Amherst College Strategic Air Command Bunker
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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. |
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16 miles N of Springfield, in Amherst
(POINT(-72.53 42.303055))
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| The administrators at Amherst College do not appear to be interested in showing the facility to anyone. The main entrance can be reached off Highway 116, in the Holyoke Mountains, 5 miles south of Amherst. Near the pass, turn west off 116 on to Military Road, which leads less than a half mile to the gate, which is sometimes closed (generally after hours). |
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http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/info/libhistory.html
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