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- Constructed in the '50s, this bunker was designed to withstand a Nuclear Blast or any sort of attack on the city. It was widely thought that New Orleans would be a prime target for an attack at the time. Unfortunately, it was abandoned in the '80s and has been rotting underground, flooded, ever since.
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These guys were able to get inside the bunker when the door came unsealed after Hurricane Katrina! Check their videos out!
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I am now 65 yrs. old in 2018. But when I was in St. Dominic School (1958-1966) all classes, one by one, took a field trip walk to the brand new shelter with our teacher and some parents. It was fair large, but only for a select few City Officials. At the time, we still thought that a nuclear bomb would hit us any day. It did not bother me very much, and as I recall, we were told by my parents, to meet with my sister, and to run home, not stopping for anyone. In any case, I don't recall worrying about it very much.
The schools I went to had the same shelter. Yes we did the same as you.
Earl Boydell, Jr. , I am at St. Dominic school right now and I am in seventh grade. Today, my friends and I went down into the base and it looked scary.
@@cheefyy3808Hey Cheefyy… i hope you’re now almost finishing the 10th grade! Graduation is soon in your horizon. Be safe young man.. you are a part of America’s future - God bless! 🇺🇸
The Summer of 1959 between my junior and senior year in high school I had a job with the City Dept. of Property Management work crew. One day we worked in this bunker on the air condition system. It was quite impressive back then.
That's really cool! I would have loved to see this back then.
4:00 mark: Yep! that's what I grew up seeing in the 50s & 60s.
That would have been interesting to explore. Too bad the city doesn't bring in pumps and dry it out and restore it. In times like we are now- people need to see the reality of these places, so that we can work to avoid this situation.
It would certainly have made for a cool museum or something. I think now it's too far compromised to do anything with unfortunately.
Yey1na's Journeys , New Orleans is right at sea level most of it is below but not all of it, even if they do pump it the water would just come back when it rains, that’s why we can’t have basements in Louisiana
I live in Louisiana. This place is by the Lake Shore.
West End Blvd near Lake Pontchartrain.
Dang it’s overgrown quite a bit!
I lived right there on spencer ave (you can almost see my street in the video) in the late 90s.
My friends and I referred to this as the “bong-shelter” where we would go smoke when we weren’t at the park around the corner.
At the time there was only about a foot deep of water or less flooding. Door was wide open and pretty cool was something like 1.5-2ft thick with massive bars that could be moved in and out
It was open at the time and I’ve been through it a few times.
There is a massive ladder sorta like a built in to the concrete one you’d find in a sewer that goes up a column to a hatch on the back side of the top of the hill.
Most everything was intact inside. Lots of vintage soda bottles from the 60s-70s
Unfortunately I am the reason the door is shut.
Some neighbors apparently called the police on us for hanging out there.
Military came and pulled us out at gunpoint then sealed it shut and locked both gates.
It was the bomb shelter intended for the governor so I was told and considered a military installation (abandoned or not) and if found on the property again it would be a federal offense with serious jail time.
Definitely one of the cooler places in Lakeview. Thanks for posting up! Brings back fond memories
The door wasn't welded shut in 2015 when I moved here. Some friends took me by there. We didn't get further than the bottom of the steps. It was flooded to the point you couldn't really even get down past the second turn in the steps. Creepy place. Especially at night.
3:47, the swastika is where the water level was.
Wow, I remember seeing that, it looked a lot different 20+ years ago!
+Rosey H Yeah, I would absolutely LOVE to get inside that thing!!
Ok I want to check some of this out! I'm a small youtuber from New Orleans and I had no idea of this place😒 I'm more into the spooky graveyard and paranormal stuff but looking forward to exploring as well! Thanks for sharing.
BansheeTV Very cool!! I’ll check out your channel!
@@NOLADEEJ Thanks
I feel like it should be restored and made into a museum, I live across the lake btw
That would be a great idea!
Up until about 20 or 25 years ago, that place was in good condition. It was in the middle of Pontchartrain Boulevard near the lakefront. I remember seeing it from the time I was a child.
Time marches on...I remember seeing this facility in operation...it must have been easy to excavate as it is located in the middle of what was once a waterway that started @ the lake near west end and ended up by Dryades St., in what was a turning basin for boats & barges.
I tried to get in there so many times as a teen and younger adult. Thanks for sharing.
I’d love to get in there still!
Where is this? Like exact location that I can get to
@@lanewhite7204 on the neutral ground between west end Blvd and Ponchartrain Blvd two streets that run parallel to each other it's at the end right before it forks off to go to the lakefront... directly before a walled off two street neighborhood they built
Me and some friends went it about 10yrs ago and no point in getting in u can't go any further than the entry steps it's completely flooded and the only reason it failed was hurricane Katrina floods
And this is the reason I watch your vlogs. Nice insider info. I learned something today!
Thank you, Mauricio!!
I would definitely buy it from the city. Maybe 250k to 300k depending on the size.
It wouldn't be worth it anymore it's completely flooded now and unsafe for sure it's a shame because it used be pretty awesome coming from my parents who actually went on tours while in school out there
It’s literally abandoned because we cannot even have basements here in South Louisiana because our water table is just below the surface, then on top of that we are below sea level
I will still take it. I tried to buy a minuteman silo in Missouri even though they blew them all up & filled them with gravel. At least this bunker was not blown up & filled. It's kinda like being the guy with a collection of muscle cars in a field who will not cover them or sell them for any any amount. Bragging rights.
BRAD IsHear you will be pumping water out of your Louisiana basement 24/7 LOL
I will just get a backhoe & dig up the whole bunker & bring it back up north where it won't fill up with water.
The mayors stole the maintenance money.
Hey! I stopped by there just a minute ago and the door was OPEN. I think you should revisit the bunker!
What did it look like inside
Crazy because people could use that today
should have tried out that pogo stick :P
Shit, you gotta be kidding me. Its welded shut now? Id kill to experience this place.
Yeah, me too!!
Lol the cars on Pontchartrain Blvd are going backwards around 4:29. I wonder why that is...? ;)
HAHA!! Nice catch! :) The magic of editing to fit what you need... LOL!!
one day....
Yes! Bucket list!
4:18 RC is good.
I'd love to go down there and see if there are any left in that machine!!
Passed by it earlier today for the first time. Would have liked to stop and check it out.
You should next time, even though we can't get inside (yet) it's still really cool to see it up close.
Literally I looked up bunkers in New Orleans to see if there’s an abandoned or un used bunker to hide 🫣 from nuclear war how things are now it’s not far off
Wasted money beneath every city in America.
What an odd lock. It turns like a combination lock yet requires a key. Anybody have an answer?
My guess is it could be opened either way.
yes that's a common locking system and its still being made today
I bet a lot of people pass it every day without realizing what it is.
Gayle Crabtree heh! Absolutely!
Interesting stuff! Nice job homie!
Thanks, bruthah!
This is why people finally quit trying to have basements in South Louisiana. In most places you can’t even dig a hole for a fence post before you hit the water table and start seeing crawfish swimming around
Very true
Hey!!! Now I remember. That's where I left my Po-Go stick!!!
Just kidding.
i been in the one by the lakefront
Katrina got it...there was 18 feet of water in that are ..not far from where the levee broke. I went to it as a child . It had een abandoned before Katrina.
Yeah, I'd still love to go down there and wade around in the water hehehe
If the goal was to be hidden and secret, I don't know that creating a giant hill in the middle of new orleans was exactly the best way to achieve that aim... just an idea
I have not been in there in at least 30 years.
I'd love to go inside!!
I live in New Orleans
Been there done that. I even took some copper from there.
Fernando 😂😂😂😂😂😂
the door is open now. i don’t know where it leads
Where is this?
West End by Robert E Lee
See John Vlog Lakeview west end
Very interesting
I'd love to go down there but I can't begin to imagine the nastiness that is down there
Where is this at?
West end on Ponchutrain Blvd in Lakeview by Robert e lee
@@forsterchristoper That's the thing in the neutral ground? I can't believe I never knew this was in there. Thanks!
Midnight Mystery yep that’s it we went there not long ago there’s homeless people there with tent.
Sort of reminds us of some of the Hitler bunkers that are mentioned on the History Channel.
Yeah, I would have really loved to get inside this thing... Maybe one day that door will pop open again!
Great video
Thank you!
@@NOLADEEJ always wondered about that place since I seen the day of x, they should restored it and made a museum out of it
Do you not disclose the location of this bunker?
It's pretty easy to find actually
Ahhh...the Civil Defense Dept. We remember it well! As a product of the 1950's, we are very familiar with the Civil Defense Dept. As children, we were actually told that in the event of a nuclear blast, we were to go into the hallway of the school, sit down with our backs against the wall, and duck our heads under our crossed arms. WHAT?? And that would have protected us from becoming incinerated?? "YES! That is right!" (And you knew it was "true" because there was the "official" yellow and black Civil Defense Dept. sign - right there on the wall!)
I broke n to it when I was a kid
found it... OWNED 😜
good place to empty and make a fallout movie
We should pump the water out and clean it up. Good kids field trip?
I’d love to see the city do something with this! I really want to go down there! Lol
NOLADEEJ find out who has control of it. I’ll volunteer to help clean it up. Surely someone has a pump to pump the water out.
See John Vlog once water hits it..theres no fixing it because of black mold ...
Very cool video....thanks for sharing
Thanks for checking it out!