Fallout shelter water storage can

Titles: Fallout shelter water storage can (Supplied title)

Description: Fallout shelter water storage can; a 17 ½ gallon barrel issued by the Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense, to be used primarily for storing drinking water. Instructions in yellow on this cylindrical olive green steel barrel explain not only how to properly store drinking water, but how to convert the barrel to a commode if needed. Manufactured by the Malleable Iron Range Company, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, 1963.

Dates

• 1963 (Creation)

Creation

• made by: Malleable Iron Range Company
• issued by: United States, Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1989.409.14.A,B

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 22 1/4 inches height
• 16 1/2 inches diameter

Subjects

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