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Scouting An Abandoned Cold War Missile Base Hidden In The Adirondacks

144 points by locopati 15y ago

pm90 15y ago
sort of reminded me of dexter's lab
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Craiggybear 15y ago
The 50's were one crazy (but stylish) time. It is nothing short of a miracle we survived all this ... the Cuban Missile Crisis in '62 almost made certain we didn't. Cool house, though. I once lived in a Victorian shoe factory.
spking 15y ago
If you're in the SF bay area and enjoy this kind of stuff, there are lots of cool places to explore. Alameda NAS is especially good, but there are many others: http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/sets/56935/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/sets/56935/
bryanh 15y ago
Apparently its for sale for $750k: http://www.missilebases.com/adironback http://www.missilebases.com/adironback ($1.7m for everything).
- nkassis 15y ago
  Mmm, that entire silo could be refurbished as a datacenter with a living quater on top to host people who need to come to the center for work. It's in a quiet area and the snow could be use for cooling in the winter. Anyone has money to invest ? ;p
  - pm90 15y ago
    A "nuclear-proof" datacenter? Not a bad idea; I would have thought the army could have used it for this..
  - adrianpike 15y ago
    That's actually what this datacenter was purchased for, and the company's gone bellyup. http://twitter.com/#!/AtlasFData http://twitter.com/#!/AtlasFData
ChuckMcM 15y ago
Well its not really abandoned, after all someone built a house on top of it and have refurbished the living quarters with additional living space. That aside, one of the things I miss was not buying a missile silo in Idaho when I had the chance. I don't believe any are on the market any more. My biggest concern was the pumping bill (it required constant pumping to keep it from flooding). Hmm, actually the one in this article is for sale apparently for 1.7M: http://www.silohome.com/missile_base_real_estate_investment_opportunity.htm http://www.silohome.com/missile_base_real_estate_investment_...
- ryanwanger 15y ago
  Just saw this one: http://www.missilebases.com/denver http://www.missilebases.com/denver It was flooded for years (isn't currently), and would be insanely expensive to refurbish.

144 points by locopati 15y ago

pm90 15y ago

sort of reminded me of dexter's lab

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Craiggybear 15y ago

The 50's were one crazy (but stylish) time. It is nothing short of a miracle we survived all this ... the Cuban Missile Crisis in '62 almost made certain we didn't. Cool house, though. I once lived in a Victorian shoe factory.

spking 15y ago

If you're in the SF bay area and enjoy this kind of stuff, there are lots of cool places to explore. Alameda NAS is especially good, but there are many others: http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/sets/56935/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/sets/56935/

bryanh 15y ago

Apparently its for sale for $750k: http://www.missilebases.com/adironback http://www.missilebases.com/adironback ($1.7m for everything).

nkassis 15y ago
Mmm, that entire silo could be refurbished as a datacenter with a living quater on top to host people who need to come to the center for work. It's in a quiet area and the snow could be use for cooling in the winter. Anyone has money to invest ? ;p
- pm90 15y ago
  A "nuclear-proof" datacenter? Not a bad idea; I would have thought the army could have used it for this..
- adrianpike 15y ago
  That's actually what this datacenter was purchased for, and the company's gone bellyup. http://twitter.com/#!/AtlasFData http://twitter.com/#!/AtlasFData

ChuckMcM 15y ago

Well its not really abandoned, after all someone built a house on top of it and have refurbished the living quarters with additional living space. That aside, one of the things I miss was not buying a missile silo in Idaho when I had the chance. I don't believe any are on the market any more. My biggest concern was the pumping bill (it required constant pumping to keep it from flooding). Hmm, actually the one in this article is for sale apparently for 1.7M: http://www.silohome.com/missile_base_real_estate_investment_opportunity.htm http://www.silohome.com/missile_base_real_estate_investment_...

ryanwanger 15y ago
Just saw this one: http://www.missilebases.com/denver http://www.missilebases.com/denver It was flooded for years (isn't currently), and would be insanely expensive to refurbish.