Kansas is known for tornados. Think ‘Wizard of Oz’. That, considered with the fact that the workers were surrounded by bombs and bomb making materials called for lots of earthen shelters, just in case.
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A sign on the corner of a laboratory remembers.
While it looks like ground level, everything here is one story above the actual earth.
This building would store and maintain warheads. It was right next to the launch pad, but the two were separated by a high mound.
A few of the stalls in the older section of the roundhouse, the noon sky peeking in.
Elevator B, used by a local farmer, stands behind an old farm truck at the edge of town.
Silverton’s elevator, pictured here, is still active.
Outbuildings for Tilston’s Five Roses elevator.
An orphan culvert and camper, both tossed aside where nobody that will see will care.
Behind the grand staircase is this beautifully preserved hallway with medieval-style arches and vivid paint.