History: Culpeper Switch Federal Reserve Bunker (Cold War)

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    Culpeper Switch was built in 1968 as a continuity of operations site for the United States Federal Reserve. In addition to acting as the center of the Fedwire electronic funds transfer system, Culpeper also had $4 billion in cash and special facilities to allow it to function as a backup Federal Reserve headquarters. After the Cold War the facility was shut down and was purchased by the Library of Congress to become the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. There's more information on Culpeper at this blog, and an informational brochure about it here.

    Photo of the site in 1990, from Wikipedia.

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    Some photos from the brochure:

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