EP. 18 - Ridiculously Expensive 275 Ton Crane FAILURE

EP. 18 - This week on 'Nuclear Bunker Living", we reflect on the failure of the 275 Ton Crane. The debacle of the engineering estimates used and incorrect math deployed will have ramifications. The past 7 months have been quite an unexpected journey and experience. Rehabilitating a Titan 1 complex is an unprecedented undertaking, as there is no procedures manual.

The Titan 1 underground Nuclear Bunker was developed during the Cold War as a deterrent against a Soviet nuclear strike against the United States. The Titan 1 Missile Silo complex was armed with 3 Nuclear Missiles, each 98 ft missile was armed with a destructive 4.5 megaton warhead and payload [the equivalent of 4.5 Million Tons of TNT per missile].

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With the worldwide Covid pandemic of 2020, forced lockdowns, food and supply chain disruptions, severe travel restrictions, riots and looting of his local neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills and other communities in Los Angeles, it was time for Nik to leave.

Nik leaves his hillside mansion in the Hollywood Hills to live in an abandoned 1960's Military Nuclear Bunker that was designed as an underground city 165 feet deep. The Titan 1 Nuclear Bunker Complex was decommissioned in 1965, frozen in time and lay abandoned until now. It remains the largest privately owned underground bunker complex in America:

The 'Nuclear Bunker Living' You Tube series documents Nik's exploration and renovation of America's largest and most hardened underground Nuclear Military Bunkers.
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Be sure to catch up on the first 5 Episodes of the 'Nuclear Bunker Living' You Tube series.

Watch Episode 1: 'Living In An Abandoned Nuclear Bunker'
   • EP. 1 - Living In An Abandoned Nuclear Bunker  
Watch Episode 2: 'I Bought The Largest Underground Bunker In America'
   • EP. 2 - We Bought The Largest Underground ...  
Watch Episode 3: 'Exploring America's Largest Underground Doomsday Bunker'
   • EP. 3 - Exploring America's Largest Underg...  
Watch Episode 4: ' 'The Terrifying History of this Nuclear Bunker''
   • EP. 4 - The Terrifying History of this Nuc...  
Watch Episode 5: 'Multi-Million $ Junkyard Discovered at Abandoned Missile Silo'
   • EP. 5 - Multi-Million $ Junkyard Discovere...  

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The Titan 1 Nuclear Bunker Complex was the largest secretive underground complex of its time and still remains America's most hardened underground structure. Construction for the Titan 1 commenced in 1959. It was designed as a virtual underground city with independent power for 17 buildings and domes up to 165 feet deep, 35 Million gallons of annual water allocation, sewer, kitchen, bathrooms, sleeping quarters with chemical, biological and nuclear air filtration.

Over 600,000 cubic yards of earth were removed in the facility's construction, 32,000 cubic yards of epoxy polymer- modified concrete rated at up to 15,000 PSI, 300 tons of piping, 90 miles of cables, 3,000 ton of 3 inch rebar and a labyrinth of 2,500 feet of expansive tunnels.

The Titan 1 Nuclear Bunker Complex cost the American taxpayers a total of $47 million [1962 $ Dollars] to build. Indexed to inflation, the replacement value of a Titan 1 Nuclear Bunker Complex today would be $325 Million Dollars.