Shelter Room Entry Ladder
This picture is looking up from the bottom of the ladder. The hatch is closed. Closing the hatch made the shelter feel even smaller. The whole shelter is about 8 feet in diameter. It is constructed of a steel corrugated pipe with a peaked ceiling. I believe concrete was poured over the whole assembly after it was put in the ground. There is a steel column in the center of the room going up to the center of the ceiling. Next to the entry opening there is a single wire coming through a small hole in the ceiling. I assume this wire is some sort of antenna wire to allow radio reception in the shelter.

This is a series of 3 pictures taken around the room starting at the entry ladder. There are 2 bunks built onto the wall with a wooden framework. In the center picture of the series you can see the metal bracket for the air circulation blower (removed) mounted on the wooden shelf of the bunk frame. Immediately above the bracket you can see one of the air inlet pipes (dark circle) on the ceiling.

This is a series of 2 pictures of the other half of the room. You can see the wooden cabinets and counter built onto the other wall. The lower bunk has a access door under it for storage. The large Cork looking things sitting on the counter are wooden plugs for sealing the air pipes during an attack. The plugs would seal the shelter from outside blast pressure entering through the air pipes. Another air vent pipe can be seen on the ceiling above the fan on the counter top.

This is looking back up the ladder with the hatch open. Overall this shelter seems to have been well constructed. There was no evidence of any water leaking into the shelter at all. There was only a slight hint of the underground musty smell associated with such places. I wish the air blower would have still been in place. I would have liked to check it out to see just how much air it would have moved through the shelter.

Go back up the ladder.

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