Farmers Buying Up Former Missile Silos (PCB/Asbesto/Fuel Contaminated )

[Khephra]

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Warnings against digging more than two feet into the ground because of cancer-causing chemicals haven't stopped people from buying 130 of the 150 former missile silo plots the federal government is selling in Missouri.

The Air Force removed the solid-fueled Minuteman II missiles and destroyed the underground silos years ago, but the soil is still contaminated with fuel, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, found in waterproof coatings on the silos and underground fuel storage tanks.

Much of the property is being bought back by the farmers who owned the land before the government took it 40 years ago to install the silos.

Some farmers said they purchased the plots just to ensure that no one else grabbed them.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-silos-for-sale,0,1559573.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

[SoCalDem]

1. Some people have turned these things into HOMES

http://www.silohome.com/index.htm


Original..click the picture for more interior pics


and another one.. specs..


Home Sweet Missile Silo
Kieron Lawson ([e-mail])
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:36:08 +1200

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and 20,000 sq ft of secure underground facility, designed to absorb the
shock of a direct nuclear hit. Given that Moscow have just approved the
modernisation of their remaining nuclear arsenal, and if you've got
$2.3m sitting in your back pocket, this might be a worthwhile purchase]

http://www.adirondack-airpark.com/otherre/Silo.htm


The World's Only Missile Silo Luxury Home with Runway is Now for Sale


...We took the end result of $18 million in government wasted spending
(1958 dollars) and turned it into a rare and unique private airport
getaway . . . one that will also serve as a survival shelter in the
event of nuclear or germ warfare. Enjoy the privacy of an exclusive,
luxurious mountain home which includes many acres of the most beautiful
land New York State has to offer. The complex, accessible via it's own
private paved airstrip, offers the optimum level of security available
today.



http://www.adirondack-airpark.com/atlasf.htm
ATLAS-F MISSILE SILO HOME


Saranac, NY - Back in the late 1950's and early 1960's when the Cold War
was hot, the U.S. government built hundreds of Atlas-F missile silos
(for 18 Million each in 1961) to prepare the country for an attack that
never came. Today, most of these silos lie abandoned and filled with
water, monuments to governments wastefulness and a bygone era. But now,
thanks to two entrepreneurial cousins, Bruce Francisco and Gregory
Gibbons, one of these silos located in beautiful Adirondack State Park
near Lake Placid is finding new life as a $2.3 million luxury home with
its own private airport.
Surely one of the most unique real estate properties you could own, the
missile silo home sits on 105 acres of manicured grounds, forest and
trails. Above ground, it features a hangar and spacious open living
room and fireplace with wrap around porch. Below ground, and accessible
via stairs from above ground home in what was once the launch control
center, now is a two level, 3 bedroom 2-1/2 bath with open living area
and kitchen adjoined by a spiral staircase. Huge doors open to a large
tunnel that accesses the silo with an additional 20,000 square feet of
useable space with unlimited possibilities. The perfect getaway home,
it has its own direct runway access, its climate controlled and is
capable of withstanding a nuclear hit.



Project Specifications


LOCATION EXCLUSIVE AIRPORT SUBDIVISION NESTLED IN UPSTATE NY'S
ADIRONDACK STATE PARK



FEATURES FAA/DOT APPROVED PRIVATE PAVED RUNWAY 20 ACRES OF MANICURED
GROUND, FOREST AND TRAILS (with additional 85 acres available) PRIVACY,
SECURITY AND LOW TAXES. YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES



ATLAS-F MISSILE SILO HOME FEATURES (above ground)
2000 SF HOME WITH OPEN FLOOR PLAN, LARGE GARAGE, KITCHEN, OPEN PIT
FIREPLACE AND WRAP AROUND COVERED PORCH. SURFACE HOME ACTING AS ENTRANCE
TO 20,000 PLUS SF SECURE UNDERGROUND FACILITY



LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER (LCC)
CONTEMPORARY FINISHED INTERIOR 2 STORY STRUCTURE 40' DIAMETER
CONTAINING 2300 SF 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH LUXURY HOME.



UTILITIES - NEW WELL / 200 AMP ELECTRICAL SERVICE/ PHONE/ ORIGINAL 1800
GALLON FUNCTIONAL SEPTIC. CONTEMPORARY FIBER OPTIC EFFECT LIGHTING ALONG
WITH NATURAL SUNLIGHT RENDITION BACK LIGHTING. HIGH CIRCULATION VENTING
(TWO 18" VENT TUBES), SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE DEMANDS OF
EVERYDAY LIVING AS WELL AS THOSE THAT MAY BE POSED IN A CRISIS SITUATION
(i.e. a nuclear or biochemical attack).



SILO
SILO CLIMATE CONSTANT/ APPROX. 58 DEGREE EARTH AMBIENT TEMPERATURE.
52' DIAMETER X 178' DEEP / 9 FLOOR STEEL SUPERSTRUCTURE. ENTIRE STEEL
SUPERSTRUCTURE HANGS FROM GIGANTIC SPRING SUSPENSION SYSTEM DESIGNED TO
ABSORB SHOCK OF A DIRECT NUCLEAR HIT. UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES!!!