A Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post located near Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. This Cold War-era bunker was part of a nationwide network of observation posts designed to monitor nuclear fallout and provide early warning of aerial attacks during the Cold War period. The Royal Observer Corps operated these underground facilities from the 1950s until their stand-down in 1991, maintaining a constant state of readiness throughout the decades of East-West tension.
ROC Monitoring Post near Southend-on-Sea
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Civil Defense
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build_year 1958
function Nuclear monitoring and fallout reporting
type Civil Defense
era Cold War
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