Keenan family inspects bomb shelter at Borodano, New Jersey

Keenan family inspects bomb shelter at Borodano, New Jersey
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  • Photograph
  • April 8, 1948
  • WASHINGTON, N.J.: THE 44-YEAR-OLD CIVIL ENGINEER—WHO BROUGHT HIS FAMILY WEST FROM PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—BUILT THE HAVEN, WITH THE ATOM BOMB IN THE BACKGROUND.
    WILLIAM KEENAN INSPECTS A WELL, WHICH HE LINED WITH CONCRETE AT HIS TWO-STORY RESTAURANT AND LIVING QUARTERS FOR THE KEENANS AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, AT DE BORGANO. HE SAYS HE IS SAFE FROM THE ATOM BOMBS WHICH HE DE-
    LIVES WILL HIT THIS COUNTRY'S COASTAL CITIES.

    PRECaution: William Keenan inspects a well that he built and lined with concrete in Borodano, N.J. The shelter is intended to protect his family in the event of the atomic bomb attack.