday.com/TheNotch.html

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