![]() It was originally designed house 200 people and enough supplies for 2 weeks. It was engineered by Andersen-Bjornstad-Kane firm in Seattle, and constructed by McDonald Construction of Seattle. The walls are 15-inch (380 mm) thick concrete. The shelter is 3,000 square feet (280 m 2) with a circular main room 60 feet (18 m) in diameter, and cost $67,300 to build. ![]() Prototype fallout shelter Black and white drawing of a bomb shelter under a highway (FEMA)Īs a prototype "community fallout shelter", the structure is considered "perhaps the only one of its kind in the world" and "apparently the first, and only, fallout shelter ever constructed in the U.S. The fallout shelter is categorized by Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) as a bridge, since it supports the southbound lanes of Interstate 5, and is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. It was intended to be the prototype "for countless similar shelters that would be installed nationwide under interstate highways". It had diesel generators, an air circulation system that included electric heating and air conditioning units a well, pump and pressure tank and piping connecting the facility to the city water and sewer systems. ![]() It was built in 1962–1963, under Interstate 5, to hold about 100 individuals. The Weedin Place Fallout Shelter is a disused and sealed off fallout shelter in Seattle, Washington, United States. Washington State Department of Transportationįirst and only fallout shelter under public roadway in U.S. Fallout shelter and bridge leg in Washington, US Weedin Place fallout shelter
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