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Somewhat on topic, but in Colorado we have 6 of the original Titan I nuclear complexes. Abandoned since 1965, each complex has probably a mile of tunnels, huge
by eunoia 9y ago
Somewhat on topic, but in Colorado we have 6 of the original Titan I nuclear complexes. Abandoned since 1965, each complex has probably a mile of tunnels, huge underground rooms and 3 massive silos. They're absolutely fascinating to explore.
Some random photos from the last time we went in to one.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BLysXzHjG58/?taken-by=hamonacob https://www.instagram.com/p/BLysXzHjG58/?taken-by=hamonacob
https://www.instagram.com/p/BK3fsXFjwE6/?taken-by=hamonacob https://www.instagram.com/p/BK3fsXFjwE6/?taken-by=hamonacob
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCqaiG-KHGF/?taken-by=hamonacob https://www.instagram.com/p/BCqaiG-KHGF/?taken-by=hamonacob
Happy to answer any questions for the curious.
- Namrog84 9y agoThose are always the place I assume that most people assume are totally safe and spelunk and climb and explore only to find out later they have way more radiation or something 'new' bad thing that all those people were now exposed to.
- eunoia 9y agoThe Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment has published their findings on each site's environmental concerns. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/titan-1-missile-complexes https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/titan-1-missile-compl... Edit: Of course there's still risk. Plenty of obvious asbestos about as well as physically precarious flooring, deep standing water, angry farmers that don't want you on their land, etc. Lots of fun though :)
- stilldavid 9y agoThere are many more Titan I complexes around the US as well, including at Beale, Larson, Ellsworth, and other AFBs in addition to Lowry.
- sonoflegless 9y agoSuper curious! I'm taking a road trip through Colorado later this year, and would love to stop and see one or more of these. I'm a little worried about playing whack-a-mole trying to find an accessible one. Is Jim's listing of them here accurate? http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/titan1.html http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/titan1.html Is there a better source?
- monocasa 9y agoHoly crap, that's awesome. Which site did you go to? I live in Colorado and would love to check it out.
- krath94 9y agoIs this legal? If so, I would love to explore!
- tedd4u 9y agoLooks like Half-Life