Penn's Commons City Park Bomb Shelter - Reading, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Janila
N 40° 20.214 W 075° 54.758
18T E 422480 N 4465551
What started out as a spot for waiting out a disaster is now a deserted and useless shelter.
Waymark Code: WMZ12Y
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NCDaywalker
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Per an interesting article in the Reading Eagle, the local Reading newspaper, this bomb shelter was built in 1961 to house 50 people in the event of a disaster. Today the shelter is moldy and dank with peeling paint. The story of this shelter can be found at (visit link)
Capacity of shelter: 50

Radiation monitoring equipment: no
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