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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fallout Shelter Photographs
Hutchinson-Reno County, Kansas (Date 1968)
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These photos were taken in The City of Hutchinson-Reno County, Kansas . I have no information on these images except the captions that are on the back of the 8x10 prints. The images are displayed with the captions as they are written on the back of the prints. Any additional comments that I may ad will appear in emphasized text.
I have split this series of images onto 2 pages.

City of Hutchinson-Reno County, Kansas-Page 2

Underground Vaults and Storage, Inc.

Guys with supplies in salt mine

CD1088 - J. W. Pedersen, Civil Defense Director, Reno County, and Homer J. McConnell, representative of Office of Civil Defense (Industrial Participation), Washington, D.C., examine emergency rations and supplies stored by the City of Hutchinson (Reno County) at the Underground Vaults and Storage, Inc., facility, 650 feet below ground. (13-15 May 1968) I recently found out that this is located inside a mined out salt mine. This photo, and the one below, really convey the scope of the Fallout Shelter stocking effort. Just imagine how many elevator trips it must have taken to move all of these supplies down into this mine.
Underground Vaults and Storage is still in business. See their site here.... http://www.undergroundvaults.com/index.cfm

Guys with supplies in salt mine

CD1089 - J. W. Pedersen, Civil Defense Director, Reno County, and Homer J. McConnell, representative of Office of Civil Defense (Industrial Participation), Washington, D.C. and Carl Allam, examining the civil defense supplies stored by the City of Hutchinson ( Reno County) Office of Civil Defense at the Underground Vaults and Storage, Inc. facility, 650 feet below ground. (May 1968)

The Far-Mar-Co., Inc. Grain Elevator

Grain Elevators

CD1338- The Far-Mar-Co., Inc. Elevator. This building is located in the north east portion of Reno County and has the largest fallout shelter in the county. It contains space for 8720 persons and is readily available to people in that portion of the county and in north east Hutchinson. (13-15 May 1968) Man! This elevator must be at least a mile long!

Grain Elevators

CD1340- Civil Defense water drums in the basement of the Far-Mar-Co., Inc. Elevator. This building has public fallout shelter space for 8720 persons, the largest shelter in Reno County. (13-15 May 1968)  Wow! Talk about the infinite Fallout Shelter! This is actually kind of an "artsy" photo if you think about it.

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