Civil Defense Handbook for Fallout Shelter Construction
- Item sets
- Cold War St. Louis
- Title
- Civil Defense Handbook for Fallout Shelter Construction
- Description
- This booklet includes directions for making different types of home fallout shelters and the characteristics of each, including level of protection and likely longevity of the structure. Construction guides include specified drawings, and information on the required building materials. This guide is not specifically noted as coming from the St. Louis Office of Civil Defense, but its instructions may have been used by local residents who created shelters for themselves and their families.
- Creator
- Office of Civil Defense
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Cold War
- Fallout Shelter
- Nuclear War
- Nuclear Fallout
- Radioactive Fallout
- Civil Defense
- Nuclear Weapons
- Temporal Coverage
- 1960 – 1969
- Spatial Coverage
- St. Louis
- St. Louis County
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Document
- Format
- Date
- 1962
- Is Part Of
- Civilian Defense Collection
- Identifier
- A0287-00003
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- The shape encompasses St. Louis city and county. The document is part of a collection containing materials distributed by the city and county Offices of Civil Defense.
- Media
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Shelter Designs.pdf