A strange cylindrical structure like an outsized chimney pokes out of the flat roof, and a radio aerial bristles to my right. In the gallery, a team of specialist plotters would have sat at a row of desks, listening for information from outlying bunkers and putting it up on rotating Perspex display boards, which could be swiveled around to be viewed by still more specialists in operations below. The York Cold War Bunker is one of the city’s best kept secrets, situated out in the suburbs, on a nondescript street, lined with ordinary houses and neatly mowed lawns. Dìxià Chéng was waterproof, gas-proof, and built to withstand biological and nuclear attacks. To learn more or withdraw consent, please visit our cookie policy. Many of the pieces of period equipment have been donated by ex-ROC officers and are testaments to the power of social media. . Ted Gump, of The Washington Post, wrote an article in 1992 that revealed the use of the Greenbrier as a relocation site for the government in the event of nuclear war. The secret stash included an estimated 352,000 Civil Defense All-Purpose Survival Crackers, as well as water drums, medical supplies, paper blankets, and drugs like Dextran (which treats shock). Image taken from Luzernerzeitung / The large gates of the Sonnenbergtunnel shelter in Switzerland were last closed in 1987. Exploring one of the world's greatest cities. Some bunkers were sited in towns or cities, but Hanlon’s are rather remote. A special subway line runs from some points in Moscow and possibly to the VIP terminal at Vnukovo Airfield . Still, parts of it are used by residents to keep cool in summer and portions have been repurposed as stores and theaters. The quarry is connected by rail to a main line that runs to London. Inside, a small set of bellows was attached to the end, which would expand as air rushed in from the blast. During the Cold War, over 1,500 little bunkers known as ‘Monitoring Posts’ were built throughout the UK. 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Wir begrüßen unseren neuesten Benutzer, Sonja. They’re no longer in use, having been decommissioned for decades, but they’re a nationwide network of relics of fear—a fear that seems never to have left. White Sulphur Springs, WV isn’t exactly in the heart of any kind of hustle and bustle, so it’s easy to see how, with so many people of influence frequenting the place, it was selected to be the secure relocation area for the United States government during a Nuclear War. Water was provided via an artesian well and, in the event of a nuclear war, the bunker contained enough supplies to operate for up to six weeks. As the howling draft coming down the ventilation shaft into the Castleton bunker demonstrates, the protection the bunkers could offer was modest at best. Even vandals who took aim at the bunkers have not been an obstacle—he encouraged them to volunteer with the restoration work, and a couple of them are still involved.