Great Small Farm 3 Bed/2 Bath On 1.67 Acres With A Small Barn And Small. Accommodations include a decontamination room and morgue, a recreation room, separate lounges, bathrooms and dormitories for men and women, a radio control room (that also housed equipment controlling mechanical systems and electrical generators), a kitchen, and storage and utility rooms. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, Home at 115 Wooten Road, Grant, Al MLS 1816967. The floor is about twenty feet below ground and there is approximately four feet of earth above the roof. Above-ground are concrete pyramidal structures covering entrance and vents, while the floor, walls and roof of the shelter are made of reinforced concrete one foot thick. It was intended to withstand a twenty-megaton nuclear blast eight miles away in downtown Memphis.

One authority called it the “best engineered, most elaborate private shelter” in the nation. Need help building a shed Shop for an outdoor storage building, shed or detached garage from. Something like the storm that is now visibly brewing all around us. The shelter was designed by Wooten, himself an engineer, following the advice of federal civil defense authorities, while the interior was designed by William Nowland Van Powell, architect and interior decorator. This thin crescent of steel is the fulcrum of the whole tool. (Interior Dimensions: 4-ft x 8-ft x 7-ft) Powder-coated Steel Above-ground Interior Tornado Shelter. History: The Wooten Fallout Shelter is about 5,600 square feet in size and was to accommodate up to 65 people for one month – Hoyt Wooten’s extended family, his estate manager and servants and their families, three electrical engineers (presumably to maintain the shelter’s systems) and others.

Original Function/Purpose: Nuclear fallout shelter The Wooten Fallout Shelter was placed on the National Register on Nov. Architectural Style: Above-ground concrete shields, below-ground reinforced concrete fallout shelter.

Wooten metal storm shelter