Michael’s travelogue

Diefenbunker - Exit Tunnel

Diefenbunker - Exit Tunnel

With the tour over you exit the same way you came in "back to the future."

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Diefenbunker - Urinals

Diefenbunker - Urinals

All plumbing throughout the bunker is plumbed with flexible rubber hose. In the event of a 1 megaton bomb that last thing you want to happen is for the urinals to go down.

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Diefenbunker - Prime Ministers Bed

Diefenbunker - Prime Ministers Bed

You can tell this bed belongs to someone important as it is the only bed in the room and it has a real nifty phone with multiple in-coming lines.

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Diefenbunker - Radiac Instruments Document

Diefenbunker - Radiac Instruments Document

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Diefenbunker - Key Checklists

Diefenbunker - Key Checklists

One of the myriad of documents found on the desks.

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Diefenbunker - A desk in the Situation Room

Diefenbunker - A desk in the Situation Room

A classic rotary dial telephone and a ruler with only inches (no centimeters) are some of the many things outfitted on these early 60's desks.

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Diefenbunker - The Situation Room

Diefenbunker - The Situation Room

The Prime Minister presided over the working of the country following the after math of a nuclear explosion from this room. The large board room was filled with six foot tables arranged in a square. The clocks on the wall showed the time zones across the country and around the world.

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Diefenbunker - Offices

Diefenbunker - Offices

One of the many offices located outside the command and control center of the bunker. A lot leader edge technology (late 50's vintage) was in place here.

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Diefenbunker - Female Quarters

Diefenbunker - Female Quarters

Like a suite at the Hyatt Grand, the Female Quarters is like a large can of sardines - stacked in twos.

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Diefenbunker - Gender Sign

Diefenbunker - Gender Sign

Even in the event of nuclear holocaust , the girls are kept separate from the boys.

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Michael Van der Tol

Michael Van der Tol has been a member since 7 May 2008 and goes by MichaelVanderTol.

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