Designated Fallout Shelter Location
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Title
Designated Fallout Shelter Location
Subject
The Old Portsmouth High School Building
Description
The old Portsmouth High School was a designated "fallout shelter". A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War (1946-1991). Often large public buildings, with basement floors, were also designated as shelters.
Creator
Terry Stevenson II, photographer
Date
Before May 2007
Format
Digital image
Coverage
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio
Rights
Scioto County Public Library
Citation
Terry Stevenson II, photographer, “Designated Fallout Shelter Location,” Local History Digital Collection, accessed December 22, 2024, https://yourppl.org/history/items/show/4020.