Some Other Underground Facilities in the Federal Arc | UNDERGROUND GOVERNMENT

The Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP, now known as FEMA)
built a ‘hardened’ (protected against nuclear attack) underground
facility in 1971 at 5231 Riggs Road (Gaithersburg), near junction of
Routes 97 and 108, beneath a cow pasture, in Montgomery County,
MD, between Olney and Laytonsville. It is entered by a staircase from a
small surface building, although there is a horizontal entrance that is
used to unload freight. The Federal Regional Center at the Olney
Special Facility had served as the Alternate National Warning Center
(contained a National Civil Defense Computer system) and was one of
two centers (the other being at the North American Aerospace Defense
Command or NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain) that would issue a
warning in case of a nuclear attack on the United States. It was
believed by some to be at least 10 levels deep, however the report of 2
levels seems to be more realistic. It takes up an area of 65,000 square
feet. With the Warning Center supposedly transferred to Thomasville,
Georgia, it now serves as a Satellite Teleregistration Facility, along
with other Regional Centers.
There was a bunker located under the north lawn of the National Park
Service’s Stephen P. Mather Training Center (formerly Storer College)
off Fillmore Street in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. It was to be the
emergency relocation center (ERC) for the Department of Interior.
Containing only pedestrian access, the door is set into a retaining wall
adjacent to the driveway. The facility is now used by the NPS The Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP, now known as FEMA)
built a ‘hardened’ (protected against nuclear attack) underground
facility in 1971 at 5231 Riggs Road (Gaithersburg), near junction of
Routes 97 and 108, beneath a cow pasture, in Montgomery County,
MD, between Olney and Laytonsville. It is entered by a staircase from a
small surface building, although there is a horizontal entrance that is
used to unload freight. The Federal Regional Center at the Olney
Special Facility had served as the Alternate National Warning Center
(contained a National Civil Defense Computer system) and was one of
two centers (the other being at the North American Aerospace Defense
Command or NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain) that would issue a
warning in case of a nuclear attack on the United States. It was
believed by some to be at least 10 levels deep, however the report of 2
levels seems to be more realistic. It takes up an area of 65,000 square
feet. With the Warning Center supposedly transferred to Thomasville,
Georgia, it now serves as a Satellite Teleregistration Facility, along
with other Regional Centers.
There was a bunker located under the north lawn of the National Park
Service’s Stephen P. Mather Training Center (formerly Storer College)
off Fillmore Street in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. It was to be the
emergency relocation center (ERC) for the Department of Interior.
Containing only pedestrian access, the door is set into a retaining wall
adjacent to the driveway. The facility is now used by the NPS

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