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Correspondence between T. J. McFadden, Deputy Director, Cuyahoga County Civil Defense, and Mr. Murray Fox, Director of the Ohio River Department of the Corps of Engineers. This concerns the purchase of a structure containing a fallout shelter and…

In the second phase of the National Fallout Shelter Survey, some structures were chosen to be used as storage facilities. These were listed in the supplemental data contained in this book. Available water, wells, sewer capability, and amount of…

This book contains surveys that were performed on larger shelters to determine whether a ventilation kit could increase the number of available spaces. Ventilation was a primary concern for fallout shelters, as the population would have to spend at…

The second phase of the National Fallout Shelter Survey began in 1962. This included detailed drawings of each of the thousands of fallout shelters across the country. Cuyahoga County had over 2000 individual shelters located in over 1100…

Preliminary analysis of each census tract in the county, the number of facilities is recorded, with amount of spaces and population. The amount of spaces per person in each tract is given. There are many with a number lower than one.

List of military installations in Cuyahoga with fallout shelters as of May, 1971. These sites were of special interest, because they could also be used as secure storage facilities for supplies. 2 pages.

Interior cover of the booklet that was provided for each fallout shelter in Cuyahoga County. This gives keys to the codes that are used both on the cover of the booklet, and in the sketches contained in the pocket. There is a key to the protection…

These sketches show each facility within a larger structure, and are a worksheet for the surveyor to record wall thickness, angle of deflection, and other measurements that determined the shelter's protection factor. Building location and facility…

Each census tract in Cleveland had a book similar to this one. They listed each shelter within that tract, how many spaces were available per shelter, and the protection factor for each floor of the building. Population of each tract, both day and…

Cover of booklet containing information on individual fallout shelters. Contains updates until 1986.