Back on November 3rd I put up a small post about abandoned Cold War missile silos referencing an original article at WebUrbanist. And after the post had been published, Laurie and I began wondering if there were any of these early Cold War Missile silos had ever planted here in Vermont or anywhere within the local territory and thanks to Cathy Resmer of 802 Online and a member of the Seven Days team, that question was answered and a whole lot more.
Turns out, much to our mutual surprise, that there were indeed 12 of these silos that were constructed in and about (and under) our neighborhood up here and that Cathy had actually took the time to visit each one individually early last summer. And after that tour of hers, she put a very well written article together including a history of these missile sites, individual descriptions of each site she visited and a very interesting audio slide show presentation. She was also kind enough to let me know about this in a comment she made on that small post of mine.
Check out Cathy’s “Bombs Away” and you’ll realize just how close to home the Cold War really came to the Green Mountains.
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November 20th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Hey, thanks for the shout out!
Yeah, I visited all of the silos, and I’m pretty much obsessed with them. I collected some interesting materials on my journey, and unearthed many, many more questions about our nuclear history here.
In other words, I don’t think I’m done with my work. Stay tuned.
Here’s another great site that might interest you. One of the guys I interviewed for my story actually keeps a website of his progress as he makes his silo into a habitable home. He’s still got a long way to go, but you have to admire the guy.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Hi Susan,
Always glad to “shout” and thanks for the link to that other site. Man! wouldn’t I love the opportunity (and money etc etc) to do something like that. A bit hard to look out the windows but I’m sure we could work around that.
I hope you find time to continue your “quest” and I’ll definitely follow your journey.