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Colleges convert bunker into library in Amherst
A former Strategic Air Command bunker near Westover Air Reserve Base is being transformed into a massive underground library by Amherst College and four nearby schools. The 1957 vault will hold about 500 000 volumes with climate control, bar coded for computer retrieval, most staying put.
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Amherst
Mass
Strategic Air Command
Westover Air Reserve Base
Air Command
SAC
Nebraska
Amherst College
Liberal Arts
Mount Holyoke
Smith and
Hampshire Colleges
University of Massachusetts
Willis Bridegam
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Westover
Bridegam
David Spoolstra