Photographer Alastair Philip Wiper visited the Greenbrier bunker designed to hold U.S. Congress in case of nuclear war.
For 30 years, a secret nuclear bunker designed to house all 535 members of Congress in the event of nuclear war lay hidden beneath the luxurious Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. Photographer Alastair Philip Wiper tellsThe secret operation began in the late 1950s — at the height of the Cold War — and was codenamed Project Greek Island.
In the event of an attack, members of Congress would have first been ushered to the decontamination room, where they would have stripped, showered, and put on uncontaminated clothes.Exhibition Hall which staged trade fairs but was part of the nuclear bunker.The dormitories comprise 18 rooms, each built to house 60 people in metal bunk beds. There is also a kitchen and a 400-seat cafeteria, which was at one point decorated with fake windows featuring scenic views.
In the event of a nuclear catastrophe, senators and members of the house would have been ushered into the decontamination chamber, their clothes would have been burned and they would have all had to wear the same uniforms. Tour guide Deanna Hylton working in the bunker. This room was used by the government employees maintaining the bunker, who were pretending to be TV repairmen working for the hotel.
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