WWII Bunkers of...Missouri??? | History Traveler Episode 349

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15 күн бұрын

In the last episode of History Traveler (linked below), we were looking at the Weldon Spring Site that served as an explosives manufacturing facility in WWII and in the Cold War, as a site for the processing of uranium for use in atomic weapons. We showed a little bit from the site where nuclear waste is now contained but we didn't show everything. In this episode, we're continuing our exploration of the area to see the shadows of what was left behind from this era.
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@TheHistoryUnderground 11 күн бұрын

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@stickman8511 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for doing what you do I think you need to come to southern Illinois our nickname is little Egypt I pray this fines you in good health 🙏

@L337one 13 күн бұрын

“Jimi and Emmie, I hope you two broke up right after this.” That got me 😂

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

😂

@mechaplatypus82 13 күн бұрын

J.D.: "People learn from their mistakes.." Also J.D.:"Except for Jimi and Emmie. They can go to hell."

@brettwilkinson8904 13 күн бұрын

They're probably cousins.

@CJEchele 22 сағат бұрын

Just what I came here for!😂

@theamericanwonder 12 күн бұрын

I hunt in Weldon springs. There are numerous unkept cemeteries scattered throughout the area. Remnants of old building structures also dot the area. The place is kind of spookie. There’s an eeriness that still lingers to this day.

@willys4869 12 күн бұрын

My great-grandparents had to give up their property near Neosho, MO, for the building of Camp Crowder. Interestingly, some of the streets on the base were named after ours and other families displaced. After the war, when the size of the base was reduced, they were offered and bought their property back. Camp Crowder was later used by Rocketdyne for building and testing rocket engines. Although the upper part of the test stands are removed, the underground concrete structures are used today by the National Guard for training, classrooms, and emergency shelter.

@Bim310 3 күн бұрын

Camp Crowder was also a POW camp during WWII.

@willys4869 3 күн бұрын

@Bim310 Yes. There was two separate camps.

@ldg1030 13 күн бұрын

Dang, the cicadas are loud! I second Jimmy and Emmie breaking up.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

😂

@tobiasdoherty1221 12 күн бұрын

Graduated from Howell in 97. We used to make jokes about drinking radiation water. Couldnt have been that healthy to go to school there. Skipping school and wandering Busch wildlife and the bunkers was fun though

@user-ys6nw5ju9j 13 күн бұрын

100% Agree it is vandalism not graffiti

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Definitely.

@batesmt25 13 күн бұрын

The official name for those bunkers is Earth Covered Magazines (ECM). They are made of reinforced concrete covered in at least two feet of earth. Depending upon the design, they could hold 500,000 lbs of net explosive weight (NEW). They are sited at various distances depending upon how much NEW they will contain to prevent propagation, ie the effect of one exploding then causing an adjacent one to explode and so on. The weakest part of an ECM is the front (the headwall). Regarding the huge block in front of the door, those were often called a "King Tut Block". It was a security measure to prevent easy access through the front door. It took a forklift to move them. They were often used at locations that had high security items, such as chemical munitions and "special weapons" (nuclear material). ECMs like those are still in use at various locations.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Ahhhh. Thanks for the extra info!

@jasonnulton4124 13 күн бұрын

It’s great you do the off-the-beaten-path stuff too! Please keep doing these.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

More to come!

@kevinstewart7636 13 күн бұрын

We live only a few miles from the "rock pile." Our kids went to Francis Howell High School in the 2000s, just a few years after the cleanup. This site was also home to WWII German prisoners of war. The last of the housing quonset huts were torn down only a few years ago. The Weldon Spring area has a fascinating history. The name "Howell" is almost synonymous with that part of St Charles County. This area along Hwy 94 is basically the gateway to St Charles County wine country.I enjoyed the video.

@seminolewar 13 күн бұрын

So glad that you didn't bump your head in the bunker!

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

😂

@MrBradleyDavid 13 күн бұрын

ditto

@420map 13 күн бұрын

Got some good news and some bad news. Good news is that I love all the content you have on here. Bad news is that I’m burning through all of them too fast and will be caught up pretty soon. So I’m gonna need you to do me a solid and just start pumping out a couple of new episodes a day please. Lol. You guys keep up the good work. There’s many WW2 channels on YT and most of them are very good, but I enjoy yours the best.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Ha! Thanks.

@TomKD0QKK 13 күн бұрын

I grew up across the river from Weldon Springs back in the '60's. I remember when it was operating and I also remember all of the nuclear waste warning signs that were everywhere along HWY 94 heading through the area. There were small ponds that were fenced off to keep people out due to the waste. That was a huge facility. They've done a remarkable job of cleaning it up. The old barracks were along 94 at the high school for years. They were used as classrooms, I believe. I think they've been torn down now. When my wife and I got married our first house backed up to Times Beach and we could see the stacks from the incinerator when it was in operation. The St. Louis area has a long history of these sorts of problems. Have you done anything on the nuclear waste issues in North St. Louis County yet? They come from the same time period and the for the same reasons. And now there is an underground fire burning at the landfill where a lot of nuclear waste is buried with no way to stop it. The cancer rates in that area and along Coldwater Creek are incredible.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Interesting! Haven’t covered anything on North STL.

@TomKD0QKK 13 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground There used to be piles of nuclear waste tarped over and fenced in, yet still quite visible to the public, tucked into all sorts of nooks and crannies around Lambert Field. We would drive by them quite often. A lot of the waste in North County was generated by the Manhattan Project and Cold War activities by Mallinkrodt at their facility on North Broadway, if I'm remembering correctly but I'm sure there was some from Weldon Springs in the mix, too. I've even see a movie of a complete tractor trailer filled with waste being buried where the dump fire is happening. They just dug a hole, drove it in and buried it, tractor included. There is a documentary available on KZfaq titled "Atomic Homefront". It is a really good overview of all of this and what's happening now. It was released in 2017. Senator Hawley has been trying to get some relief for the people that live up there.

@scottpageusmc 14 күн бұрын

When I worked at Stennis Space Center there are houses and cemeteries all over it that were from a town that was there. Several of the houses are now used for NASA and companies on Stennis to use for employee events. It's really interesting to see the history of what was there before the space race.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Interesting.

@Rattlesnake12 13 күн бұрын

@TheHistoryUnderground when will you be back in the Gettysburg area? I would love to meet you.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

@@Rattlesnake12 - Not sure right now. Got a pretty aggressive summer schedule.

@Rattlesnake12 13 күн бұрын

@TheHistoryUnderground I understand. I would thought like to take the time to thank you for the great content especially the ww2 content. My grandfather served and was awarded 5 bronze stars. Keep up the great work.

@420map 13 күн бұрын

Stennis in south MS?

@jefferyfowler7860 13 күн бұрын

Great video JD. I agree with you people should never put graffiti on historic structures. I just finished cleaning confederate headstones full of disrespectful graffiti.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Appreciate your work in cleaning that stuff.

@martinbruce6651 13 күн бұрын

Brought back alot of memories from Germany. That was my Mos. 55 bravo ammunition specialist. My platoon took care of 50 bunkers. Every thing from blasting caps to artillery rounds. No nukes.

@robertbenson9797 13 күн бұрын

Very interesting episode. With the start of the US involvement in WWII, the Government mobilized production of war materials in several locations. One similar ammunition sire was Hastings, Nebraska. The US Naval Ammunition Depot (known as NAD) was located in Adams and Clay counties in Nebraska. It occupied almost 49,000 acres. Like in Missouri, the Government seized the land from local farmers and ranchers. It was a huge economic boom for Hastings as thousands of workers moved to the area. Storage bunkers were built east of Hastings along US Highway 6. This gave good accessibility to the road network in the area. Also, the Burlington Railroad’s mainline was not far away. During WWII, the NAD, supplied approximately 40% of all naval munitions for the US. The NAD was reactivated in the 1950s during the Korean War. The Hastings Museum offers bus tours in the fall and spring of the NAD and sites in the city of Hastings that were important during WWII.

@keithmorrow7261 13 күн бұрын

I went to Francis Howell High School in the early 70s. Explored many of those bunkers over the years.

@michaelrapier339 13 күн бұрын

Went to Hazelwood Central same time frame, nearby Coldwater Creek declared a Superfund site too, used to work in Earth City just down hill from the Bridgeton dump...what we did not know back then, but we rode bikes with out helmets and drank out of garden hoses...

@dennishohl1067 9 күн бұрын

@@michaelrapier339 I grew up there also

@chesterstevenson 13 күн бұрын

@TheHistoryUnderground Thank you for highlighting the area. My dad ran the Weldon Springs Army Reserve base (right next to the giant mound of chat) for a while, and I currently live relatively close. There are a few other interesting historical locations close by, the Daniel Boone house, and all the Lewis and Clark locations along the Missouri River to name a few. Keep up the good work!

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Wow! Thanks!

@Mrs.Patriot 13 күн бұрын

My grandmother was a Howell, and she was born in Missouri. Thanks for highlighting this area.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Oh wow! Glad I could go there and share a bit of the story.

@davidstranz438 13 күн бұрын

In the early 1980s a relative of mine lived across State Hwy 12 from the Badger Ammunition Factory south of Baraboo, Wisconsin. I was very impressed with the size and scope of that facility.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Interesting

@debrasams2362 14 күн бұрын

Most interesting. I totally agree about defaming these historic properties. It is disrespectful. I enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@palaver40 13 күн бұрын

All those times I drove near the area and never knew it was there. You may have covered it already but nearby is the home where Daniel Boone lived his final years and died. Thanks for covering the Weldon Spring site.

@sagestats 13 күн бұрын

Bunkers like this dotted the "flyover" country. At Illioplis, IL the buildings and stacks existed for years and were clearly visible from I72. Loaded onto boxcars on the nearby Wabash mainline (St. Loius - Chicago or Detroit)

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

👍🏻

@rollastudent 11 күн бұрын

Another area like this is now “Lone Elk Park” in St Louis County. It was used to test ammunition, mainly 50 BMG I believe. There are a few bunkers, a shooting tower, and a target trap.

@mommamooney Күн бұрын

It’s really interesting seeing the WWII sites here in the States. I really know next to nothing about them, but they were hugely important. Cold War era factoid: my high school had a nuclear bomb shelter under it

@sandramosley2801 14 күн бұрын

Poor Jimi and Emmie! 😊

@sandramosley2801 14 күн бұрын

Their love is nuclear. 🤷🏻‍♀️ ☢️

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Poor Jimi and Emmie need to proclaim their love in less destructive ways.

@robertdacquisto6871 13 күн бұрын

"I hope you two broke up right after this" LOL great video!

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

😂 Dang graffiti.

@brandonmartin7097 Күн бұрын

Man I love Busch wildlife. Such a nice site with a great history.

@TYZI94 13 күн бұрын

Growing up we used to play in the bunkers while in the area doing some fishing. Great to get some context on the bunkers! You should do the Saint Charles river front next. Starting point for Lewis and Clark

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

On my list.

@Jerry-fn5nx 13 күн бұрын

Very interesting. Love the old cemetery and that there are some war of 1812 vets buried there. Pretty cool 👍

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

👍🏻

@couchfighter 11 күн бұрын

this is my stomping grounds! so ahppy to see you in our area!

@74charger44 13 күн бұрын

St.louis made ammunition during ww2. The plants were east of Weldon Springs. Off of highway 70 and Goodfellow Blvd. I worked in one of those plants when McDonnel Douglas used it for storage. Their was also a factory that made bombs (torn down) close to the ammunition plants. I wander if there is a connection between the two?

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Yep. Check the episode right before this one. Link in the description.

@JeffreyGlover65 13 күн бұрын

The Cicada's are buzzing!

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

100%

@David-tm8sl 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for a great video. Important to keep all history alive.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@dianashrum3256 15 сағат бұрын

The bunkers were never used for storing TNT or DNT. It was in so much demand that they never had a surplus to store. I have done a lot of reading info on this site and Lone Elk park. Cold Water Creek and the dump site of uranium off old St. Charles rock road. Thank you to all that added a little more info on the history of Weldon Springs. I have also look up and found much on some of the families that once had farms snd homestead there.

@almirria6753 12 күн бұрын

I went to that high school 76-80 and we had classrooms in some of the old WWII buildings. And we had parties in some of those old bunkers. And some of them even held civil defense supplies All the doors have been basically sealed up of the public's safety. The ones you can get into or have not been sealed, are used as storage for the Bush Wildlife area & stat of Mo Dept of Conservation officers

@dukesantos5674 13 күн бұрын

Outstanding work brother. We live nearby and we will be visiting the site. We will also be in Gettysburg in mid June. Thanks for all that you do for us.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Have fun!

@lappin6482 12 күн бұрын

great to see nature making a comeback 🌲🌲🌲

@momo-hm5ru 10 күн бұрын

I use to re-enact there back in the 80's. The factory was there then but closed and had warning signs up. The bunkers and power plant factory (which is dug into a hill and had a railroad going over the top, were great places to "fight around". Most of the bunkers are gone now.

@johnniekane6315 5 күн бұрын

Does the name Marvin Rittenour sound familiar.

@momo-hm5ru 4 күн бұрын

@@johnniekane6315 sorry no, but it has been a long time ago.

@Rattlesnake12 13 күн бұрын

I agree with you on graffiti! It really pissed me off when i saw the disrespect shown on the WW2 paratroopers training grounds!

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Annoying.

@DiscoverHudsonValley 13 күн бұрын

Really cool vid man!! I just forwarded this to my father who is a huge History buff and I know that he will appreciate it even more than I did. Cheers! 😎

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thank you. Be sure to catch the one right before this episode too. It goes into more depth about the site.

@Randy7th Күн бұрын

These bunkers remind me of pulling 6 hour roving guard at the Meisau location in Germany. They WERE still being used for storage of all types of munitions.

@dennishohl1067 9 күн бұрын

Many of those bunkers are in Busch Wildlife area just down Hwy.94 from Weldon Spring. Converted to fall out shelters during the Cold War.

@biffmifflin1829 2 күн бұрын

I grew up when the armory was dealing with the influx of radioactive materials and still cranking out explosives. The city of saint Louis had several munitions plant that ran 3 shifts up through Vietnam. Much of the explosive were used locally oddly like farms today.

@russwentz3957 12 күн бұрын

Thank you. I always enjoy your historic tour videos. You are of great character and do a great honor for celebration of our history.

@TheHistoryUnderground 12 күн бұрын

🙏🏼

@B-6996 13 күн бұрын

Dumping nuclear waste is the ultimate desecration of land.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Yeah, definitely not good. They’ve done well with the clean up though.

@jefferyroy2566 13 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryUndergroundThe greatest example of waste in all of human history is anything and everything associated with the Cold War arms race. What was "MAD" goes beyond Mutually Assured Destruction. The trillions of national wealth (pick your currency, it adds up to at least 10¹¹ figures in any single country) poured into Weapons of Mass Annihilation (Destruction is too milquetoast). The end product of this technology is waste in its numerous forms, the fiduciary type being relatively benign compared to the half-lives of Pu239, U-232 through U-238, strontium-90, thorium-232, and others. I learned about "corium" today, the type created in the Chernobyl meltdown. Per the corium wiki, "it consists of a mixture of nuclear fuel, fission products, control rods, structural materials from the affected parts of the reactor (No. 4 in this case), products of their chemical reaction with air, water, steam, and in the event that the reactor vessel is breached, molten concrete from the floor of the reactor room." This highly toxic material also formed in the Fukushima and Three Mile Island accidents, and manifests its worst characteristics in the formerly molten "Elephant-foot form." The aftermath of the nuclear industry always involves leftovers it would prefer to treat like everyday garbage. Not all of it ends up in the "dry cask storage" where spent fuel rods are supposed to be entombed for eternity, e.g., the Rocky Flats Plant grounds holding multiple isotopes, with Pu-239 being the predominant contaminate. My rant has exhausted itself. Back to you, History Underground.

@jamesjoste8655 8 күн бұрын

I know a lady that worked out to, and she said they used to pour waste into the creek and it look like rust

@duanelawrence78 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing J.D. God bless you brother!!✌️🇺🇲

@ianlast6722 12 күн бұрын

Another great and informative video, thanks JD for creating and sharing 🫡

@dacl2819 6 күн бұрын

Outstanding video, Sir.

@bigghoss762 8 күн бұрын

I've worked at two facilities that were built at the same time and has these same bunkers. At both of the sites I worked they were called igloos and I was told they start out at about 2 feet thick at the base and get down to 1 foot thick at the top so that if there is an explosion it goes up and reduces the chance of setting off the other igloos or anything that might be outside being moved in or out. At the Umatilla Chemical Depot in Oregon there actually was an explosion that completely destroyed the igloo and left a crater you cans till see today. The spacing is about 10 to a row which I'm told is a mile long and staggered from one row to the next to maintain that minimum spacing while still taking up the least amount of land possible. There's also usually 10 rows to a "block" with a large space between blocks and each block is given a letter designation. So "A-block", "B-block" ect. Over the years they have been used to store all kinds of munitions for various conflicts and some of the sites were used to store and destroy chemical weapons such as the Umatilla Chemical Depot I mentioned earlier.

@Idrinklight44 5 күн бұрын

Been there!! Grew up in St Louis County, a lot of history in the area.

@ShaunUnderwoodx 13 күн бұрын

Thanks JD... its always a great day when I get your notifications .. History at its best ?

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

👊🏻

@BIBSTERSrepairshop 12 күн бұрын

Amazing video as a kid who grew up watching 90s history channel I love everything history thanks for making content that I will be able to show my boys as they grow.

@BrickinAintEasy 12 күн бұрын

The cicadas are so loud there! We are having a massive brood be very vocal in Missouri right now. Great video.

@JamesGoetzke 13 күн бұрын

US Navy veteran here. I was on the US Kilauea AE -26 ammo ship out of Oakland San Francisco. In 1979 I left the boat for 6 weeks to go to nearby Concord for Munitions transport certification and Forklift training. Many bunkers covered with grass and the hills were strangely hilly due to years of earthquakes. It was an experience. And on the boat you could smell the explosives even in an empty hold. Careful where you smoke.

@pauldouglas3084 6 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed the video mate can't wait for the next one

@johnresto1603 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for another great video.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TribeTaz 7 күн бұрын

I love videos like this. Love seeing things that are different. Thank you

@ktbilbrey681 12 күн бұрын

We did grave rubbings at that cemetery. This was part of the school field trip. Sadly that is probably why those stones are so faint. The schools stopped the rubbings a while ago.

@VannMcDuffie 13 күн бұрын

So fun love history adventures!!

@thisguy2720 13 күн бұрын

Awesome was hoping you were going to stop by here

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

👍🏻

@jonsm114 14 күн бұрын

Lots of storage bunkers in Busch Wildlife adjacent to your location.

@TheHistoryUnderground 14 күн бұрын

👍🏻

@brandonconard 12 күн бұрын

It must be nice being able to travel and see all the different places that we hear about in the history books, I’m a history nerd myself. You should check out some battleships

@derekb.2766 8 күн бұрын

Massachusetts has a bunch of these as well. They held ammunition. They were strategically placed so they were safe from naval bombardment (in the event that occurred) and were hidden using forestry to avoid detection from the air. You can walk around them and in a couple. It's a nature preserve now.

@sscinamon 13 күн бұрын

Again a very interesting video. Thank you for everything you do.

@dg6308 14 күн бұрын

I already want to go just by the name of the video! And as a Missourian none of these places are all that far

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

You should!

@kinghotrod 9 күн бұрын

Bunkers like those are in several locations around the country where munitions were made and stored. Nebraska as them by Mead, the Lincoln airport, Hastings, Grand Island, Sidney and other places where bases and plants were constructed.

@Twindadtoo 23 сағат бұрын

I live in central Illinois. There is a WW2 site between Springfield & Decatur, IL in the of town of Illiopolis. I believe it was a munitions factory and storage area. Some of the buildings are still there. Most of the bunkers have been taken down and the ground reclaimed. But that has happened in the last 10 years. Most were still there before that. Dekalb seed company used a lot of the buildings for seed corn production and processing.

@erikbrooks7712 7 күн бұрын

I was there like 47 or 48 yrs ago when I was i high school. went to Busch's wild life on I ended up going in one of those bunkers had not thought about it in a long time thanks for sharing

@davidwillis4839 13 күн бұрын

Always enjoy your explorations and treks. These are my favorite episodes. Of course, I avoid the head bumps and mosquitos. lol

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

😂

@jonsm114 14 күн бұрын

Some of the bunkers you can drive right into…very large.

@TheHistoryUnderground 14 күн бұрын

Yes. Makes sense, I suppose.

@frankmarullo228 13 күн бұрын

JD. I totally agree with you about graffiti I wish if they could catch them , make them pay for a company to clean it off . On a Sunday when they would get double time pay then put the criminals in jail for a month. THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA.....

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Yeah, it’s ugly.

@jamesjoste8655 8 күн бұрын

Been there several times. I also have air pipes out in the fields. I know a lady that used to work after she told us a lot of weird stories about this place.

@codycreason8071 13 күн бұрын

The bugs in you video made me think the dang cicadas outside decided to go nuts for no reason. Lol great video as always

@CrescentCottageHomestead 11 күн бұрын

On your visiting President's homes and graves, our 14th President Franklin Pierce, here in Hillsborough NH, go to Rye NH and check out the WW2 bunkers at Odiorne State park. There's so much history there plus the Portsmouth naval yard.

@Ok-551 3 күн бұрын

There are bunkers in the elk reserve too. South country. Interesting, I live next to Weldon and never knew about this. Thks

@kdpjsp 3 күн бұрын

There's also a bunch of those storage bunkers at Tyson's Research Center/Wolf Sanctuary near Eureka.

@johngray9669 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for a great video. I completely agree about graffiti.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! And yes, the graffiti is annoying.

@JP-AP 13 күн бұрын

There was huge Navy ammunition depot in Hastings Nebraska during WWII.

@liamlad1 13 күн бұрын

that circular piece in front of the door looks like the round, sunken concrete piece in front of the other bunkers. 4:36

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

It was bigger than those other pieces.

@johnellis6959 12 күн бұрын

I hope you did a really good tick check when you got out of there. As always, thanks for the great content.

@jimmyhorton8297 13 күн бұрын

Man I felt your pain with the mosquitoes. Worst place I’ve ever been for mosquitoes was Sweeney Texas. I always tell people that when I arrived, the little buggers tried to carjack me in the parking lot! There were so many they traveled in squadrons , and they were so big they had tail numbers and landing lights! 😂

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

😂🦟

@earlp6731 7 күн бұрын

Just outside of St. Louis on I-44 is Lone Elk Park. WWII military site with lots of bunkers and structures. Mallinckrodt is responsible for contamination of north StLouis, cold Water creek and another quarry dump site/landfill near Lambert Airport

@stevekunde123 13 күн бұрын

Them cicadas be chatty 😂 Thanks for taking us along.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Oh man. It was loud.

@TheRagratus 13 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground Going to get worse too. Brood XIX and Brood XIII are emerging this year in multiple states, they have not emerged at the same time since 1803.

@allengrant 13 күн бұрын

Thx JD, An answer to your query... I've NEVER been a fan of eminent domain unless it was a question of safety, the preservation of history, or a quality of life issue.

@BigElCat 7 күн бұрын

There is a single, albeit larger, underground bunker out near Colby, Kansas. Back in the 1980's, it was a beer hall / pool hall. IIRC it was called The Dugout.

@GhostofSicklesleg 13 күн бұрын

Graveyard + nuclear waste site🤔🤔🤔 seems to me a lot of zombie movies had the same ingredients 🤷‍♂️😱

@rickgregory9616 13 күн бұрын

We have a WWII bunker in Huntington Beach, CA. When I was a kid, we would play around it all the time. Not sure if it's still there or not. It's located not too far from Huntington Beach High School - my ol stomping grounds.

@jimrobertson5931 11 күн бұрын

There is a similar site north of Montreal where various ordnance were stored during WW2. No nuclear waste just conventional weapons.

@ShoHashi 13 күн бұрын

You should check out the WW2 Bunkers in northern Union County PA where the town of Alvira was before the government displaced the town. These bunkers are circular in shape. It used to be called the Susquehanna Ordnance Depot. Some of those bunkers are available to be seen on the State Gamelands side. The whole Alvira and the government story is an interesting. And they never got their land back either.

@johnniekane6315 5 күн бұрын

If the Army training site is still in operation the TNT Factories are still there. I think that there are 3 of them. Last time i was there was 1984. My stepfather was in charge of it back then. Me and my friends spent the weekends doing ops training with green berets. Rumors has it that 2 small boxcars full of gun are hidden in a tunnel somewhere near the public shooting range .

@robertkaler2152 13 күн бұрын

Independence MO, has an active ammunition plant. It was called the LAKE CITY Ammunition plant. My grandmother worked there during the second WW . While I was in the army some of the ammunition we used was from LAKE CITY.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Interesting.

@joeldavis1040 Сағат бұрын

In Pueblo, Colorado they use those bunkers for storage.

@EGSBiographies-om1wb 6 күн бұрын

Im, originally from that part of Missouri. I had no idea this existed. There was some kinda military instalation near Cayuga,In that ,I was told, deactivated chemical weaspons. Its now a industrial park. Ive been there as a truck driver. I was told there was about 2 cemeteries on the peoperty.

@cvleng0822 13 күн бұрын

I grew up near the Kingsbury Ordinance Plant in La Porte, IN. They made ammunition and bombs during WWII. When the Japanese surrendered, they surrendered plans for an operation to bomb KIngsbury (allegedly from what i have been told all my life). You should visit some time before it is all re-devloped. There are still tons of bunkers and old buildings around.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Wow!

@jameslockard6956 13 күн бұрын

I saw a you-tube documentary about a plant that decommissioned old ordinance like bombs grenades etc, that exploded 😮. The bunker was exactly like the one you showed. It contained the explosion except the doors were blown off.

@paulwienold2425 19 сағат бұрын

These bunkers were designed to withstand explosive accidents. If there were to be an explosion, the front wall is designed as the weak point and blows out and down. The archway should resist. (Old ammo handler)

@skimmer8774 13 күн бұрын

It's very sad we didn't do as good a cleanup in the Marshel Islands, Fiji or Bikini after the nuclear bomb testing we did there. They do have a disposal site covered in rocks but it falling apart and the US says it's not our problem anymore. The locals call it the Tomb.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

Ugh.

@MrBradleyDavid 13 күн бұрын

That must have been quite a bit of a disposal project! All that run off would have been a huge problem. Hopefully the mosquitos didn't irradiate you! It just show the magnitude of our efforts to win WW2.

@TheHistoryUnderground 13 күн бұрын

It’ll be interesting to see if i develop some sort of superpower in the next few months.

@MrBradleyDavid 13 күн бұрын

@@TheHistoryUnderground 😂🤣😆