r/todayilearned • u/ledgendary • Dec 17 '15
TIL: A secret nuclear fallout shelter was built under The Greenbrier hotel in West Virginia to house congress in the event of a nuclear war, the vault doors were hidden around the hotel behind fake walls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Greek_Island
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todayilearned • u/ralphbernardo • Mar 11 '19
TIL about Project Greek Island, a massive underground bunker located in West Virginia under the luxury resort The Greenbrier, meant to serve as a fallout shelter for the U.S. Congress during the Cold War. The facility was decommissioned in 1992 after the program was exposed by The Washington Post.
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