1/23/2024 0 Comments Silo houses images![]() (images via:, RedGypsy1969 and Roadside America) With 6,500 sq ft of underground living space, an 11,000 sq ft underground shop/garage, his & hers side-by-side toilets and a hot tub, the Cold War is just a fading memory.Ĭheck out this video that introduces the Pedens and their upcycled silo home: The Pedens proceeded to renovate & revamp the 34-acre site to the point that organized tours now visit their home. (images via: Roadside America and Subterra) Edward and Dianna Peden originally purchased the former Atlas E ICBM site for around $40,000 back in the 1980s – presumably at the bottom of the market. Take the Subterra Castle in Dover, Kansas. When luck is on their side, homeowners can acquire a decommissioned missile silo in good repair at a decent price. Electrical power, gas & water, waste disposal and the lack of friendly (or often ANY) neighbors are serious considerations for anyone contemplating living in a renovated silo. The image above shows an old Titan -1 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launching base located east of Denver, Colorado. Even so, life at an updated missile base isn’t a bowl of cherries – and there are usually few stores or supermarkets nearby from which to procure said cherries.įor obvious reasons, nuclear missile bases were located in places with sparse population and negligible infrastructure. Underground control complexes attached to the silo by tunnels provided personnel with long-term living facilities (kitchens, bathrooms etc.) and these are the portions most often chosen for home conversion. Most nuclear missile sites comprise much more than the actual missile silo. (images via: Gypsy Journal and Wikimedia) Got a sticky set of blast doors? That’ll require more than just a few shots of WD40. (images via: English Russia, Getty Images and Telstar Logistics)Ī missile base that was completely neglected for years may have a number of daunting issues any new owner must deal with before moving in such as flooding, mold and structural settling. ![]() ABMs were designed to protect ICBM sites from attack by enemy missiles, in other words protecting our protectors. Mickelsen Safeguard complex in Nekoma, North Dakota: the only operational anti-ballistic missile (ABM) base ever completed and dating from the late 1960s. The oddly beautiful installation above is the Stanley R. Though they were built to last, missile silos and their associated infrastructure did require maintenance of the preventive variety. There are negatives, of course, that go beyond the lack of skylights, picture windows and kidney-shaped swimming pools. (images via: Think Or Thwim and Artificial Owl) Home handyman types will find little to do besides changing light bulbs. Then there’s the feeling of security that comes with living in a structure built to withstand tornadoes, hailstorms, wildfires and the odd Soviet pre-emptive nuclear strike. ![]() Why would anyone want to live in an old missile silo? Let’s look at the positives, starting with the best construction work government money can buy. (images via: UP-HAA, Arms Control Wonk and Pyjamas Media) The best thing about living in a refurbished missile silo? Telling your kids, “You can’t fight in here, this is the war room!” Not all of these relics are destined for the ash heap of history, however, a precious few are taking on new life as post-apocalyptic family homes – without the apocalypse. Formerly spark plugs of the cold war, dozens of decades-old, decommissioned underground nuclear missile silos are slowly slipping into disrepair and decay.
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