Rear and Outside Entry Stairs And Blast Doors Outside the EOC Front Entry Dormitory Communications Operations Room Radef/Operations Mayor's Office Men's Restroom Mechanical Room Air Filter System Kitchen Hallway Outside Entrance Back to Shelter Tours Main Back to Civil Defense Museum Main		Outside Entry Stairway and Blast Door This photo was take looing through the rear door that goes into the EOC. The silver steel door to the immediate right of the picture closes the EOC off from the stairwell. This door is about 3/8 of an inch thick. Both entry stairwells have one of these doors. I believe these doors were to shield the interior of the EOC from radioactive contamination that may have entered the stairwells. Right above the door is a decontamination shower. See photo below. Decontamination Shower This shower head is located outside the rear shelter door inside the outside entry stairwell. There is a pull chain hanging down behind the door. This shower was intended for use as a decontamination wash-down for people entering the shelter who might have radioactive fallout particles on them. Outside Blast Door This picture was taken from the stairway landing underneath the closed outside blast door. It is somewhat unsettling to be under one of these doors when it is closed. I guess that's why they built in an escape hatch. The seal on this door was leaking water into the stairway and you could see outside light coming through. The shackles that pull the door down were in place but not completely tightened. Rear Entry This photo was taken looking up the rear stairway that goes up into the building. The door into the shelter is to the immediate left and the outside stairway is to the right. This photo was taken during the March 2003 tour and the ladder is still there along with the paper shark seen in the photo below. This is the rear entry to the EOC. The strairway is now serving as storage for a ladder and a giant paper shark. You can barely make out the shower and the steel door at the bottom of the stairway. The entry to the shelter is on the right at the bottom through the steel door. The stairway going up to the outside blast door is to the left at the bottom of this stairway. You can plainly see the shackles on the edge of the door used to bolt the door down. Door Lift Cylinder Here is a close-up of the door lift cylinder and operating lever. An employee told me during the March 2003 tour that he periodically still operates this outside blast door to air-out the shelter. Go Outside Back to the Hallway Back to EOC Main